Welcome to Pets in Paradise TV, the show that explores the relationship between humans and
animals in one of the most beautiful places on Earth, Hawaii.
Here's what's coming up in the next half hour.
Obesity is a big problem, and it's estimated that Americans alone spend over 60 billion
dollars annually on ways to lose weight.
If being overweight is also a problem with man's best friend, we'll find out how lucky
managed to lose some pounds.
We'll check out a real shaggy dog, and it's all about to breathe.
Then, when the sun goes down, some people are just getting started at work.
We'll find out what life is like overnight at an animal hospital.
It's all just ahead.
I'm Allie.
I'm Mike.
And we help dogs lose weight.
This is Lonnie, and she has had lucky from a puppy about four years old now, and her husband
passed away and left here with what was a little puppy who grew into this mammoth pit
ball.
Rocky is a great dain ball, which is a mix between an American pit ball terrier and a
great dain.
A healthy weight for this breed is in the 80 pound range, but he's pushed the scales
to about 120 pounds.
It's very difficult for me to walk him because he's pulling me all over the place, and one
time walk with him, and then he pulled me, and I couldn't hold him because he's big.
We're working to bring him back down into the 80s, and the weight loss boot camp, our five
day intensive exercise and weight program, is aimed to bring him back into his 80 pound
happy range where he can be a healthy fit dog again.
When Allie took him to the boot camp, I was so excited.
I was so nervous.
I said, this is the first time that he's going to part for me.
I've never been away from me for four years, so I was kind of worried at the time, worried
and excited, so when he sent me this picture, he was swimming in the ocean, and he looks
so happy.
Obesity rates in pets are increasing nationwide.
Studies show that more than 54% of dogs are obese, which leads to other health problems,
such as arthritis, diabetes, cancer, and ultimately impacts their lifespan.
Today is day one for Locky's weight loss boot camp, and today he weighs in at 119 and a
half pound.
Yeah, our work is really cut out with Locky.
Our policy is to just try to keep the dog moving all the time and have fun and sell it
to the dog as a fun activity.
We just do activities all day long with him.
One of our favorite places to take the dogs is the Sambar.
It's a great place.
We can let them off the leash.
If you don't know them that well, because they're in a confined area, there's really
nowhere they can go through.
It's a very low impact, high resistance where the dogs are walking, generally chesty water.
We do jogging, walking, we throw toys between us, so it's a really massive workout.
Our plan for Locky is to bring his weight from 120 pounds down into the 80 range.
He is fed and cooked food, which is not appropriate for dogs like grilled cheese sandwiches.
But when it returns home, he returns to his old habits.
He used to go to the kitchen and smell, and then wait, and then I give him otherwise he
just sit there and just stay there.
Yeah, he loves food, yeah.
Just like weight loss for humans, 90% is what you eat, and Locky is definitely breaking
his diet.
And so we want to make sure that we are teaching Lonnie the appropriate foods to feed him and
get the weight off of him in a slow and in a safe manner so that he can maintain the weight
loss.
Before I feed him like three scoops a day, but Ellie said now one scoop is enough to have
a scoop, because he looks must be hungry or something, but he's not hungry, he's just
loved to eat.
So I try to make him an ideal weight, so it's much more healthier and much more fun too.
And easy for me to walk to when it's not too big here.
We also like the hike, because the hike takes them to a different environment that's more
natural for them, and it's shady and it's cool and glued to water so they can cool off
in the water.
It's really unstable ground, so they're always trying to have to use these muscles to stabilize
themselves.
It also helps their minds for troubleshooting to figure out how they're getting up and down
off rocks and around roots and various situations they wouldn't normally face.
In the hikes that we are going to, liposclerosis is a problem, and we want the dogs to be able
to drink the water and enjoy it, so it is important to make sure your dogs are up to
date with their shots.
Lucky is totally up to date with his, so he's ready to go.
We also like the beach, the beach is a great place for exercising your dog, it's the water
plane in the waves, being knocked over by the waves and having to recover from that.
They're using, again, different muscle groups that they're probably not using, just laying
around the house and eating grilled cheese sandwiches.
And walking in the sand provides more resistance than walking on a hard surface, so it's a
great workout that helps develop different tendons, ligaments, and muscles.
Part of our regimen with Lucky is weekly walks, we go twice a week and we take him four hour
long walks each time.
And on days that we get there, quite often he is extremely lethargic and has to be coast
on his feet so that he'll get walking, and once he's going, he's fine, but that's just
because he's generally a couch potato in his own environment.
I notice he's a lot better than now that he's lost seven pounds when I pick him up,
he's a little more ready to go.
Yeah, definitely.
Lucky loves the feeling of being more weightless in the water, swimming is another great aerobic
activity that's low impact and high resistance.
So this is day five and Lucky is complete with his bootcamp and we have gone from 119
pounds to 113 pounds.
