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Dog Nutrition + Trump Tariff Rebates - Positively Pipeman

Dog Nutrition + Trump Tariff Rebates - Positively Pipeman
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Dog Nutrition + Trump Tariff Rebates - Positively Pipeman

Season 20, Episode 57 of The Adventures of Pipeman. It’s the Positively Pipeman weekly segment of The Adventures of Pipeman. Chapter 1: The Pet Health Guru is back and we will discuss Dog Nutrition- Confusion made simple with guidelines from Bill....

Season 20, Episode 57 of The Adventures of Pipeman.

It’s the Positively Pipeman weekly segment of The Adventures of Pipeman.

Chapter 1: The Pet Health Guru is back and we will discuss Dog Nutrition- Confusion made simple with guidelines from Bill.

Chapter 2: Michael Barbarita of Next Step CFO and Powerful Business Strategies will discuss the Trump Tariff Rebates – These are only allowed for the importer of record, however if your suppliers used Tariffs as an excuse to increase prices then you deserve some type of rebate or lower price.

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0:04 Hy you have done too. Sensu wow for you young. This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio and I'm once again here on the Positively Pipe Man segment of the Adventures of Pipe Man here with the Eath Guru. And last week we talked about cat nutrition. This time it's the dog's turn. Dog nutrition. Absolutely, you know we talked to on the cat one. Of course, the cat's being an o'boge at carnivore as opposed to what our canine friends are, which are basically opportunistic carnivores. And what that actually means is they're more of a scavenger. You know, it doesn't matter if the meat is fresh. You know, it could be previously killed, road killed, three days old. They don't care. The smellier the better.

1:06 Can a big cat. It could be cat poop too, that's right exactly. We talked about that. But that's just it. They will eat a lot of the inappropriate things if they're out of balance. Now, being that they're a carnivore means that they do need mostly animal fats and proteins. Will they adjust and adapt to staying alive with carbohydrate based commercial foods. Absolutely doesn't mean that they're gonna be happy, It doesn't mean that they're gonna be healthy. Uh, they should be eating basically the same as our cats, which is a raw meat diet. You know, some of them will prefer like they cooked or warm. You have to remember that when they get a kill in the wild, that food is not frozen, it's not cold. That body is still warm, and that's the way they like they prefer their food.

1:56 They'll eat a vryet. Again, like with cats, we recommend of rye rotational diets, something different every day so we get all the different nutrients into the body and that we're cleansing out the very specific toxins. And because dogs are opportunistic and scavengers, they will they will eat a lot of bad stuff and that can cause a lot of a lot of angs to dog owners where they're spending a ton of money on veterinary services that basically do nothing. And uh, you know, we have to understand that all these almost all these so called diseases that we see in these emerged trips in the emergency room, these are nothing more than events. You know, you I just had a case with a American bully that jumped off the bed, heard its shoulder and its back leg was basically dragging it instead of running to the vat.

2:53 We use some some phototherapy and some increase in nutrition, no drugs at all, and within three days the dog was running around again. It's you know, it was just the body has to heal itself. You can't keep pushing it. We have to watch our dogs as well too, because we have a tendency to push them into our direction. So you know, if you're a jogger, that's what you want to take your dog out for a run. I mean you know that. You know, dogs legs are half the size, half the length of ours, so that they're working twice as fast and burning up energy and we don't even think about it, the wear and tear that we're putting on our dogs. So a good nutritious diet is important. You know, not only meats and fats, muscle meat and fats, but also organ meats, eggs, raw dairy, bone broth. All these things that actually makes us healthier are also good for our dogs. Stay away from the sugar.

3:49 Oh yeah, for sure. I was thinking about something like so you're talking about their scavengers and I've seen it in my you know, in my life, where they'll eat stuff that makes them sick, but they won't even hesitate the next time around to eat the same thing that makes them sick. That's it's because their nutritional needs are not being met. They will go out of in a wild canines will haunt areas for different types of foods based on what their bodies need. That natural cravings, the body that actually tells us the same thing when it's not being polluted by you know, the synthetic sugars and addictive drugs that they add to our food. You know, this is the nature of it. And of course the dogs, it's it's not quite as bad as it is with cats because they are more than a scavenger type. They will seek out what they need. You know. One of the interesting things that I've been preaching for probably twenty or thirty years now, when I was doing dog training, the number two training issue was you open up the door and the dog charges out, runs away. Yeah, and that was you know, major major problems with with training. And the interesting thing about it was usually the dog will show back up at the door two, three four hours later, usually with either a burger king or a McDonald's, bags a hat, and basically what they were doing they said, hey, mom,

5:19 you're not feeding me the right stuff. I'm going hunting. And that's what the exactly they do. Then they hunt for trash that's going to fulfill that bodily need that they need to try to stay healthy. Wow, So I have a question too. Is like I've always known my whole life, most people notice that you can't give chocolate to dogs. It could kill them. Is that true? And why is that? As? It? Is? It? Okay? There are compounds in a lot of different things. Like you garlic, they tell you the same thing, grapes, chocolate of course being a big one. Actually, the small amounts of the compounds in there that cause problems will not affect your dog if unless they eat way too much.

