The Incredible Dr. Pol

- Come on, Titan. - Come on, buddy.

Come on, Ti.

He's trying.

- Come on, Ti. - Come on.

You're small and petite, get out of my car.

Well, now you're stuck.

A super-sized pet leads off this morning's cases.

We brought in our Pyrenean mastiff, Titan,

who hasn't been acting himself lately.

He's usually very energetic,

most of the time he goes bounding around the front yard,

hopping like a gazelle, and he's just been very lethargic lately.

Come on. Come on, Mr. Man.

That's not a mastiff, that's a...

He's a Pyrenean mastiff.

- Right. - Yep.

- Hey! - He looks like a St. Bernard.

Yeah. What's his problem?

He barely moves at home, he just lays in one spot,

normally he wants to be outside all the time in the morning.

You know what? Shave him.

- Shave him? - Yeah.

That's what he needs, because see all this stuff here?

He's just too hot and uncomfortable.

And right now... Yeah, even now he's panting

like crazy, and it's cold.

Just clip him.

You go with the hair or sometimes against the hair,

and you see how he's itching?

Yep.

- And then come down like this. - Okay.

That's how I did my sheep, that's how I do my dog.

Okay.

Come on, big guy.

We are going to shave him like a sheep.

Ready? Up.

Anything to keep him cool during the summer,

because he does not tolerate heat very well.

That was fun.

Hi.

Everyone's hounding Dr. Pol...

Hi, did you get any more spots, huh?

This is Sparty, and this is Turner.

He is not eating, and he's got a lot of diarrhea.

We were sleeping and all of a sudden

it kinda sounded like a water gun was hitting the wall.

Gosh.

It was not a pleasant smell or sound to wake up to.

What's the diarrhea look like?

Kind of like yellowish brown with little white spots in it.

Does she get into anything else at home?

Uh, he eats rocks.

- Rocks? - Yeah.

He's not the brightest Lab.

Will you just slow down?

No, forget it, I'm not gonna take his temperature.

I know that it's normal anyhow, 'cause he's, he's not sick.

Most likely that this is diet related.

Okay.

If the dog food doesn't agree with them,

they can get diarrhea.

If he's eating rocks, does he, does he inhale his food?

Um, he does, so we try to slow him down.

That could be part of it, too.

- You know what, you have a bowl like that? - Mm-hmm.

You put a rock in, that big,

that he cannot get his mouth around.

And then he has to go around, so you put the food in there,

put the rock right on top,

and then he has to go around that rock to eat it.

That'll slow him down more than anything else.

- Okay. - This one?

He's been throwing up, he's been wheezing.

Same dog food?

Yep, same dog food.

He eats about eight o'clock at night

and he'll throw up about midnight, one o'clock.

His temperature, everything is normal,

heart sounds good, nothing upper respiratory.

These dogs physically are fine,

you know, there's nothing wrong with them.

The biggest problem is that, you know,

they need a diet change in order to get normal stool.

Make sure that the first three ingredients are meat or meat by-products.

And then some barley, grain by-products.

But no corn.

Pepto-Bismol twice a day.

All righty.

Something's bugging Louie.

He was scratching at his leg last night,

and we found a tick and we tried and we couldn't get it off.

Well, where is it?

It's on the back right leg.

You have to look for it, it's somewhere right around here.

It's a big, black thing.

Ticks carry a lot of diseases.

I don't... Maybe it fell out and that's just the...

Oh, come on.

They bore into the skin, and that's where they get the blood.

I don't see anything right now.

Well, we'll find it 'cause we had to hunt for it.

Okay.

We took tweezers and we tried, we tried, we tried,

and we couldn't get it off.

I was going to put a piece of Scotch Tape on it, but...

- We have a flashlight. - There.

Okay, that's not that big.

- Well, I think it's big. - No.

- Is that a tick? - No.

- It's not a tick? - No.

What is it?

That's not a tick, it's just an ingrown hair follicle

with a little bit of infection.

No wonder we couldn't get it out.

See there's a little bit of pus coming out?

Yeah.

Okay, I'm gonna cauterize that.

He was bugging at it, he was scratching at it.

Oh, yeah. That's why I'm cauterizing it.

Was it a tick before, you think?

- No, no. - Never was a tick?

No, there's no hole in there at all.

And I'm glad, I'm happy that it wasn't a tick,

but it was kind of embarrassing.

This is like a hair follicle that got inflamed.

And most of the time the thing heals up by itself.

It probably will be black forever.

- Oh, really? Okay. - Yeah.

I won't worry, I can never find it anyway.

But as long as it doesn't grow, you're fine.

He's very bright, very frisky little fella.

Today, Kelly's bringing in Chubsy.

It's okay.

He's chubby.

His full name is Sir Chubsy Underfoot.

Sir Chubsy Underfoot.

- Well, that's much easier. - Yes, he used to be...

He used to be quite fat,

but he's been losing weight lately.

On Saturday, he came in,

and we believe he might have had a heat stroke.

He had very deep breathing,

he jumped down and he fumbled over on his side.

He got over it, or at least back up in about 45 minutes,

but he was groggy for about a good day.

Lately he's had explosive diarrhea.

Okay.

Explosive diarrhea, that means that dehydration

is playing a major role in what we're seeing here.

He must have been pretty dehydrated.

He came inside after being outside in the heat

and just kinda passed out 'cause he had nothing else in his body.

To confirm her suspicion,

Dr. Nicole has to rule out other potential causes.

Okay.

Normal temperature, good.

I don't know if this is enough to see if he has worms,

but I can at least take a look at it

and see if there's anything going on, okay?

All righty.

You're a good boy.

Okay.

I did not see any worms in his stool,

but I got a very, very tiny sample.

Has his stool been super runny or just soft?

Very runny and explosive.

I'm not ruling out parasites,

so I'm gonna go ahead and treat him for parasites

and give him some sub-Q fluids and antibiotics.

This is just a good way to help us rehydrate them.

He'll get a little hump of fluids right underneath his skin.

Okay.

Sometimes the fluid underneath the skin

feels a little weird.

That's what you need, bud.

Okay, some antibiotics to help with the diarrhea.

Oh. Let's try this again.

Oh, my gosh.

Okay, I'm gonna take him on back and have someone hold him.

It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay, bud.

See, you're not a mean kitty.

Kelly should keep Chubsy indoors.

It's really hot outside.

If you want to add some extra water into his canned food,

that's a good way to get them to drink more.

We want to rehydrate him

and get him feeling better before he can go out.

Here's your bag of goodies.

And let me know how he's doing, okay?

- I will, thank you. - You're welcome.

He's part of the family.

He's certainly my little buddy,

and we're looking for quite a few more years together

and getting better real quick.

So here they are.

Jenny is helping her kids raise their first batch of 4-H pigs.

The kids take these pigs to the local county fair.

The kids learn responsibility, they learn about the animals,

they make a lot of friends.