We are hoping that with education that we've given Lani that she will be able to maintain
and continue his weight loss.
Before he went to bootcamp he weighed 118 pounds and on Monday after the bootcamp he
came back to your weight only 113 pounds, lost five pounds in the few days.
That's a lot of weight.
Dogs as well as most mammals have fur to keep them warm, but one dog breed has no hair at
all.
You don't know what it is.
We'll tell you right after this.
The dog would know here is the Zolo, a breed that's perfect for people with allergies
because they don't cause reactions.
The Zolo is from Peru and was nearly extinct until breeders came to the rescue in the 1940s.
The hairless Zolo obviously keeps cool by playing in the sprinkler but keeps warm by
having a higher body temperature.
From a hairless dog, let's meet a breed that's the total opposite.
It's all about the bearded collie.
You may think that there are a lot of different kinds of collies.
You'd be right, but the word collie doesn't refer to a specific breed.
In Scottish, collie simply refers to any dog that hurts.
And that's exactly what the bearded collie is known for.
As one of Britain's oldest breeds, the bearded collie was first used as a herding dog for
Scottish shepherds.
One of their playful characteristics is that they are known for jumping up and down, a
trait called the beardy bounce.
It looks like they're just happy to see you, but the bouncing is a trait that goes back
to their herding days.
In tall grass, they learn to jump up so they can see their prey.
The bearded collie is considered an independent thinker and known as being a great socializer,
both with people and with other dogs.
They tend to be rambunctious and very energetic and require a good deal of exercise.
They also need to be in social situations.
If left alone for long periods of time, they can become destructive.
But with good training and the proper environment, bearded collies are great family pets.
They come in a variety of colors, mostly black, brown and blue, and they come with or without
white markings.
Their hair is rather rough, but they have a soft undercoat, and yes, they do, sheh.
Because of all that fur, their size is deceiving.
They may look big, but adults usually weigh only between 40 and 60 pounds.
The average lifespan is about 12 years.
If you're looking for a very happy, bouncy dog, look no further than this.
And now you know all about the bearded collie!
There are several breeds of dogs that have long hair that covers their eyes.
Is it true that they can see right through it?
Can long hair dogs see through their hair?
The answer is, kind of.
The long hair acts like a pair of sunglasses, allowing the dog to see a little, but keeping
out strong light.
Some dogs here, however, get so thick that they can't see out at all, and they compensate
by using their acute sense of hearing and smell.
In that case, their hair should be thin.
Completely removing the hair from over its eyes though can be harmful because the dog's
eyes are not used to such bright light.
It's always best to check with a vet.
When your furry family member gets sick, the vet is there to help.
But what can you do when your vet is closed?
Feathering for Animal Hospital in Kailua is open for any pet emergency 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
I'm Katie Hancock.
I'm a veterinarian here at the Feathering for Animal Hospital.
My position is the general practice doctor during the day, and then I work with the later
night shifts and overnights for any emergencies that we may see.
So working here overnight is quite a range.
Some evenings it'll be pretty slow.
Most evenings we have emergencies.
In a very extreme case, we have emergencies waiting at the door, emergency sea sections
or large dogs have their stomach twists, need emergency surgery to untwist it.
Other times it's a little calmer.
This is Pea.
It's a small six-week-old Labrador puppy that came in for vomiting and also had a little
bit of diarrhea while we were in the exam room.
As you can see, Pea is a little depressed, a little quiet for a puppy.
He's really dehydrated right now, so what we're going to do is put an IV catheter in,
keep him in the hospital overnight, and get him on some IV fluids and antibiotics.
And for Pea, it's possible that she may have parbo-virus, but we suspect probably another
type of intestinal virus or bacteria, so we're going to cover for all those things with antibiotics
and the fluids that she'll be on.
Despite the yelp, Pea is tougher than she looks.
She's a survivor.
She's one of only four puppies to survive out of a litter of fourteen.
So we're testing the little puppy's blood on the machine for total counts and then we've
made our blood smears well, hopefully to give us some insight into what kind of infection
and how bad this little puppy has.
Shh.
Relax.
Yeah, you're fine.
Pea will probably be in the hospital at least 24 hours if not 48 until we can get her
eating and drinking well on her own.
While doctors wait for Pea's test results, the action continues in this all hours animal
we are as another tiny patient needs help.
It started last night and she saw it coming out, it laid down, moved, and that's how she
saw the blood.
She kind of looked.
So we're just going to call about another emergency coming in.
There's a rabbit that has some ****** discharge from around the ****.
The owner is going to be bringing that down shortly.
So this is Honey Girl.
We don't know how old she is, is that right?
We got her and the number she was.
Right now we're just doing a general physical exam, feeling her abdomen to make sure that
she doesn't have any signs that her intestines are dilated or have any impaction, which can
be pretty common for rabbits.
