As a long time practice owner, Dr. Roger has unique insights into the economic trends of the veterinary industry. In this episode, Dr. Roger warns of inflationary cost increases that veterinary clinics are bracing for that will ultimately affect pet owner's cost of veterinary care, the reasons behind what he terms "Petflation," and what pet owners can to to prepare for and manage it.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Some cats are prone to regurgitation or vomiting, but seem otherwise fine in every other way (normal appetite, body condition, playfulness, litter box habits, etc.). Sometimes hairballs come up, while other times it can be undigested or partially digested food, bile, or some combination of all of the above.
Because these cats we commonly call "pukers" are otherwise normal and it is not an uncommon issue, many cat parents dismiss the issue. To be fair, other than being a bit of an inconvenience to the cat parent, in many cases it is a benign issue with no real cause for concern. However, in other cases, it could a signal of significant underlying disease that should be addressed.
In this episode, Dr. Roger discusses how cat parents can distinguish between their cat being a harmless/benign puker versus when there is serious cause for concern.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
In this episode, Dr. Roger highlights the human health benefits of having intimate pet companionship for all stages of life, even contributing to longer life expectancy. The human animal bond not only brings us joy and companionship, pets are literally good for our health. Join Dr. Roger in discussing the many ways our pets elevate not just our spirits, but our overall health.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
4th of July is a wonderful time of celebration right in the middle of summer. From barbecues to parties and of course fireworks, the 4th is a blast for people of all ages. For many of our canine, unfortunately, the 4th of July can bring about stress, in some, even shear terror from fear of fireworks noise.
Dr. Roger dedicates this episode to medical and alternative management of fireworks noise induced stress in dogs.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
In this episode, Dr. Roger discusses the all time high (and rising) incidence of chronic gastrointestinal disease in dogs. Based on early research out of Texas A&M University School of Veterinary and his own experience in clinical practice, Dr. Roger discusses the underlying causes for this rise in chronic GI disease in dogs and what can be done to prevent and treat it.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Summer is a wonderful time of year for families and pets, especially in temperate climates where long winters make summer a time to look forward to spend time enjoying the outdoors and barbecuing. Summer is also a time that can present unique dangers to pets, especially dogs.
In this episode, Dr. Roger highlights a few common summer dangers that can be avoided to ensure that summer is a time of joy, and not one of health risks to our pets.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Anti-vaccine sentiment is on the rise among pet owners and consequently, so are preventable deadly infectious diseases. Whereas the anti-vaccine ilk were once occasional outliers, with public anti-vaccine sentiment on the rise in human medicine, veterinarians experience now experience refusal of recommended core vaccines almost daily.
In this episode, Dr. Roger delves into this troubling trend and also discusses important updates on the Avian Influenza outbreak.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Spring is a time of renewal, longer daylight, flowers and leave blooming, and wildlife reawakened and active. The tease of warmer days after we have tired of the cold winter bring us the hope of summer to look forward to and more time with our human and furry loved ones spent outdoors.
In this episode, Dr. Roger invites you to embrace the joy that spring brings, while being careful of commonly overlooked dangers that spring can commonly bring to our pets.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Coprophagia is a fancy word for a very unpleasant habit some dogs exhibit: eating poop. Whether it is their own, other dogs, other specie, or all of the above, some dogs seem to enjoy the taste of feces. In this episode, Dr. Roger discusses this habit, why some dogs do this, and what can be done to stop dogs from doing it.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Osteoarthritis, commonly referred to as just "arthritis," is the most common chronic disease that dogs and cats suffer from. Thankfully, there are many safe options for prevention and treatment of arthritis that can add years of life with good quality for our pets.
In this episode, Dr. Roger details a proactive approach to arthritis management in dogs and cats, from nutrition management to new cutting edge, effective, and safe treatments.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Avian influenza strain H5N1 is far more concerning than high egg prices. The virus has managed to jump species primarily in cats with cases rising and carrying a high mortality rate.
