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.

Send listener emails for consideration to be addressed by Dr. Roger on the air to comments@web-dvm.net. Follow Dr. Roger's Facebook posts (including new podcast episodes) by sending a friend request to his public profile, Roger Welton DVM.

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:

https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/1322276/fvets-11-1322276-HTML-r2/image_m/fvets-11-1322276-t001.jpg

Send listener emails for consideration to be addressed by Dr. Roger on the air to comments@web-dvm.net. Follow Dr. Roger's Facebook posts (including new podcast episodes) by sending a friend request to his public profile, Roger Welton DVM.

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

Send listener emails for consideration to be addressed by Dr. Roger on the air to comments@web-dvm.net. Follow Dr. Roger's Facebook posts (including new podcast episodes) by sending a friend request to his public profile, Roger Welton DVM.

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.

Dr. Roger selects listener emails to be addressed on the air, so if interested in having your voice heard on the podcast, email comments or questions to comments@web-dvm.net. For more content from Dr. Roger visit his blog at ⁠⁠⁠Web-DVM.net⁠⁠⁠ and you can also follow his public Facebook profile by friend requesting "Roger Welton DVM".