for that, we turn to dr. jill chase. graphic: kennel cough = tracheobronchitis >> his owner wants to know more about kennel cough and for that we of course turn to dr. jill chase. thank you for coming on. >> sure. >> all right. kennel cough. >> well, first of all, tell us about your friend. >> this is max. he was on one other time. he prefers not to be touched by anyone but his owners and me. >> nervous. >> feeling a little more comfortable. so kennel cough is actually inflammation of the trachea and the bronchi. it causes a nonproductive gagging cough. when the owner says they are making this very dramatic sounding cough, that in fact it's just irritation of the area. so every time that they cough they create more inflammation and it continues to lead to the cough so we treated it with sometimes cough suppressants and antibiotics. it's caused by virus and board tell and a bacteria. it's highly contagious and the dog should be confined until they have no cough for 48 hours. it can lead to pneumonia. they can have a cause

today's topic, skin bugs and dr. jill chase joins us now with tucker. a warning for some of the viewers out there, we are going to show some pictures of his skin bumps so in case that makes you feel uncomfortable you can turn away. >> the reason i brought tucker in is because what i do is being a detective. the owner calls, says they see a bump on the animal's skin, i look at the bump and in tucker's case there was a history of the fact that he had had a tick and that maybe it was related to the tick bite, which is certainly on my list. but when they brought it in, it actually could be two types of tumors so we have been watching closely and i brought the photos in so you could see what it looked like in the beginning and then what it looks like today. so it started out looking like this, very innocuous pink bump and no number on it or anything like that -- no fur on it or anything like that, almost like a pimple. now it's gotten smaller and got a scab on the top of it. do you want to look? >> yeah. it looks a little better. >> it's hard to see. but any

time to check in with our pet expert dr. jill chase. what do do if your doctor is not eating? you brought in frankie who is a girl. >> a girl. her name is francesca. her brother bacon had a litter. i got a lot of calls from my owners asking if their dogs had been vaccinated for leptosperosis. it has been very prevalent in the bay area. it is a spiral bacteria that causes kidney failure. it is shed through the urine of mammals who have it. with all the rain, we have a lot of puddling so dogs are drinking water and eating wet grass, they are at risk if they have not been vaccinated. >> what are the signs? >> increased water consumption. increased urination. it is a fatal disease. you can sometimes get on top of it, but it is so expensive to street. so you want to take it to a very special practice for that type of treatment. the other thing i want to talk about, i have been seeing a lot of vomiting and diarrhea. sorry, this is around lunchtime. [ laughter ] but i see that this time of year when there is a lot of rain. dogs are of course using the park. even if you pick up the po

biden and his wife, dr. jill biden, play rent a home in washington so she can also teach at a community college in northern virginia. jonathan: that is a cheeto in the shape of a guerrilla, auctioned off z29kuz zstz y29kuy ysty jonathan: real? alison: i don't know. jonathan: a misshapen cheeto worth almost $100,000? it is in the shape of the gorrila who was shot and killed after a child fell into his enclosure. for snack sold online almost $100,000. no word if the transaction actually went through. i guarantee we will be talking about this. we need to see who actually bought that if it did go through. erin: and please frame it, don't eat it. jonathan: you can get a bag for $.65. alison: how do you top this? erin: i will try. we will tell you why february has been rough for number 21 maryland. and what the caps have done creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. we've reduced carbon emissions by nearly 25%, which is the equivalent of taking close to two millio

. >> dr. jill every child deserves a fair chance at life, >> peggy stillman: it may only take an hour to do something that will change their lives forever.

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. >> dr. jillry child deserves a fair chance at life, >> peggy stillman: it may only take an hour to do something that will change their lives forever. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning. it's almost like they're reborn. i can't think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] >> roma downey: as a mother, i would do anything i could to help my child live a normal life. and i'm sure you would, too. but what if you couldn't do anything? what if you were totally helpless? that's the situation for hundreds and thousands of parents in developing countries whose children are

. >> dr. jillvery child deserves a fair chance at life, >> peggy stillman: it may only take an hour to do something that will change their lives forever. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning. it's almost like they're reborn. i can't think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] >> roma downey: as a mother, i would do anything i could to help my child live a normal life. and i'm sure you would, too. but what if you couldn't do anything? what if you were totally helpless?

dr. jill biden has been named board chair of save the children.ho still english to college students, says she was honored to be asked to chair the international aid organization's board, and thought the emphasis on education was a perfect fit for her. save the children works and 120 countries, including here in the u.s., focusing on the health, education, and safety of kids. operations are headquartered in fairfield, connecticut. a global news, 24 hours per day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm dark crumpton, this is bloomberg. amanda? amanda: thanks, mark. "what'd you miss?" by everg to a study core isi, hedge funds are pulling back their bearish bets on value stocks while becoming more reliant on venture shares. burger joins us now to break down this trend. both are increasing at the same time, so why? funds traditionally love momentum. momentum being shares that have gone up roughly in the past nine to 12 months. again, hedge funds love these does it is something that has worked well throughout the e

