In this episode, Nicole and Michael talk about what Christmas and New Years was like, Wilhelmina Lolita, dog adoption, what they’ve been watching online, really cool LED wall/window lights, and keratoconus.
Show notes for Season 2 Episode 1 – January 14, 2023
What’s Up
- Christmas sucked
- New Years sucked
- We had a blizzard
- I was cooking every meal for Wilhelmina
- Thank god for the Dog Note app
Wilhelmina Lolita
- Protect your dog’s gut
- 70% of the dog’s immune system lives in their gut
- Soil based probiotics
- Food – raw diet – supermarket diet – grain free – feed the dog in front of you
- Enzymes for EPI – porcine based NOT plant based
- You can try to source raw pancreas but this is sometimes difficult (thanks to Pease Packing Corp in Scotts Michigan for trying to help me)
- Why advocating for your pet’s health when you think something is wrong is so important
- Biliary obstruction
- Ascites (fluid in belly)
- Protein Losing Enteropathy (low blood protein levels)
- IBD
- Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)
- Jaundice (cause not yet known)
- Michigan State University Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care (Dr. Anna Wilkins, David)
- Animal Ultrasound Services (Dr. Laura Weber, Dr. Ari Jutkowitz)
- Clay Bernard, DVM
- Seely Rotigel, DVM
- Enzyme Diane
- Donating Mina’s body
- Donating to vet education
- Donation of organs
- We wanted answers
- How to handle the death of a pet (Linda and Twila)
- Cremation – Trusted Journey and Partridge Enterprises
- Burial
- When is it time to add another dog?
- When you are ready
Adopting Another Dog
- Rescue vs shelter
Streaming
- What We’ve Been Watching
- Solo for NVP
- Donna Reed Show (Amazon Prime) NVP only
- Solo for MVP
- Cowboy Bebop (Netflix)
- Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Plus)
- You Might Recognize Me – Mike E. Winfield Full Special (YouTube)
- Taylor Tomlinson (YouTube Shorts)
- Together
- Andy Griffith Show (Paramount Plus)
- I Love Lucy (Paramount Plus)
- White Noise (Netflix)
- Taskmaster Series 14 (YouTube)
- Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical (Netflix)
- Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
- Solo for NVP
- What’s On Our Watch List
- The Menu (HBO)
- The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (Netflix)
- Madoff The Monster of Wall Street (Netflix)
- You People (Netflix)
New Lights for the Office Windows
- Seasonal LED/Neon lights
- Ninitie Lights
- Cost between $25 and $28 each
- USB powered
- Look great from front and back
- Ninitie Lights
What’s Michael Been Up To
- Health
- Keratoconus
- Thinning of the cornea
- Cause is unknown
- Treatment is called Corneal Cross Linking or some people undergo cornea transplant if their corneas are too thin
- Specialist: Dr. Christopher T. Hood
- Keratoconus