Chapter 1: What funny story does Ron Magill share about a dog on a flight?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
All right, so Ron McGill, of course, joins us here. And hey, Ron, how you doing? First of all, you doing all right? I'm doing great. How are you? Doing good. So, all right, help me out here. On my flight this weekend, all right, you know, for college football, I fly around with ESPN Radio, and there was a service dog that was sitting in my row on the flight. I got no problem with the dogs flying.
I like dogs. And the dog was farting, though, throughout the flight. Yeah. Which once I found out that it was the dog that was farting, because the owner was like super apologetic. But once I found out it was the dog and not a human farting, I was okay with it.
Chapter 2: What are the rules around service dogs on flights?
The smell didn't bother me as much. But my question is... Like, is that common for a dog when they're, like, was the dog nervous and that's why he was farting on the flight? It could have been. How are you 100% sure it was the dog?
That's what we said, Ron. It sounds like it's the owner.
That's a great cop-out when the owner's going, oh, geez, I've got to let one go here. But I blame it on the dog. That's why I bring the dog with me because I'm a gas-producing machine, but I can always blame it on the dog. There you go. I've done that.
You know, I see, because I fly a lot, I see these service dogs all the time. But I feel like, Ron, when someone's on the flight with a Shih Tzu that's wearing the service dog vest, like, that's not a service dog, right?
Isn't it only like certain breeds are service dogs?
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Chapter 3: Is it normal for dogs to fart, and why do they do it?
Yes and no. I mean, the bottom line is a service dog can be designated as an animal that is necessary to maintain the patient's or whatever, the owner's state of mind. It's a psychological necessity. Now, having said that, I think there are a lot of people that abuse that opportunity. I know for a fact that there are some of these psychologists, write them a check, they'll write you a note. And
You know, they do that for a couple of reasons. First of all, they don't want to put their dog in the belly of the plane. I can understand that. And second of all, they don't want to pay that extra money to put the dog in the belly of the plane. So that becomes an issue. And I think that's going to come to a head sometime in the future.
Again, these service dogs and the right situation are very important. They play a very important role. But then you've got those people who are abusers and just will say anything just to get the fake patch you can get on the Internet and say is my service dog.
Chapter 4: Do cats fart like dogs do?
Now, fortunately, airlines are starting to require letters from doctors, psychologists and such. But then on the flip side, you got some of these doctors and psychologists say, oh, yeah, you look nervous. OK, here's a dog. Ron, I want to stick with dogs for just a second. And I've been meaning to ask you this for a long time. My dog Jumpin' Charlie goes in the backyard to do his business.
OK, it's a male dog because I know that name can be either. Half the time, he lifts his leg to pee like most male dogs do. And about half the time, he squats on all fours and pees like most female dogs do. Is that unusual that a dog might pee both ways? No, it's not unusual, especially if the dog is specifically trying to. Remember, they use their urine as a marker, as a territorial marker.
If he wants to hit something that's directly below him on the ground, there's no need for him to lift his leg. That's what he's going to do. If he's trying to get a fence post or he's trying to get along a fence line or a tree or, you know, a trunk or something like that, he'll lift his leg.
Chapter 5: What unusual behavior does a dog exhibit when peeing?
For aiming purposes. It's an aiming purpose. It's an aiming purpose that a lot of the dogs do it for. And in the wild, do males tend to lift their legs and females not, like pet dogs? Or is that different in the wild with, like, lions or other? It's the same. It's the same. You know, you look at painted dogs, you look at wolves.
The males, again, most females, when they urinate, unless they're in cycle, they urinate a great volume all at once and they're done. males will usually urinate in squirts and, you know, small spurts because they're trying to mark their territory. They gotta make sure they've always got a calling card in the hutch, so to speak.
Ron, I have two male dogs. Neither of them pee with their leg up. That's weird, right?
Not necessarily.
Chapter 6: How do dead vultures deter other vultures?
I had a dog that did the same thing. We used to make fun of him that way, you know? Whatever. Wow, I thought it was weird. I guess it's not. I think it's weird.
Ron, do cats fart? All animals, mammals will pass gaps. I don't see cats fart a lot. Greg actually told us, Ron, that he stopped farting. Gave it up. I did give it up. That and cigars.
Right. I don't like to brag.
Chapter 7: What embarrassing moments happen at public parties?
Believe me, stopping farting is nothing to brag about. Trust me.
Your stomach must be in shambles. If you hold a fart in, doesn't that kind of hurt your stomach?
You're never like, damn, I wish I didn't give up farting. I could really use one right now.
No, I miss cigars more than I miss farting. Wow. Trust me. I don't know how you give that up. You know, I found as a younger guy, I never really had the urge to do that. But as I've gotten older, yeah, it's one of those things that every now and then you've got to let one go. Small pleasures, right? It's tough. You've got to work on it, man.
Chapter 8: What are the top five most embarrassing things to happen in public?
You've got to work on it. I don't know. I think that's keeping some nauseous gases in your system that's going to make you either burp something nasty or something. It's going to come out somewhere, brother, and I don't want it.
Is that why you say Brad when you burp?
You know what? It could be.
I never thought of that. That's a thing, Zaz.
That's a good point.
Ron, in the rainy season now in Miami where it's kind of raining every single day, critters make their way into our houses. Is that a fair thing to say? Absolutely.
It calls all the time, especially things like these little ringneck snakes, you know, a small snake that's common throughout South Florida. I've got people calling me. I thought it was a worm, but it's a snake. Ringnecks are notorious for that because they're normally subterranean. They'll go under the ground quite a bit. They're feeding on things like worms and insects.
But when they get flooded out, everything is looking for higher land. And those guys can kind of make their way under doorstops and things like that. That's why they end up in people's houses.
So my issue is this. There's been, in this house that I'm renting, there's been a lot of cockroaches that started fighting their way into my house. And the last two weeks, we've killed a very high amount of cockroaches, right? What I've thought of, and I wanted to ask you the question,
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