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John
H's morning sickness. The old method of treatment for a person in this condition was to throw him in jail. I just, I. I'm Cesar Milan. The dog whisperer has the best points I've ever seen made about animals in my life in this interview he just did, which was like, I mean, Cesar Millan has made a career of going to people's houses, going two dogs and like, training them to be different. What are you doing with your dog? You don't train him at all. You don't ever do nothing about training. You see, I, I try to help you, but look, it's always Joe and I, me and my wife, we always. Why do you always laugh when I say my wife? What's so funny when I say my wife? I don't understand.
Toledo
Maybe it's that in that promo when the owner says, I don't want you to get bitten, you go, do you know who I am?
John
Did you know? Did you know my wife? Step away, honey. Why did you laugh every time I say that's my wife? Because that's not like. That's a beard, right? How dare you? Oh, he does it to people all the time. Would you like a sparkling water or still, Mr. Milan? What? I will take the still. Oh, I'm sorry, we're out of step Go to the store and get me some steel water. My wife will do nothing but have steel. Why is everyone laughing when I say why? Anyway, aside from his strangeness, he's been going door to door basically for the last 20 years telling people, knock it off. You got a killer Chihuahua on your hands. Your poodles acting a fool. God forbid you end up with a. Like a presa canario or a dog that's got some juice underneath his jaws can do some damage. And you're not training them. He broke out. The best piece of advice I've seen in a while. And this is proactive and it's smart and it's way ahead of things. He didn't wait for things to go wrong to say this. He sees. He's an oracle. He's baba venga or whatever that thing is every year that comes out in January and predicts stuff. Hey, best quote ever. You guys. Master the chihuahua before you start buying. Dire wolves. He's so right. Master the goddamn. Why don't you. Laughing. This is my w.
Donovan
Because there's a waiting list for those three pups.
John
There's a waiting list not only for those, but for more. As many as you can make. We have an assembly line of dire wolves. And you people go to the Humane Society, go to Lost Her Home Pet Rescue or any of the other fine shelters in here and take a look at all the animals that you can't control. Public that are too rough too. They're too big. They shed. It's a mother dire wolf, you idiots. It's 175 pounds of shedding and God knows what between now and 12,000 years ago.
Toledo
And who knows what. The bite strings.
John
We don't know what it's.
Donovan
They pair up great.
John
Yeah. It's not just going to jump into 20, 25 and go, what have I missed? It's bringing 12,000 years ago with it. Some of those instincts are coming along also. George R.R. martin, put the dogs down and be responsible. You see him crying. Oh. Sobbing. Because he lives in fantasy land. He's putting those back. Jon Snow wasn't real. And neither was the CGI dog he had. But now the dog is. Kit Harrington was real, but he was pretending to be. Jon Snow. The direwolf was a computer. They have him now. It took 50 generations of breeding in a test in Texas. 50 generations of breeding to see the first signs of a wolf losing its natural instinct.
Toledo
Wow.
John
Damn. That's a real science thing. 50 times through before they're like. It no longer does that thing. Now you can train it, you can do stuff, but instinctually, it's going to have its mark. It's a wild animal.
Toledo
You're going to have that moment where something happens.
John
Oh, yeah, and it's a dire wolf. A 12,000 year old. God damn it, you dumb mother. Cesar Milan and his wife are right. Why do I love it? That's the smartest thing I've seen anyone say on TV in the longest time. There's only two or three of them right now. Right? You've got.
Donovan
Yeah, the smart people on tv.
John
He makes a good point. You got Troy Aiden. I think Jared Dillingham seems pretty wise. And then I'm going to give it to him. That Corey guy's making a lot of money being a douchebag. So he's got something on us. There's three living dire wolves on the planet. And once we saw him, this responsible world of dog owners said, yeah, let's. Let's get on that list. I can't wait to have one of those. I am a responsible dog owner. I can admit that. You know what? I'm not going to be good at retraining a 12,000-year-old DNA experiment in my backyard. It's not a good idea.
Toledo
Don't sell yourself short.
Donovan
I'm sorry. It's two. The. The Colossus Bioscience right now has Romulus.
John
And remus and then two pups, Daenerys.
Donovan
And they're four feet long and they weigh 80 pounds right now.
John
They're just six months. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They got a year of growing left.
Toledo
£80.
John
Yeah.
Toledo
I didn't see that.
John
So another six months, they're going to put on another foot and a half.
Toledo
Right.
John
And then are going to gain another. They're going to be 170.
Toledo
They're going to make Carmela look like a Chihuahua.
John
Oh, my God. Beyond that, boys, they're from 12,000 years.
Toledo
No, I get that.
John
Yeah. They're not new. They're not. They haven't been. Take a caveman from 12. You've seen the movie. Even Encino man, the guy had some trouble adapting. You bring that with you. There's nurture in nature, but there's an awful lot of nature in this. Plus, we don't know how much of the wolf extract that we added to dire wolf DNA is gonna be. That's. None of this is good. What are we doing?
