Ivan Balabanov

I know you were talking recently about the mass shootings too, which is another crazy thing.

I know you were talking recently about the mass shootings too, which is another crazy thing.

Right. Yeah. It's a very, very difficult, um, It's a really difficult situation we are in in the dog world, especially like some veterinarians, especially the veterinary animal behaviorists, you know, because they have gone through the school, they know how, they're supposed to know how the medication work. But But everything they say is not how the medication work.

Right. Yeah. It's a very, very difficult, um, It's a really difficult situation we are in in the dog world, especially like some veterinarians, especially the veterinary animal behaviorists, you know, because they have gone through the school, they know how, they're supposed to know how the medication work. But But everything they say is not how the medication work.

And they get very angry when somebody says, well, there is this emotional bluntness or lack of motivation or numbness. They hate it when somebody says that. And very quickly, It just doesn't make sense how can one medication, the same pill, work for anxiety, for fear, for aggression, for OCD. For sure it does something collectively to all this stuff. problems.

And they get very angry when somebody says, well, there is this emotional bluntness or lack of motivation or numbness. They hate it when somebody says that. And very quickly, It just doesn't make sense how can one medication, the same pill, work for anxiety, for fear, for aggression, for OCD. For sure it does something collectively to all this stuff. problems.

But it doesn't really address them in any reasonable way directly. It's not like you have a cough and you've got a cough syrup and then, I don't know, you have a headache and you get some... I don't know if that analogy is even better than what we're talking about. But one serotonin pill... It's a great...

But it doesn't really address them in any reasonable way directly. It's not like you have a cough and you've got a cough syrup and then, I don't know, you have a headache and you get some... I don't know if that analogy is even better than what we're talking about. But one serotonin pill... It's a great...

Like, what would you think would be a proper way to deal with this with a dog? Like, would you have a slightest idea how that would, depending on, let's say a dog has been for two years on fluoxetine 10 or 10 milligrams or something. And it's about 50 kilos. I mean, 50 pounds. Yeah. Yeah.

Like, what would you think would be a proper way to deal with this with a dog? Like, would you have a slightest idea how that would, depending on, let's say a dog has been for two years on fluoxetine 10 or 10 milligrams or something. And it's about 50 kilos. I mean, 50 pounds. Yeah. Yeah.

What kind of protocol would be a reasonable... Because the reason I'm asking you is because... Let me back up something here.

What kind of protocol would be a reasonable... Because the reason I'm asking you is because... Let me back up something here.

No, because it's a real, real question. I also run a school for dog trainers. I teach people how to train dogs. And then we have like a monthly meeting with the graduate students. And there was a time when, out of curiosity, I was like, Guys, how often do you get, because they deal with problem dogs, that's why they come for training.

No, because it's a real, real question. I also run a school for dog trainers. I teach people how to train dogs. And then we have like a monthly meeting with the graduate students. And there was a time when, out of curiosity, I was like, Guys, how often do you get, because they deal with problem dogs, that's why they come for training.

So naturally, the question was, how often you get dogs that are on SSRIs? And everybody, every month, has at least one dog on medication. The youngest one can be six months old, which is ridiculous to even say that it has a problem. It's just a problem. a little puppy that doesn't know who he is.

So naturally, the question was, how often you get dogs that are on SSRIs? And everybody, every month, has at least one dog on medication. The youngest one can be six months old, which is ridiculous to even say that it has a problem. It's just a problem. a little puppy that doesn't know who he is.

Then my next question is, when you talk to the owners, have they ever been told that there will be a process of getting away from the medication? Not one, not one single dog, zero. And that's why How do we learn how to do this if we decide to?

Then my next question is, when you talk to the owners, have they ever been told that there will be a process of getting away from the medication? Not one, not one single dog, zero. And that's why How do we learn how to do this if we decide to?

Yeah, yeah. I'm sure we will get these responses for sure. It's very... Every time I have talked about it, it brings a lot of interest and definitely... You know what else we do?

Yeah, yeah. I'm sure we will get these responses for sure. It's very... Every time I have talked about it, it brings a lot of interest and definitely... You know what else we do?