6:04 And then most cases they will not eat too much, just like us. You can't eat excessive amounts of chocolate. I will vomit it up. I can unfortunately, but I'm now. But yeah, my kids used to make fun of me, Like they'll say, don't leave a pan of brownies out at night. They'll be gone by MORI and they're not cane. I could I could sit and eat a whole pan of brines in one sitting, no problem. That super rich chocolate cake that people take a bite of it and they're like, oh, that's too rich for me. I'm like, hand it over, I'll eat the whole thing. You know, not anymore because I did poison my body. But but I mean, like it is. I'm definitely an addict to chocolate too. Like like people don't realize all this poisonous stuff, your body gets addicted to it, and so that's why you think that's what your body needs because you're craving it. But you're craving it because you're addicted to it. Whereas when you start going clean, which I did, I didn't have the cravings anymore. Once I went clean. You know, I was able to even walk into like an ice cream shop with my grandkids and look at it. I didn't have to be somebody, oh well, I can't go and saw it, look at it, smell it, and not need to have it.

7:26 No, that's true. Once we get out of the bodies clean. The same thing is true with all of our animals. As long as we're feeding them clean and the species appropriate diet, we don't have a problem. And the other thing is again just like when we talked about the cats, leaving dry food down for them all the time. First of all, it's carbohydrate based. They can't use it. It actually bloats them because you got to think the body's got to provide a lot of water in order to start breaking it down. Are then drinking, you know, incessively. It's like just they can't get enough water because they are dehydrated from the dry foods. And like I say, they you know, they're without the proper nutrition. They're gonna be looking for the thing. There's like dogs eat sticks and stones and shoes and pantyhose and you know all kinds of other things that are inappropriate. You know. The whole clothing thing is because our clothing smells like us and we're an animal.

8:23 You know, so they want that makes no sense. Yeah, it's you know, and again we need to be doing the detoxification. And you know, we use a lot of herbal products of course at my palaeopattern with biocomplete uh to detoxifi because again, our dogs are even worse than cats as far as when it comes to chemical pollution in their body because we're using all these flea and tick products on a regular basis. You know, we poison the body to kill one little tiny insect. I mean, that's ridiculous. And you know we're treating it for something that they don't normally have. You know, your dog doesn't isn't loaded with flees all the time. They're not loaded with ticks all the time. Heartworms, the same thing. And yet the veterinary community says, you know, they sell it as a prevention, when the box itself says, this is not a prevention, this is a cure. And yet people just keep spending their money and keep poisoning their dogs in wondering whether it's a you know, having to do their six month checkups and the blood work is all screwed up.

9:34 So let me ask you another question. I find that a lot of dog owners, because the vets say it, are like super loyal to the only food they should give their pets is that one. What's it? It's a giants say it. Yes, there's no science in science diet. By the way, Like, what is with that? People are like, it's like a cult, it. Is, And well, of course all of medicine is even with you know, with humans. I mean, you got some people that are just so strict with their doctors, they couldn't couldn't possibly look at a healthy meal. I mean, that would be impossible. And of course, you know doctors veterinarian gene they do not talk about health. They have no health in their toolbox. It's all medicine diagnostics. And you know, the body is a dynamic machine. Our dogs and cats are exactly the same. They're changing from moment to moment. You know, when you're running with your dog, obviously they need different energy than when they're you know, snuggle up with you, watch a movie. It's like, you know, but so we have to understand that it's true with us as well. But dogs being a scavenger and actually we're kind of a scavenger too, because you know, you open up their refrigerator door and it's like what's in there?

10:54 Yeah. Sometimes for me nowadays, because I eat so healthy, it's kind of like turning on the TV. It's like I opened a refrigerator and uh, okay, yeah there's nothing on the TV right now. I'll open it and close it. I'm like, yeah, there's nothing I want in there. Yeah. Well, it's funny. I was at a supermarket a couple of about things. About a month ago, we had to pick up something for to make a meal, and we walked the whole supermarket and I was asked, well, did you see anything as you want? Nope, nothing in this whole supermarket that I really wanted because I knew, I know how, you know how it's prepared, I know the chemicals that are in it. It's like, I can't do this.