I'm feeling a very small area that might have a little bit of injustice, feels a little
bit more firm, maybe kind of part of the problem, but a lot of times if that's the cause, they'll
be filled throughout.
So to put a little alcohol on there for just so we get a better image, I know it's
cool.
Hold on.
There's used tools similar to those used on humans.
In this case, an ultrasound is used on Honey Girl to get samples to help figure out what's
wrong.
This looks a little cloudy, but not really the degree of blood that we had on the back
side.
We'll just check it anyway and make sure there's no signs of infection there.
Honey Girl.
Oh, Honey Girl.
We're going to have Honey Girl, some fluids to hydrate her, we're just going to do it
subcutaneously under her skin, but these have really thin skin so we're going to use
a butterfly catheter to prevent from tearing their skin.
So my original intention for working here was to offset the financial wooze of being
a pet owner, but since I've been here, I find that I may commit to going to vet school.
The problem being there's no vet schools on island, so I have to move, but I love feather
and fur, so I'm staying at this moment.
This is a pretty bunny.
Oh, he's got like the quintessential fluffy tail.
So we got the results of the urine on the bunny.
It doesn't look like there's a urinary tract infection, so right now we're going to try
some antibiotics to target the intestinal tract since the rabbit's still eating and drinking
well at home and see if that helps us improve.
Certainly, if any of the other parameters change or the owner notices a change in clinical
signs at home, we'll have them come back and just kind of assess the bunny again and
see if there's any other changes.
When we come back, we'll find out about Paia's condition and if he's just got a simple tummy
ache or if he's got canine parval virus, which unfortunately can be deadly to a puppy
as young as Paia.
But that's not all.
There's even more drama ahead in the emergency room.
Welcome back to pets and paradise TV.
The overnight drama continues at federal and fur's emergency room.
Soon we'll find out about Paia and what his prognosis is.
But first, Dr. Hancock has to give her attention to a patient with possible kidney failure.
So Clay is a eight-year-old intact male.
They found out today that his prostate's really big, so that's obstructing his normal
outflow of urine.
And we're going to be putting a urinary catheter in to help diuresis kidneys out.
The main differential strain is just a benign enlargement of the prostate, which we can
fix with neutering.
The prostate will return to a normal size.
One of the first causes we think about an older dog is just kidney failure, which will
usually start to get better once you put them on IV fluids and try to flesh out the
kidneys.
In this dog, he was not getting better with that therapy.
And when we did an ultrasound, we were able to find that his prostate was very enlarged.
The worst case scenario for Clay-O would be if his kidney values don't improve.
And then we'll have to talk with the owners and make a decision whether there's anything
more aggressive that we can pursue or if it would be time to consider putting Clay-O to
sleep.
It's a tough choice for Clay-O's owners.
Non-neutored dogs have a higher risk of prostate infections and other complications involving
the prostate.
It's something Dr. Hancock says dog owners should consider when deciding whether to
neuter their dog.
It's not always a disease or illness that has animals visiting feathering fur in the
middle of the night.
Sometimes animals are hurt and are in need of immediate help.
So our next appointment is for a middle-aged dog that got into a dogfight earlier today.
It has a pretty open wound, so we're going to check that out and see if it just needs
some antibiotics and time to heal or if we need to do a closure on the wound.
It looks like for now we're pretty lucky there's a lot of vital structures in this
area.
A lot of blood vessels and obviously the trachea as well but it looks like it's just below
the skin there.
I think we got lucky, but I'll be able to tell them where once we're doing the procedure
because I'll be able to poke around in there a lot more.
With dogfight wounds was they have curved teeth and they basically will try to grab
and shake.
They cause a lot of shirring that's underneath the skin so even though we have two wounds
right here we can see that as far as my hemostats go in the wound extends pretty far up on
both sides we get a lot of what we call pocketing underneath superficial wounds.
When it comes to dog bites doctors must treat what they can see and what they can't see
like infections.
Even if a bite doesn't look infected doctors take every precaution to clean the wound and
prescribe antibiotics to keep any infection from happening.
So Maka did really well with anesthesia and we were able to close up the bite wounds.
I did have to place a drain here that's going to help close all that dead space, help drain
out any residual infection and help the wound basically to heal down normally.
Less than an hour after the operation started Maka is back up and alert.
A drain has been placed in her wound to help it clear of any infection.
If all goes well Maka should be as good as new in about a week.
We should heal just fine.
Well it's about 1 a.m looks like we're finishing up for the night everything went overall pretty
smoothly but we'll see what tomorrow has to offer.
But before we go let's check back in with Paya.
The test results are in and good news she does not have parvo.
Which can be deadly especially to young pups like her.
It's just a simple stomach virus and looking at the wagging of her tail she's already starting
to feel better.
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