Comments on: Hello, Martha! Hi GMA! Dr. Becker heads east for TV time http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/03/17/hello-martha-hi-gma-dr-becker-heads-east-for-tv-time/ The Web blog of the Pet Connection, a pet-care feature syndicated internationally by Universal Press. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sandi K http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/03/17/hello-martha-hi-gma-dr-becker-heads-east-for-tv-time/#comment-242398 Sandi K Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:10:27 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/03/17/hello-martha-hi-gma-dr-becker-heads-east-for-tv-time/#comment-242398 I meant to say the numbers that were able to successfully medicate seem low, the number that werent able to seem high... I meant to say the numbers that were able to successfully medicate seem low, the number that werent able to seem high…

]]> By: Sandi K http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/03/17/hello-martha-hi-gma-dr-becker-heads-east-for-tv-time/#comment-242396 Sandi K Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/03/17/hello-martha-hi-gma-dr-becker-heads-east-for-tv-time/#comment-242396 Those numbers are very surprising to me, I wonder more about this marketing study, who it was done by, who they studied, etc. One area that Im wondering too is it says they failed to medicate their pets successfully, what does that mean? Did they not choose meds in favor of some alternative type treatment or were they unable to get the meds down them or did they just not give them the meds? These numbers, only 10% and 30% seem very high to me... Those numbers are very surprising to me, I wonder more about this marketing study, who it was done by, who they studied, etc. One area that Im wondering too is it says they failed to medicate their pets successfully, what does that mean? Did they not choose meds in favor of some alternative type treatment or were they unable to get the meds down them or did they just not give them the meds? These numbers, only 10% and 30% seem very high to me…

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/03/17/hello-martha-hi-gma-dr-becker-heads-east-for-tv-time/#comment-242067 The OTHER Pat Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:21:04 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/03/17/hello-martha-hi-gma-dr-becker-heads-east-for-tv-time/#comment-242067 "A recent marketing study revealed that only 10 percent of cat owners and 30 percents of dog owners succeed in medicating their pets correctly." Wow! That's a little scary! Although it does remind me of the time - while I was renting an upper duplex - that the guy downstairs was letting his St. bernard's raging ear infection go untreated because he couldn't figure out how to get the dog to let him at his "owie" ears. So twice a day for two weeks I went downstairs, straddled the dog with a pocketful og Q-tips and "rode" him around the apartment - flinging each soiled Q-tip aside as I finished with it and then putting in the medicine once I'd gotten all the "gunk" out of the way. Poor dog! Who knows what would have happened if the guy wouldn't have happened to have a former vet tech living on the floor above him! “A recent marketing study revealed that only 10 percent of cat owners and 30 percents of dog owners succeed in medicating their pets correctly.”

Wow! That’s a little scary! Although it does remind me of the time - while I was renting an upper duplex - that the guy downstairs was letting his St. bernard’s raging ear infection go untreated because he couldn’t figure out how to get the dog to let him at his “owie” ears. So twice a day for two weeks I went downstairs, straddled the dog with a pocketful og Q-tips and “rode” him around the apartment - flinging each soiled Q-tip aside as I finished with it and then putting in the medicine once I’d gotten all the “gunk” out of the way.

Poor dog! Who knows what would have happened if the guy wouldn’t have happened to have a former vet tech living on the floor above him!

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