11:35 This would be a good steak, just like my dog wants. There you go. And so let's talk about different breeds of dogs. Do they have different health needs for nutrition? Because like you know, dog parents, they're not gonna know, and the vet's gonna probably give the same advice to every single person. And I'm sure different breeds of dogs have different needs. The need, the basic needs are going to be all the same. And if you're feeding a species appropriate diet, like I said, a good raw meat diet to a dog, you're not going to have the issues in between the individual breeds. Now, you take something like a bulldog or front seat whatever with their pushed in faces necessarily and they could never hunt for themselves. You know, first off, they're short legs and the way they're built. They couldn't chase anything down, and if they did, they couldn't grab onto it because there's no face, there's no you know, basically muzzle to be able to grab onto it. We do see a lot of problems over a certain breeds with with commercial foods, particularly big breeds. Hip displasions is probably the most prominent one they've been looking for. You know, veterinarians have been telling us for seventy five years or more out that it's genetic. But yet all the research that they did at Cornell and Penn State and all the other good veterinary schools out there, they have not been able to isolate a genetic link, a genetic cause. However, there's been tens of thousands of papers, research papers published

13:10 on how that particular problem is actually caused by dry dog food and the mechanics of it. When you stop and think about physiology, and unfortunate doctors and veterinarians do not study physiology to any great extent. It's just basic an effet. But when you're going through a growth spur on a dog, on a big breed, a German shepherd, a great gain whatever, Okay, the body starts storing up, storing up nutrients, and then we're going to build these bones very very quickly. Well, when it starts to click in, okay, muscle stretches, fat doesn't. So what happens is the growth of that bone is actually being restricted by the fat because we're feeding on carbohydrates, which converts into sugar and then fat. So the bone does not developed properly. Of course we're going into a joint. It's also developing. There's no muscle to hold that together, so that joint is just moving around and it just wears on that soft bone.

14:12 And now you've got hip problems. And you know, fortunately they it can actually be reversed through just good nutrition. But of course, you know, doctors, what do they want to do? Hip replacement? You know, twenty thousand dollars per hit. Yeah, I don't even see where that's good. And adults when people I know that get hip replacement, I don't know, it seems like they have issues. Yeah, well, the body anytime you get replacement, first off, you're going to get rejection because the body's seeing it as a foreign body. Just like if you you know, you mentioned you have have a bacteria laden food or a toxin laden food, the body's going to reject it.

14:55 And it does the same thing with artificial joints. And of course the other thing is is on the other side is doctors and veterinarians love to just remove body parts. You know, we've had discussions on that before. They're just crazy. You know, you don't need a gallbladder. Well wait a minute, why is it there? Then? You know, I don't need an appendix? Why is it there? Then? You know, well, because their initial training was playing operation as a kid. Yeah, so once you started altering it, and of course you know then spayan uter enters into that too. The nutritional needs are different because the whole endocrine system is screwed up, and you know, the pancreas is of course a part of that. That's what makes our digestive enzymes.

15:39 So if I'm giving them carbohydrates which they're not supposed to have, the body then has to make the amlas to start breaking down the carbs. And also it then has to make a ton of insulin, which you shouldn't be doing on the carnivor. And you know you've had you've had events when when it comes to insulince that that your body is not making insulin, but the liver's not making the end time to. Use it, yeah, exactly. And you know once you start adding artificially too, the body quits making it. Exactly, it feels it has no need to you know. Yes, So how do people find out more about They're not only there dogs nutrition, but anything I having to do with their dogs or cats. You know, I know you have my Paleo Pet. People can check out and Pet Health Cafe tom all about both of those and anything else.

16:30 You know, Pet Health Cafe of course, as you're well aware because I started with you, it's been around for the eighteenth season. You know, we've been doing this conversation for a long long time. A lot of different topics, a lot of in depth stuff. You can go through the archives and just find whatever you need. A lot on cancers, a lot on nutrition, a lot on behavior as well. Pet Health Cafes on YouTube twenty four to seven, iHeartRadio, among the whole host of other other venues. My Paleo Pet has its website, Mypaleo pet dot com. Again, all of our products from that we make from biocomplete are listed there. Different herbals, botanicals, foods, and farm the tables, items for pet parents, a bunch of magazine articles and that sort of thing are also listed in our on that website. And of course they can reach me through the store itself, my Paleo Pet in Papino Beach, Florida.