In this episode, Dr. Roger breaks down the risk of avian flu to your cats, how to protect them from infection, and how to recognize symptoms of disease for the earliest possible intervention. With 68 confirmed cases of human infection and the first confirmed human death from avian flu reported last month, Dr. Roger also discusses what risk the increasing cases in domestic cats presents to their human families.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
About 13% of pet owners feed their pets raw meat based diets. There are strong opinions about the practice of feeding pets raw, both from the pet parents that believe in it health benefits, and a majority of veterinarians that are against it.
In this episode, Dr. Roger examines all available raw feeding studies dating back to 1993 to offer solid, strictly science based evidence on the health benefits (or lack thereof) and risks (or lack thereof) associated with feeding dogs and cats raw meat based diets.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
They are America's most popular dog breed 3 plus years running and their popularity is showing no signs of slowing. Many new French Bulldog parents, however, quickly become shocked about all that comes with caring for a Frenchie. The dedication it takes to raise and care for the average dog is a major commitment, but the French Bulldog takes it to a level of labor intensiveness and expense some are not prepared for.
In light of this reality causing the French Bulldog to become among the most given up dog breeds, Dr. Roger dedicates this episode to educating prospective Frenchie parents about what they may be choosing to take on. In addition, Dr. Roger outlines measures prospective Frenchie parents can take to minimize the expense and work it takes to raise and care for this very high maintenance dog breed.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Tune in to learn about a key aspect of a pet's general wellness care that can significantly affect the incidence of systemic disease. Overlooking this key health concern can increase the incidence of kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and liver disease by 150%, as well as significantly increase the incidence of certain type of cancers.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Ticks cause direct irritation to the skin of dogs leading to itch, rashes and skin infections. In addition to this, ticks can potential spread life threatening infectious diseases to dogs.
In this episode, Dr. Roger discusses the risks of different risks of tick born infectious diseases to dogs around the country. Learn to minimize your dog's risk of tick born infection and recognize the signs of tick born diseases in dogs.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Happy New Year from the Space Coast Pet Podcast Team! In this inaugural episode of 2025, per his yearly New Year tradition, Dr. Roger discusses his top pet resolution wish list.
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Depending on dog breed and gender, there are increases, and decreases in certain orthopedic conditions and cancers that are affected by the timing of sterilization procedures. Dr. Roger reports on the latest spay/neuter recommendations by breed based on the most current research.
Below is the link for the latest UC Davis spay/neuter recommendations by age based on breed that Dr. Roger discusses in this episodes:
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
As per yearly tradition dating back to 2009, Dr. Roger has a pre-holiday episode dedicated to hidden dangers that unexpectedly lurk around the holiday season. For long time listeners, you may have heard some of this before, but new things come to Dr. Roger's attention year in and year out, so please still tune in, as you may hear something new.
At Space Coast Pet Podcast, we want to wish everyone a wonderful upcoming Thanksgiving and holidays to come, and this episode is dedicated to keeping your furry family members out of harms way...so that they can spend the holidays lounging in their beds buy the fire and not at some after hours emergency clinic.
Merck Chocolate Calculator link: https://www.merckvetmanual.com/multimedia/clinical-calculator/chocolate-toxicity-calculator
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Dr. Roger Welton, aka "Dr. Roger," is a practicing veterinarian and highly regarded media personality through a number of platforms. He is the author of his top selling memoir The Man In The White Coat: A Veterinarian’s Tail Of Love. In addition to this podcast, Dr. Roger has a global blog, The Web-DVM, where he regularly posts articles. He is the CEO and chief attending veterinarian of Premier Veterinary Care in Viera, FL.
Dr. Roger recalls his recent trip to attend the West Indies Veterinary conference in the British West Indies on the island of St. Kitts. Dr. Roger discusses how the experience took him back to the very early stages of his veterinary career and the wave of powerful emotional and spiritual fulfillment it brought him.
Kirk Herbstreit tribute to his dog Ben discussed in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YCzj-SDYmY
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The term holistic as it pertains to veterinary medicine has moved away from its original meaning and intent. In this episode, Dr. Roger explains what it is means to be a holistic veterinarian and what a holistic veterinary health care regimen for pets looks like.
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