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Ep. 11: Minotaur on Retainer
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Join Kel, Dr. G, and Dr. M as we spill the kibble on your submitted vet stories. In this episode we talk about conventions, John Travolta , and vet tech heroes. This episode is for entertainment purposes only, please talk to your vet before following any advice heard on this show.
Interested in sharing your own clinic stories? Email us at spillthekibble@gmail.com.
TW-dog injry speculation
"Happy Boy Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Common (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Introduction to 'Spill the Kibble'
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nor listening to Spill the Kibble, the podcast where I read your submitted stories and have real veterinarians react to them. If you are interested in sharing your clinic story, email us at spill at spill the kibble.com.
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Please note that this show is not suitable for all listeners. Listener discretion is advised. And with that, let's go to the show.
Meet the Hosts: Kel, Dr. G., and Dr. M.
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Welcome to Spill the Kibble, I'm Kel.
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I'm Dr. G. And I'm Dr. M. And we're here to tell your clinic stories. But first, what is going on with you two?
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Let me tell you what's going on with me. Let me tell you. For starters, I have a question.
Conferences and Celebrity Encounters
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oh And that's not what's about me. but Let me tell you what's happening. I'm going to ask you a question. Let me tell you what's happening?
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what before Before I set my intentions for today, i'm going to ask you a question. I've been staring in the mirror for hours, just really trying to get my intentions right. And the question that my face asks back to my mouth to say at your ears is, what does Serena Williams, Dan Levy, and Kristen Bell have in common?
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Serena Williams? Kristen Bell, Dan Levy. Like they work with their siblings or something? No, i don't know about Kristen Bell. Great sweaters? Interesting.
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They all probably do have a good sweater game. ah The answer that my eyes and mouth and your ears were looking for is I have seen them all talk at conferences ah because I guess oh they love animals.
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Wow. And they have them. Yeah. As they should. Because it's conference season, in everyone. And by the time you hear this, I will already be there and back to VMX in Orlando. And I'm very excited, as I always am.
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And we were going to get another big wig celeb. we were going to get yours truly. Wait, does that always mean me? Yeah. I don't know. Okay, not mine truly. We're going to get someone else's truly. Everyone's truly. It was going to be Dr. McLovin.
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way. No way. But they canceled. And now. oh It's John Travolta. Twist. What?
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John Travolta. Adele Dazeem. I'm so excited for you. I have to assume that they also have in Love Animals. Sure.
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So that's going to be fun. and But I'm, you know, gearing up for that. You'll have to report back and tell us how that all goes. Yeah. yeah I never miss Akina. Unless it's happening Saturday morning, then I won't be there and I will miss it. But... That's her for Travolta.
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I'm not missing a word. i'll spring I'll spring for Wi-Fi on the plane so that I can stream the keynote if that's there you go. Perfect, perfect. Three, two, one, say the best character John Travolta I've ever played. Best character. Yeah.
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yeah Oh, I don't know the character, but I like him in Pulp Fiction. Vincent Vega is pretty classic. Edna Turnblad is the only answer, and I'm ashamed of all of you. Oh, forgot. That's such a Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that hairspray? mama, welcome to the sixty s Oh, oh, oh, oh, ah hairp spray here oh. Hairspray. Hairspray. What about the dad from ah Look Who's Talking?
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Luke is talking too. is also talking. I didn't like those movies because the toilet talked and that scared me. ah Toilet should be seen and not heard.
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I was very afraid my toilet was going to start talking to me. I'm sure my parents were real happy that that regression happens. Yeah. So it is conference season. I haven't picked a conference this year
Origins of 'Spill the Kibble'
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yet.
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For those that are unfamiliar, um conferences are an opportunity for licensed veterinary professionals, both technician and doctor, to get some continuing education, um which we have to do to maintain our license because we got to stay abreast of the latest and greatest in vet med.
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Mm hmm. So we have to collect many an hour of in-person continuing education. And the best way to do it is beach side, January, no thank you. Floating, here we come.