17:32 You know, you can call the store set up an appointment for consultation. You know, a lot of people avoid paying me for those because they sneak in the front door and just ask questions. But you know, and I'm always willing to, you know, explain the processes behind it. Of course, we just physically moved, so we had the new dresses are up there on the website and everything. And one of the unique features we've added to this is that we at an educational center where we'll be able to bring in guest hosts and things of that nature to expand on our knowledge base of getting to getting proper information, true information on health and wellness to pet owners. And of course they're pets themselves.

18:19 Nice. Yeah, definitely, everybody's got to check out My Palo Pet and watch and listen to Pet Health Cafe because that is truly the only place where your pet has a voice. Absolutely, So thank you for your wealth of information, pet health Guru, always a pleasure and always helping our pets for so long, It's amazing. And we'll see you next week on the Positively Pipeman segment of the Adventures of pipe Man. Aftershock, the West coast largest rock, metal, and punk festival, returns to Sacramento this October with My Chemical Romance Too, Libiscuit, Even Pierce, the Fail, Bluss, Suicide Boys, Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring, A Data, Remember I'm ten Clan, and more.

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20:10 Thank you, Dean. So I'm not gonna get political about Trump. I'm just gonna say what's happening with respect to the tariff situation. So the Supreme Court disallowed all those tariffs that started last April of twenty twenty five. Now only the importer of record can get the rebate. So what I'm telling all my clients is anybody who used the Trump tariffs as an excuse to increase prices, they should be called and either future purchases come through at a lower price to make up for that, or get some type of rebate yourself. Because what happened was is everybody used as an excuse to increase prices the Trump tariffs, and now everybody is getting a rebate. Now, when I say everybody, once again, just the importer of record gets the rebate, but they receive dollars for the purpose of to cover those rebates that they I'm sorry to cover those tariffs that they're now getting rebates on. So anybody who's used that as an excuse, you've got to go back to them and ask them for some type of rebate or future discounts on prices, because you're not going to get the benefit. You pay for the rebates theoretically, and you're

21:41 not going to get the benefit. You're not going to get the benefit from them. So it's really important that you go back in your thought process or notes or whatever it is that the reason why people increase prices, if they were due to the Trump tariffs, then you deserve a rebate because they are getting them. Yeah. You know, it's such an important subject here because I think people don't really understand the tariffs and the rebates. Right, but they paid for them, right right. I know this first and from something I bought, you know, So you know it's I think people need to go to somebody like you that can give them solid advice from solid research instead of them guessing and then they end off end up ahead of the game instead of behind the eight ball. Yeah.

22:42 And one of my clients who followed through and went back to this, they were that particular client had three or four suppliers who used the Trump rebate as an excuse to increase prices and went back to them and didn't get a rebate, but got a great eel on future. Purchases for for a period of time. So it's, uh, it's important that you follow up because everybody's falling asleep on it. Right. If you pay, you know historically what you paid is you know, it's forgotten and it's in the as in the distant memory, distant past exactly. But I think a lot of business owners who got who were given the excuse that the prices went up because of the Trump tariffs need to push back now. Time to push back because they're not getting the rebate. Only the importer is getting the rebate. So whatever that chain is, and that chain might be two or three levels back, well you've got to You've got to have your supplier pushed back on their on the importer.

23:47 So it it there's a chain there potentially, but by the same token you paid, you're overpaid for something that somebody's gonna benefit back, benefit tremendously on if you don't push back. Oh apsolutely, without a doubt. I know imagina being that that importer or that you know that never gets any pushback was able to increase price and not get some rebase. Yeah exactly. So how can people reach out to you to get more information about stuff like this and other things that could be some powerful business strategies for them. Well, they just have to go to my website NEXTEPCFO dot net, go to the contact page. What I'd love to I would love to give them is a tool that will that's actually a diagnostic that would give them a complete assessment of their business in less than five minutes, with three strategies that they can implement now and the impact that those strategies should have on their business based on their input. So, if you go to NEXTEPCFO dot net forward slash contact, fill out the contact page and put in the words diagnostic, I will send you that immediately and you could see what type of impact three new strategies would have that your competition isn't.

25:04 Do it nice and you are definitely the powerful business strategy expert of the show. And so people need to definitely reach out and at least just do an exploratory you know, conversation or you know exchange to see how you guys can benefit them. That'd be great. Well, thanks once again for being here on the positivety Pipemin segment of the Adventures of Pipemin, and we look forward to talking to you next week about the ten pricing trap. Thanks, thanks DA look forward to it. Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipemin on w for CUI Radio.