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Totally Pawsome Pod

Totally Pawsome Pod

Dr. Sip Siperstein and Melissa McCue-McGrath

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This is an all animal podcast with an R rating for sex, cultural taboo, STDs, fish orgies, and an appropriate amount of cursing. Dr. Siperstein is a veterinarian and Melissa is a professional dog trainer - they have been working professionally with animals for over 30 years combined and have many stories that would get the Wild Kratts an FCC violation. Twice a month they will dive deep on a controversial subject in the animal world and wash it all down with a news story about animals that would make David Attenborough clutch some pearls. So, put the kids to bed, get a beverage of your choice, and listen to this animal podcast with an after-dark vibe. This is Totally Pawsome.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Totally Pawsome Pod episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Totally Pawsome Pod for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Totally Pawsome Pod episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Totally Pawsome Pod - The Museum That Is Excited To See You
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02/09/22 • 42 min

This week, Dr. Sip terrifies Melissa six ways to Sunday with spiders and hedgehogs, and Melissa brings up the hardest museum in the land.

Resources for today's episode:
"Don't rub hedgehogs all over you"
Nature
AVMA
CDC.gov
"You can just take this dong anywhere":
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-tapirs-nsfw/
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-final-member-2014

phallus.is/en

https://animalogic.ca/blog/11-of-the-strangest-animal-genitals-on-the-planet

Varmints on Tapir, extended cut....er, Patreon feed (or check out all their free episodes here!)

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Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/
Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and when she's not training dogs or dog trainers, she can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]

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Totally Pawsome Pod - Medical Nopes and The Runaway Camel of Bonner Springs
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04/05/22 • 36 min

Dr. Sip explains what to do if your pet has a seizure, why animals can't have many human medications, and how Poison Control helps vets. Melissa gives a doctorate course in CYA and introduces everyone to the runaway camel of Bonner Springs, Kansas.

This week, our thanks go out to...

Sip’s real life!

ASPCA App and Emergency Line

https://www.aspca.org/news/what-expect-when-calling-aspca-animal-poison-control-center

Bonner Springs Police Department

https://www.livescience.com/wildest-animal-escapes-2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/camel-causes-chaos-running-away-kansas-nativity-scene-rcna8061

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Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/
Melissa is a professional dog trainer in Southern Maine (melissamccuemcgrath.com). She can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!)
Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]

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Totally Pawsome Pod - REEEEEEMIIIIIIIXXXXXXX

REEEEEEMIIIIIIIXXXXXXX

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10/12/21 • 43 min

This week, the ladies are remixed, Dr. Sip talks about veterinary options, including wild hamster tagging; Melissa brings up lady octopuses and has to apologize to all but one Todd.
Resources for today's episode:
Dr. Jonathan Epstein
Dr. Xuan Mai Vo
Dr. Amanda Leef
Dr. Raimon Duran-Struuck
Dr. Yoanna Maitre
The Varmints Podcast
Vox
Dr. Sip is a traveling exotics veterinarian in Oakland, California. More about her, her practice and contact infor can be found here: DrSipVet.com
Melissa McCue-McGrath is a certified professional dog trainer in Southern Maine. Her classes, book, virtual training offerings and more can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com - and her other show, Bewilderbeasts can be found wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Totally Pawsome Pod - Neck-ropheliac Turkeys

Neck-ropheliac Turkeys

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08/10/21 • 36 min

Today, Melissa talks about COVID19 dogs, who they are, and why we might need to rethink some tactics on using them in public; Dr Sip discusses horse artificial vaginas and what it takes to get a turkey in the mood.
Resources:
COVID 19 Dogs:
https://deadline.com/2021/07/a-left-field-contender-palm-dog-covid-detecting-canines-deployed-cannes-1234789387/

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html#:~:text=There%20have%20been%20reports%20of,countries%2C%20including%20the%20United%20States.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57666245

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/see-dogs-trained-to-sniff-covid
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9

Horse breeding and turkey necks
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/notoriously-grim-turkey-head-on-a-stick-experiment-proves-they-will-attempt-to-have-sex-with-anything/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-seduce-a-turkey-the-bizarre-poultry-sex-experiments-of-the-1960s

http://www.ansci.wisc.edu/jjp1/equine/semen_coll_eval/av.html
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Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/
Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]

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Totally Pawsome Pod - Vet Peeves and The Happy Quokka Bar
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07/13/21 • 38 min

Dr. Sip dishes on what veterinarians discuss behind closed doors, and Melissa ruins the most photogenic animal on the planet, the quokka.
Resources:
Vet Peeves - Dr. Sip's actual life
Shacking Up At The Happy Quokka:
Mental Floss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57159/6-things-know-about-super-cute-quokka
Varmints Podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/varmints/quokkas-to5la_u-zwi/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka
Rottnest Island: https://wildlife.rottnestisland.com/land/fauna/quokka

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Totally Pawsome Pod - That is NOT for Children!