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ah Yes, it's you know it's been a while now. I alternate every other year i go Western Vet Conference in Las Vegas. And then the next year, I'm now doing VMX in Orlando. And I plan to maintain that for a while.
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And it did remind me that, guys, it has been just about one year since we were up at that taco bar in the Luxor Hotel. Mm-hmm.
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And you all invited me to come do this podcast with you. I know. it's It's kind of the the podcast conference birthday. yes in Time. Yeah. Pretty exciting. We took a little while to figure out it.
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Sure. You know, I had to change some shooting dates, things like that. you know, I had to get out of contract. Sure. Open up your sketch. You're very you're a hard get. Yeah. why you know I'm the armchair.
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Not the expert. Just the armchair. Yeah, no, I'm i'm your armchair. Got it. Understood. I had to get out of that. Yeah. And now here we are. and Thankful that you did. yeah Not as much as me. That guy? Oof.
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No, rough, rough stuff. ah Yeah, I mean, conferences, magical things happen. You can reunite with some classmates that you haven't seen in a long time. Maybe come up with some great ideas, like starting a podcast. um You can learn some amazing things.
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Yeah, you could play at the craps table for 12 hours. and here You can. That's not me, is it? I don't know if it was you. You can see Ludacrits in concert.
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love rolling dice. I love Luda. That was a magical conference. I'm very excited. It's a good time. It's mostly school, but there is a little fun intermixed with the school. It's like it's all the trappings of school with like a little bit of visiting your old friends and like the school dance culminates with Ludacrits at the dorkiest dance concert you've ever been to. But you have a great time. Gosh.
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I'm sure I said it to you in the moment, but what a crime that they didn't get me up there to compete in Mario Kart because I'd have trounced those nerds yeah and won myself a swid.
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You know what? They had to have an even playing field. They couldn't make it like a murder on the stage. I don't know. I think Luda and I would have had a lot of fun with that. Just leaving those buzzos in the dust. I don't remember that part at all.
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I think we came in at the tail end. We were we were behind in the line. oh The very long line that wrapped around the entirety of the hotel and conference center. okay so my predictions for this conference that I've already been on the time you're listening are that I will win Mario Kart somehow somewhere. oh yeah.
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Manifest it, baby. i will drink a lot of black coffee. manifest I will find no let's i will find no less than 10 people from my past that I didn't know were going to be there.
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we're going very excited and talk about it. And I'll learn a lot of good stuff. And that's all I can ask. I predict you're going to pass out stickers that say Spill the Kibble podcast on them. I'm going to pass out stickers. You're doing grassroots marketing.
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If you are here because you were a recipient of those stickers, welcome. We are happy to have welcome I'm talking to Kate. I'm talking to you, Bill.
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Marjorie from Ohio, thank you. Michael, good to see you, buddy. Michael, long time. Lauren, ten I see you in the back. All right, thank you. Up to Flights was okay.
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like Well, Tim drove. Well, I'm excited for you. i have not decided on a conference yet this year, so I'm still i'm story ready to play game. If anybody is listening and wants to invite me to come to a conference with them, I'm open.
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Let me know. And I will come along, too. There you go. And would they be sending those invites to spill. LL at spill the kibble.com or should they be sending somewhere else?
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Because usually about spill at spill the kibble.com. We're asking people to send in their stories, their experiences, invites to conferences, weddings, birthdays, thoughts, feelings. Yes.
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I, e what are your affirmations? Yeah. I'll take a coupon. Coupons, gift cards, um love letters, ah ransom notes, maybe. Which one of us is most likely to get a love letter?
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That's you. and I'm mad about it. Yeah. What, because I'm unwed? No, because you people have said you have a very charming voice and they can tell the difference between you and the two of us.
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We're kind of just an amalgamation of the same person on this side. I don't know, all I'm hearing is two for the price of one. ah For all they know, we are literally ah connected at the hip and we're just leaning away from each other. So we're not going to go that route.
