and doctor kim hammond from falls road animal hospital with a very cute puppy. you can e-mail your questions to petquestions@wbaltv.com. >> we are having a dog day today. we will get up to 90 before it is all over. if you like clouds on the perimeter of our area. right now, 84 at harbor and at right now, 84 at harbor and at the airports. i can smile, i can carry on our conversation i do most of the talking yes i wear dentures and they fit wonderful super poligrip acts as a seal between my dentures and my gums super poligrip makes eating more comfortable. even well fitting dentures can feel more comfortable with super poligrip. just a few dabs of super poligrip create a seal between your dentures and gums to make them more comfortable while you eat. i can eat my steak, i just love it. try super poligrip. >> if a group of democrats in the senate get their way, it states could lose federal dollars if they don't ban it texting while driving. but with this 25% of the federal highway financing. the transportation secretary would be required to issue guidelines within

kim hammond.we also have jackson, who is a sheep dog, here with us today. >> jackson is a beautiful little year-old sheep dog. >> he's only a year old? >> yeah, a year old. >> and look how tall he is. >> this is an interesting situation. this is a dog that has a ton of energy. jackson's mom puts jackson in day care every day or several times a week to kind of run some of that energy out. a lot of times, if you don't have a dog like this if you don't have a method of exercising your dog there's a lot of destruction in the house, they tear up the furniture and the art and so forth. the other interesting thing is this. jackson's coat is cut back but she wants to cut it back further. really, the hair can be helpful in the summer. it keeps some of the sunburn tendencies away. >> you don't think of sunburn for animals. >> they don't have sweat glands, so the hair isn't as significant in terms of making them hot, as you might think, but it is easier with a long-haired dog to keep the mats away and keep t

kim hammond is here to answer your pet questions. >> there might be up to 5000 cats living in the source of baltimore. it is interesting. >> they were talking about canine in-flu-enza. it is not in maryland but you heard about it in new jersey. >> this is a newly recognized delays public -- has probably been out there for a while. it is very dangerous. >> that is some thing for people to keep in mind when i travel to the jersey shore. >> the department of health, the maryland department of health and agriculture has listed alerts so that the veterinarians in maryland and the surrounding areas have to watch out for this. this is a time where we leave our dogs for boarding or we go to the jersey shore or whatever. you have to be very, very careful about this. my suggestion is that there is a vaccine after this. you have to discuss it with your veterinarian. it is worth a phone call. >> i did know about it. thank you for telling us. we have a couple of questions for you. this one is not the greatest for this -- my dog to eat his own feces. why does he do this and how can i stop him? >> that

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