. >> coming up, jill's winter essentials. "steals and deals." and dr.st, your local news. >>> this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. >>> hello, good morning, everybody. it's 8:26 on this thursday february 9th. i'm erika gonzalez. it's a weather alert day for us. storm team 4etgi chuck bell is here with more on our winter weather. >> that's right, erika. that's righ i streams of snow showerone wind fl you'll get sunshine for a few minutes then snow five minutes, then sun back out, then it will be cloudy. nonetheles it's going to be windy all day with occasional passing snoshs likely. odds of passing snow showers 60%. windy and cold, turning milder just in time for your weekend. >> thank you, chuck. we will get a check of your morning comme une. >>> welcome ba. southbound bw parkway near 197 have a northbound found. inbound 11th street crash reported there, 395 fine. >> thanks, melissa. get the latest news and weather with all this atheth our app ♪ >>> it's 8:30, now, on a thursday morning, 9th day of february, 2017. a record warm temperatures yesterday. we

jill biden got a new job. named board chair of save the children. group that works in 120 countries and focuses on health, education and safety of kids. dr.iden also still teaching english at northern virginia community college. >>> well three philadelphia police officers hailed heroes tonight after saving a one-year-old baby's life. >> not to tell you it did not look good at all when the officers arrived on the scene on sunday these men in blue immediately got to work when seconds absolutely counted. yasmin smith says her baby jason suddenly started choking and was losing consciousness about 9:30 in the morning. she called 911. officers with the 39th police district were there in minutes. they immediately jumped in to action, giving little jason cpr for ten minutes eventual the child regained consciousness was rushed to saint christopher's hospital. >> if it wasn't for them, i probably would not be sitting right here. that's how bad he was. he was almost blue. it was bad. it was really really bad. >> jason had visit celebrate the his first birthday and a big party on saturday is feeling a whole lot better now. officers elliot and william

. >> coming up, jill's winter essentials. "steals and deals." and dr.s. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley in the "first alert" weather center. you can see that the wind is blowing and the prompting of colder air overnight until we saw the snow this morning and it will continue to rain. from the kim mel center, just some cold spots and the ground is warm. many of the city and the neighborhoods around the city will see accumulation h. is a view from the the stadium in wilmington. and looking at at the snow that will end this morning and accumulating snow across delaware and south jersey into the suburbs and south philadelphia as well. it is starting to taper off to the west, and in berks county, a and the tail of thele system is quickly moving into that area, but the snow has extended into new jersey with the cold wind blowing to bring in the cold wind from vineland to cape may where you are still getting rain right now. you can see the snow in dover and milford, and the accumulation will be limited many those areas with the higher temperatu

. >>> coming up, jill's winter essentials. "steals and deals." and dr.rst, your local news. >> i'm so nervous. i'm ... crews are wrki around-the-clock to clear >>> a very good morning to you. it is 8:26. crews working around the clock to clear a mudslide blocking lanes on highway 17. it's going to be a while before it fully reopens. right now only one lane is open in each direction. it isn't expected to fully reopen until monday. thousands of commuters are affected but it isn't the only area having problems. on tuesday night a van was almost vanished in a sinkhole. driver is okay but the road is still closed. no estimate on when that area will be reopened. let's jump back. >> you showed the video where they had to actually move a mountain. that will be a problem. we have a slow drive, one lane in each direction dragging. and the rain yet to arrive. we will track that but so far the south bay moving well. you see the rain coming down towards about palo alto. that is where we see the most slowing. the rest of it moves well. wind advisory for the bay bridge

jill at home. or go to our website, today.com. >>> up next, a how to turn one batter into a couple of deliciousesserts. fi drs about brownies. looking for a gooey treat, put away the box mix because elizabeth highskull has a delicious recipe to try. >> there's so many people running around, talking about less is more. less is more. not the case when it comes to brownies, honey. more is more. >> we're making red velvet first. and then, going to mississippi mud. >> vanilla. red food coloring. eggs, flour, all your basic ingredients. melted this in a microwave. >> just the chocolate? >> with the that's in there. we add our eggs. we want to do this one at a time. even though they've been cracked, and you can help me with this -- >> i'll pour? one at a time. mix that. and we add our sugar. >> just a touch of sugar. >> just a little bit. we'll continue to add our sugar. and then, we have our dry ingredients. >> okay. we have flour, baking powder and a little bit of salt. we will fold it in. we will fold this. and we will add our food coloring. >> you can take your time with that because you want to do this right. >