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Cut that, please. Our mother listens to this podcast. Well, we could go on forever about conferences, but we do have a story today. So let's
Reading from 'All My Patients Have Tales'
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begin. The conference has started.
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Our badges are visible and the swag bags are overflowing with free pens. It's time to spill the kibble. Love a free pen.
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so I kind of went off script here and I was reading a book I found in the library. It was called All My Patients Have Tales. And I thought I would read you one of the chapters from that story for the podcast today because it's pretty interesting and funny.
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I know it's not a listener story, but still a story. And it's from a vet. I think that sounds amazing. Let's do it. I haven't heard of that book, so I'm down.
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can you do a so Can you do a voice? Ooh. No. Okay, fine. You can't wait if you don't play. All right. Hey, she can, but she's not gonna.
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You can, but she won't, and I respect that. too yeah yeah So the book is called All My Patients Have Tails by Dr. Jeff
Bingo's Great Escape Begins
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Wells. Thank you, Dr. Wells. One of the biggest nightmares in any veterinary clinic is having an animal escape from the facility.
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Yikes. Yep, I would agree. Not fun. No. Every time an animal makes a break for the outside, my blood pressure goes up as I frantically hope that all the doors and windows are closed.
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Most clinics have a multitude of measures to prevent this from happening, but in our small town mixed animal practice, it wasn't that big of a concern until one pet changed all that.
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Oof, it only takes one. Do you have security measures at your clinics? Double leash policies. Yes. Meaning that when we take them outside for any reason, they wear two leashes, not one. So that way if one leash fails, we have a second one. That's pretty common. And most clinics swinging doors open into the building, not out.
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Mm-hmm. and just many a door, I would say. It's not an open concept. Well, there's some open concept, but. Then there's that big red button that brings down all the storm windows. The alarms go off. The portcullis drops. Yeah, you guys have that, right? Of course, and the moat and the minotaur that guards the door.
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Yeah. Yeah, all very common. Volunteer minotaur. Yeah, it is volunteers, but he does get free shots. He's a retiree. He used to work a labyrinth, and they're just here for the benefits. Yeah, strictly that. I understand.
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So the story begins. The local bank president, James Van Meter, had a tough little dog named Bingo. Bingo.
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James was the classic banker with a crisp, clean, pinstripe suit, perfectly groomed hair, and a good handshake. Respect. Love to hear it. Yeah.
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His dog was a cross between a border collie and a German shepherd. Ooh, I know that's a runner. um That dog's built to run and it's built a little nervous and wary of strangers.
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Sorry, go ahead. No, it's fine. So, Bingo had had a rough start in life, having been dropped off at an animal shelter when he was a puppy. Covered in ketchup.
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Sadly, he was the product of two purebred dogs whose owners were embarrassed by the impure offspring. That's sad. They don't want mudbloods.
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Only matt pure magical family is in this breeding facility. So as quickly as possible, Bingo and his siblings were removed from the premises. But now Bingo was the pride and joy of the Van Meter family.
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He was fat and sassy, as well cared for as any animal could be. His gray coat shined and a new leather collar encircled his thick neck.
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I'm lay it on thick. It sounds like a very overweight dog somehow. This says thick little neck and I was like, how can it be thick and little at the same time? Well, the fluff.
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Oh, or that. like i don't know. Skinny neck. When it gets wet, it's the size of a pencil. A Cheerio fits on his neck normally, but with the hair. So now we are getting into the meat and potatoes of the story. The fan meter. Bingo sounds like he'd be down for that. Okay. Bingo was long overdue for a little elective surgery.
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a Men often put off neutering their male dogs. It's a macho thing, I guess. You would think we were going to do it to the owner. That's fair.
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Again, Dr. M is all about the nudicles. Ladies. They don't have to know is what I'm saying.