That is NOT for Children!

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06/02/21 • 44 min

Today a clarification on episode 4; Dr. Sip learns about animal based reality television and Melissa learns the history of the Tanuki, testicles and all, putting an entirely new filter her favorite video game (Mario 3).
Resources:
Television and Entertainment Resources:
Dogs and Cats At War
Barks from the BookShelf (Episode #34)

Tanuki Testicles:
QI: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/18/14/
https://yokaicomposed.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/yokai-poetry-tanuki/
https://www.tofugu.com/japan/tanuki/
https://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2017/09/tanuki/

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Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/
Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]

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Totally Pawsome Pod - Quoth the Raven, "Baltimore!"
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10/27/21 • 13 min

Dr Sip's outside is coming inside, Melissa has company, so everyone is taking a break. Enjoy this episode from BewilderBeasts - remastered for your listening pleasure.
This is a remastered version of the second story in episode 20, "Quoth the Raven, Baltimore." Resources for today's episode can be found here: https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-20-quoth-the-raven-baltimore.

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Totally Pawsome Pod - Four-Year-Old Mail Carriers and Drunk Seagulls
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08/26/21 • 61 min

Dr. Sip and Melissa announce the winners of a weirdly restrictive contest; dog bite statistics that every dog owner and professional needs to hear; the UK has a drunk seagull problem.
Dog bites, "Pit bulls" and statistics resources:
Lili Chin's book, Doggie Language
Patricia McConnell's book: The Other End of the Leash
Bronwen Dicky's "Pit Bull: Battle For An American Icon"

https://www.mkplawgroup.com/dog-bite-statistics/

https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2019-06/new-study-identifies-most-damaging-dog-bites-by-breed/

https://www.coloradoinjurylaw.com/dog-bite-statistics/
The Dunbar Bite Scale
Drunk Seagulls:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44736447
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/you-might-see-drunk-seagulls-4258903
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/drunk-seagulls-rspc-alcohol-beaches-somerset-devon-dorset-a8435761.html

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Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/
Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]

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Totally Pawsome Pod - Separation Anxiety and Seymour Butts
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09/17/21 • 44 min

Melissa dives deep on separation anxiety and Dr. Sip can't wait to talk about the many, many unsettling features of one evolutionary wonder.
Separation Anxiety Resources:
Patricia McConnell's book, "I'll Be Home Soon"
Nicole Wilde's book, "Don't Leave Me"
Melana DiMartini's Separation Anxiety Training Programs
"Seymour Butts"
Livescience: "Meet the marine worm with 100 butts that can each grow eyes and a brain"

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Dr. Sip is a traveling veterinarian working with exotic pets in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/
Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and is currently working on virtual training and behavior consultations. More about her work, book, and presentations can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]

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Totally Pawsome Pod - It's Getting Hot In Here

It's Getting Hot In Here

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06/29/21 • 35 min

This week, we get cicada S&M fan art, Melissa has a hot take on smashing car windows and Dr. Sip teaches us all about the dulcet sounds of a naked mole rate queen singing what scientists call, "the toilet song".
Resources:
Hot Diggity Dog
CarTalk: How hot do cars get?
https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/today-pets-hot-cars
How K9s and sports folk keep their pets cool in the summer in cars: https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/keeping-dogs-cool-cars
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/dog-mode-how-tesla-uses-smart-technology-to-keep-an-eye-on-fido/
Royal Flush:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/28/960497406/friend-or-foe-naked-mole-rats-can-tell-by-a-unique-squeak
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Toilet Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yivu8jjQcdw
Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/
Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, fan art, comments and more: [email protected]

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How many episodes does Totally Pawsome Pod have?

Totally Pawsome Pod currently has 17 episodes available.

What topics does Totally Pawsome Pod cover?

The podcast is about News, Dogs, Dog Training, Cats, Nature, Podcasts, Science and Animal Podcast.

What is the most popular episode on Totally Pawsome Pod?

The episode title 'The Museum That Is Excited To See You' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Totally Pawsome Pod?

The average episode length on Totally Pawsome Pod is 38 minutes.

How often are episodes of Totally Pawsome Pod released?

Episodes of Totally Pawsome Pod are typically released every 15 days, 8 hours.

When was the first episode of Totally Pawsome Pod?

The first episode of Totally Pawsome Pod was released on Apr 19, 2021.

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