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So Mr. Van Meter dropped Bingo off on a brisk November morning. And we got to him around 11 o'clock. I collected the surgery pack and antiseptics while Jenny, i believe Jenny is the vet tech that is talked about in other chapters of this book, just so you know.
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Fair enough. A little bit of lore. Yeah. Well, Jenny went to grab the patient out of the kennel. When Jenny reached into the cage to retrieve him, Bingo proceeded to bite her arm. Oh, oh no. Because they're sassy.
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Yeah. And hungry because he's been fasted probably since last night. the Thick little neck just needs some meat and potatoes in there. Wasting away in a cannot. ah So the story continues. Julie's initial reflex was to grab the injured limb with the opposite hand, which gave the dog the opportunity he was looking for.
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Evidently, he had somehow realized what he was at our office for and had decided against it. Fair. I think that that yeah might be a little bit of, i don't know. Do you think they're giving Bingo too much credit? He's from a prosperous banker's family. I think he knows about family jewels and how how much they're worth.
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but He's not going to get rid of that investment. But he's mudblood. I know he is a mudblood. He doesn't know. He's a made man is what he is. So Bingo flew from the room, making the corner just as my boss was coming in from outside. Dr. Dave swung the door open, and the dog didn't miss a stride running through it.
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Nope. Jenny had recovered and would have caught up with him if she hadn't slipped on the linoleum floor. Jenny... Jenny is going for it. She probably slipped on her own in blood.
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Probably. Probably. and Dr. Dave didn't help. No. No. She probably went and got coffee. It's 11 o'clock in the morning. probably went out to get Honestly. talk to him until he's had his third cup. Am I right? Speaking as a DVM.
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kind of Kind of likely. i understand. yes obviously Obviously he's drinking coffee. So Bingo blew out of the door, passing Dr. Dave and heading for town, which was just a couple of miles away.
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Bingo was on
The Dramatic Pursuit of Bingo
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a mission. He stretched out to cover the maximum amount of ground with each stride, causing his body to become closer to the ground like a cheetah on the hunt.
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A thick little cheetah. His ears were flat against his head to minimize wind resistance and his tongue hung out the side flapping in the breeze. It's amazing. Go bingo.
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Honestly, now I'm kind of rooting for him. What would be your first? He got hit by a car. No. Sorry, what was the question? It's a little town. It's a mixed animal practice in a cute little town. walks Everyone walks in their little town. No, they ride horses.
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just kidding. What was this book published? 2006. So cars were invented. All right. They had cars. Okay. Noah, I was going to ask you, what would be your first like reaction to this at your clinic? like What would you first think to do?
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yeah i would touch my nose. Hmm. um I would try not to cry. Shoddy not. Probably try not to cry. No, the inclination is a way to chase after the dog. And it sounds like in this instance, he didn't really have an option because he had a mission. But sometimes it's best to not chase because they think that's a game and a challenge. You got to figure out ah a way to coax them.
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It's a tough part, yeah, because you don't want to chase him and scare him further, make it a game, but you can't lose sight of it. No, you can't. It really helps if there's a bonus volunteer dog that they can run towards. A scout dog, yeah.
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Yeah. You've got to get an inside man. I want a wet floor sign for all the blood that Jenny slipped on. i would run to the office. I think we've now given that to Dr. Dave to do. That's fair. I grab one of my drones. That's probably charging in the office.
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Right. And we take off. We're on recon. In 2006. Yeah. Your 2006 drone. Yeah. maybe it's not. It's rudimentary. The possibility isn't zero. Yeah.
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it's ah ok it's a It's a GoPro on ah on a on a Nerf spiral football. ah That sounds more appropriate. It works once.
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yeah and who And you have to throw really good. Yeah, yeah i got to wait I got a Wicked spiral. That's not a problem. And when you watch the footage back, it's just twirling. but yeah Just ass over tea kettle. I threw real bad guys, okay?
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but Honestly, you could probably say, like, I don't know, a tornado came and just took Bingo away. We've got the footage. let's Just going in a circle. A witch on a bike. Okay, so let's find out what they did.
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Yeah. Yeah. we started to follow on foot but bingo had a head start and there was no way that we were going to catch him that way the thought of bingo showing up at the bank still in possession of the parts we were supposed to remove made me cringe yeah Even worse, he might get hit by a car on the road. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Confirmed. There are cars. They do exist in this canon. I just want to point out priorities.
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You know what? In the moment, I get it. What's scarier? um Because I can fix potentially him being hit by a car, but I might not be able to fix the relationship with the only banker in town. that The loan for your expansion on your little clinic is not going through. The Van Meters.
00:20:51
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The Van Meters in 2006? Forget about it. Guys, I'm still worried about Jenny. think so am I. And now now they're now they're running?
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Jenny got bit and felt linoleum. Yeah, she could be confessed. Jenny's a goat, though. so She's a goat. She gets even better as we as we continue the story.
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We looked around for something to help us capture him. Then we noticed an old fishing net hanging on the wall in the clinic garage. I had found it just a few days before on the highway where had probably fallen off someone's pickup.
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It had four foot handle and a diameter just wide enough to get around bingo. The netting wasn't in very good shape. Part of it was torn too much to hold a fish, but I hoped not enough for a canine to slip through.
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So I grabbed it and we jumped in the truck and the chase was on. Oh my goodness, terrifying. What tools would you maybe have on hand to catch a dog? Lasso. Sure.
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Lasso. Broom handle. T-bone.
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tbone GoPro on a nerf as we already. course, of course. Big pit. Big pit. No spikes covered in leaves. Maybe treats, food.
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Gotta have treats. A lot of blankets. <unk> oo ooh ah Okay. A rabbit dressed up as a sexy dog. Hear me out. Hear me out. It works for Bugs Bunny. So. Yeah. That's true.
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That's true. My real question is, if something, what would what would have to a fall off a truck while you're driving around for you to drag it back to your clinic? Because fishing nut's not on my list.
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Gold yeah bars up
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bars? You can't catch a dog with gold bars. tried. Oh, but you can put them in the bank. They don't understand the value. Yeah. true he found this on the highway right on its own it just assumed it fell off someone's pickup what if somebody threw it because they were like well this doesn't work anymore what if it's cursed because there's hole there's holes in it what it has a mummy's curse that's how jenny got it it's a sentient fishing net yeah jenny touched it she's been cursed yeah it's plus two dexterity but it makes you
00:23:23
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Where's that old lady with the sage and the glock? Honestly, need her. We need her sweet. Let's get them back. Yeah, we should draft. Eventually, I would like to draft a team to work in a future clinic with all characters.
00:23:40
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Perfect. I love it. Jenny's definitely making the cut. but Jenny's running this hospital. Yeah, it's true. As any vet tech would. Yeah.
00:23:50
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Absolutely true. good vet tech. Yes. ah So our hero, Jenny, was driving the truck. A badass. And I was riding shotgun with a fishing net.
00:24:02
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Imagine you're just dropping your kid off at t-ball practice. maybe You just see this. You're like, is that Dr. wells Is that week.
00:24:13
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no there's two cars i and um ah i thought she was supposed to be on vacation this week week She got cursed. Also, she's driving injured. Yeah, she is.
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Yeah. She, like, adrenaline is pumping through Jenny's body. She is going to get that dog back. Hell or high water. and at least they finally have, we finally have automatic transmission, so, you know, at least Jenny doesn't have to work the shift. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:24:41
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Imagine it's just a Flintstone car and poor sweet Jenny and it's just like... but but but but it's it's It's an inverted Flintstones car and she has to use her one and a half arms.
00:24:54
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ah This story could take place in any timeline if we're creative. Yeah, that's true. This might have been an episode of the Flintstones, to be honest. We don't know. Bingo! Okay.
00:25:10
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So, by the time we were out of the driveway, she had the truck up to 30 miles per hour and was throwing gravel and dust. She was pushing 40 when we spotted Bingo in the distance running flat out.
00:25:24
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He was in the ditch besides the road making a beeline for home. Going 50 miles per hour, we finally were catching up to him. my gosh. When you said ditch, I thought maybe we really did have a hole no spikes. But it's just a regular side of the road ditch. Yeah.
00:25:41
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Yeah. A country ditch. Yeah. this is we're Also, i love that I love that Jenny just out of the driveway 30 miles an hour just pounding it. Just ripping it. Jenny's a badass.
00:25:55
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It's nothing to lose at this point other than more blood. Or more dogs. I'm safe. We all know. They got a lawsuit on their hands. Yeah. Okay. So again, our hero, Jenny, pulled alongside Bingo, who was still at a dead run and did not appear affected
Bingo's Capture and Return
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by our presence.
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Bingo didn't even look up at us as he concentrated on his goal. Jetty pulled just ahead of the dog and hit the brakes. I grabbed the net and jumped from the truck.
00:26:24
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By the time I gained my footing, Bingo flew by in the tall, dry prairie grass. I made a feeble attempt with the net, but it was way too late. Within seconds, I could no longer see the escape be just the grass part. as you ran ahead of me.
00:26:41
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The juxtaposition of how badass Jenny is, and then you just launch out with the nut and the dog completely zips past you into grass. But that's the athleticism that I would bring to the table too. I would be useless in this scenario.
00:26:55
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And you know Jenny's pissed, but she's not gonna say anything because she's a trooper. She's an absolute professional. She's filming all dark. Tokyo drifted, you had one job, she did everything else.
00:27:07
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Right, so this is the part where you tell us, so Jenny cranks the e-brake, fishtails, drifts her way into the cornfields, chasing. and i like the part where Jenny just goes, wait, that won't work, let me try something. And then she starts to sing, and her voice is so beautiful that all the animals come to her. 30 bingos walk right up to the car.
00:27:34
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We got the birds. got critters and bingo. And he apologizes in a human voice and then lays at her feet. Yeah. Yeah. and but But actually, what happened?
00:27:48
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Yeah. So what happened really is, fortunately, Jenny was thinking more quickly than i was. Duh. Sorry. of Of course she was. Of course she was. Yeah.
00:28:02
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Jenny pulled the truck about a city block ahead of our prey this time. She barely got the vehicle stopped on the shoulder before jumping out and disappearing into the sea of brown vegetation.
00:28:14
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By some miracle, it came to me what she was up to. So I started running in the direction of Jenny and the dog. I'm sure the scene of me running crouched like a warrior with an old fishing net for a weapon would have made for quite a laugh down at the coffee shop. Yes, it would.
00:28:33
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Suddenly... Our hero, Jenny, jumped up right in front of Bing-Out. He paused, stunned at her appearance, and turned in my direction. The look of disappointment on his face when he saw me just a few feet from him was undeniable.
00:28:49
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Had he been capable of speech, I'm sure his reaction would not have been repeatable in public. ah Classic Bing-Out. Yeah, I know. ah He swears like a sailor. Ah, shoot some ladders. You got me, Doc.
00:29:07
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Bingo tried to dodge to the left, but I was pumped up on adrenaline by then. With a last chance leap of desperation, I went for it. It was one of those times when you feel like you're in slow motion.
00:29:20
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i closed my eyes and hoped for the best. But Chetty's going to be so pissed if you beat this. But, like, why would you close your eyes in this moment? You wouldn't.
00:29:31
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This is the time to keep them wide open, Doc. Jenny's adrenaline's been going since probably 8 a.m. She's probably been doing most of the work at the hospital throughout this entire endeavor, even before the bite. So if your adrenaline's just now catching up to her...
00:29:49
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And then you close your eyes and hope for the best? No. There's no hoping with Jenny. Jenny just does. yeah When I opened my eyes, the dog was already biting the fishing net from inside in a last-ditch effort to regain his freedom. Goodness.
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Relief flowed into us as we drove Bingo back to the clinic to complete the task that we had started. I was not about to take our less than happy captive out of the net for the ride back. He just sat on my lap and growled occasionally attempting to bite me.
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Bingo's a real one. He's not going down without a fight. Back at the clinic, an anxious Dr. Dave awaited our victorious arrival. His scowling face lit up with a broad smile when he saw the netted pooch.
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I'm sure he had been debating whether or not to call the liability company. Yeah. That's that's his job. He's like, damn it. I opened the door now. I got to call my lawyer.
00:30:50
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This time we turned the building into Alcatraz until it was time for Bingo to go home. Sounds all right. When Mr. Van Meter came to pick up his pet, he was completely oblivious.
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He even commented on how good Bingo looked after having been through an operation. Evidently, no one had seen our little comedy routine, so we all decided to let sleeping dogs, well, you know how it goes.
00:31:17
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Messy end of the story. Wow. There's no way there were zero witnesses. Somebody saw that ordeal.
00:31:26
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11 o'clock? It's a small town. I don't know. a weekday. Could all be working. Everyone was at church. Maybe. It was Sunday. don't No one saw. They got cars. They got church. Jingo was like, hail Mary, get me out of here. I don't want a surgery. Yeah, I know. yeah from What a beautiful tale.
00:31:45
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What a team. What a recovery. To the listeners, is this something you're interested in me doing again? so to read from this book or another book because there's a lot of books out there.
00:31:58
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I loved it. Honestly, I thought it was a great story. So good find. That's very colorful, Dr. Wells. Thank you. Yeah. yeah I've been in hospitals for for pets that have escaped and man, it sucks.
00:32:10
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And I'm glad that they got there and i'm glad they had a car and I'm glad that there were no other cars in existence yet. Thank God for that fishing nut. yeah um Have we talked about, have we done the thing where I rag on people that freak out to like someone get the midazolam during a seizure? Once, I think.
00:32:27
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Yeah, it's that same manic energy of pet starts having a seizure. Someone's like, someone get the midazolam. It's like, well, you could get it. But the same thing yeah when a cat gets out in the clinic.
00:32:41
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It's like, doors, doors, someone get the doors. Doors. And yeah, you gotta get the doors, but just get the door. You should get the door.
00:32:52
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yeah Everybody's gotta be on high alert, though. You gotta let them know right away or you gotta bingo situation. That's true. You know? Yeah. We say, loose dog! of dogs I guess Jenny should have been yelling. Dog bingo bingo.
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When Dr. Dave was coming. Jenny didn't do anything wrong. I won't take any Jenny slander on this pod. I don't know about you, Dr. G, but I feel like in today's day and age, 2026, I'd probably feel compelled to tell ah the banker that some shenanigans happened, but we'd handled it. I gloss over it, but I wouldn't. In case somebody did see, I'm not going to not say anything. everyone's got Everyone has cars nowadays. Everyone has yeah phones. Everybody's got drones.
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Someone saw this thing. I got two of them charging right now. This would have been TikTok. TikTok. this oh yeah been on tiktok yeah Bingo would have been. ha Well, actually, Jenny probably would have been held as a hero. but Probably.
00:33:50
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Free breakfast at the local diner for Jenny for the next year. Yeah, there's a there's a there's a lawsuit for Dr. Dave and there's a GoFundMe for Jenny's arm. Yeah.
00:34:00
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And that's the 2026 version of the 2006 story. Mm-hmm. No, I thought that was awesome. i Definitely would love to hear some more some more of those tales in the future.
00:34:12
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Bingo's vaping too. Yeah, Bingo is vaping. There's quite a few. And there's other books I've found. Perfect. So we can do that. I like it. I like it.
00:34:25
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I like it too. right, well, that was an amazing story, and we just spilled the kibble. Jenny, take the wheel. but but but Jenny, take the wheel.
00:34:39
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