Toledo
Well, and that, like everybody's saying, it's a. It's a gray wolf. I'm like, no, not what I read. What I read is they re sequenced.
John
Some of it is. But timeout. Sun. That was time out. Suns.
Donovan
So they took it from.
John
So it's a gray wolf. I'm not petting any of the water.
Toledo
Come on.
John
Yeah. I'm not out in the woods going, oh, don't worry. It's just a gray wolf. I'm running from it. Or hiding.
Donovan
And a 13,000 year old tooth and a from Ohio. And a 72,000 year old skull from Idaho.
John
Right.
Donovan
And they say the scientists reconstructed the genome. 91% match.
John
By the way, Donovan points out the one thing I forgot. I read this yesterday too. He says they used AI to run the genome for the dire wolves to fill in the missing holes. AI DNA is involved. We have no idea what the f. These meatbags enjoy as predators. That's so true. We don't know what they're gonna like. Babies. Maybe they had. Maybe that's why they were hunted down to zero is because 12,000 years ago they're like these things just eat babies like crazy.
Donovan
They're residing on a 2,000 acre preserve.
John
Right.
Donovan
Colossal. And they are monitored around the clock.
John
Because we don't know. Stop adopting them out. Go to your local shelter. Get off of the list for dire wolf immediately. You're not qualified. No one's. Christy. Christy from the zoo. Not qualified for the direwolf. I don't trust her when she's in here with a little animal that we know.
Donovan
We've got a million orders for direwolves and another million for dodo birds.
John
That's the next take the dodo birds. I think we're all qualified to kick the living crap out of those. But we don't know. We just don't know. We think we know. Oh, they were carnivores. You could tell by their teeth. But maybe ripping baby flesh was the greatest joy the dire wolf felt and they needed 12 to 15 babies a day. You don't know. So get off the list. I don't mind them recreating the dire wolf and showing it to us, but the woolly mammoth's right behind it. The fact they have an adoption list like four months after they recreated a 12,000. This is exactly the humanity. This is what we deserve. Really.
Donovan
So far the dire wolves have shown no interest in humans.
John
No interest. And by that that doesn't mean eating like the. That doesn't mean eating domestic dogs or that means no interest at all in.
Donovan
Like you and to affection.
John
I've got. I got. This is basically what they're saying. I'm a wild animal. I don't need you. We have this dream that it's going to be loyal to us like Jon Snow. But remember what Jon Snow used his direwolf for? Killing lots of stuff. It would go. And it was only loyal to him. It was only loyal to him. We are so dumb. So dumb. To quote the great Shorzy. We are so dumb that this invention, this. This meat eating truck that we've invented from 12,000 years ago, as cute as a puppy. You know, people do that around the holidays. They buy rabbits around Easter. Yeah.
Donovan
The blip on.
John
But when they get too big, they give them back. They're like, we didn't know. It's gonna grow up.
Toledo
And then they end up north at that wolf place. Yeah.
John
And they do that with dogs, too. It's like, oh, we didn't know this was such a cute puppy. And now it's in the drifting that's.
Donovan
Gonna happen on the blip that the people that have the hybrid wolves to begin with are gonna start selling it and as dire wolves.
John
Look, the guy that brings the wolves to the Biltmore on Saturdays.
Donovan
Yeah.
John
I. I was standing with a dude. He had three wolves and he was training them, and they're big and they weren't really listening. And one snapped at this guy standing next to me because my son's over there. He goes. I told him not to go. And he was very funny. He's like, yeah, it's one less mouth to feed for me when that thing gets him. And he goes, he snapped that. He said he snapped at him twice. I told that guy, we can't come here on Saturdays anymore. And that's a hybrid wolf.
Toledo
Yeah.
John
That's already been domesticated to a certain degree.
Donovan
Those guys are gonna start bringing out more batches and sell them as dire wolves.
John
And you know who's gonna get them? Dudes with face tattoos. Yep.
Toledo
This guy says all over Maryville.
John
All over Maryville, there'll be dire wolves everywhere in the. Guadalupe's gonna be. There's gonna be pit bulls eaten by dire wolves. And then you're gonna find out dire wolves love pit bulls. And it's gonna be. And Michael Vick's gonna get super excited and start a whole new thing.
Toledo
John. I for one, hope that they eat all the idiot scientists and everyone who adopted them.
John
Amen. Maybe the direwolves. Well, then they're loose.
Donovan
Ren festivals are gonna be exciting.
John
Oh, yeah, I predict. Well, now, hold on a second. You may have just changed my mind.
Toledo
Hold on, John, did you just Say that.
John
Well, hold on, Toledo. We only have three timeouts, but I'm gonna call my second one a little quick. I say release the direwolves at the Ren Faire. That's fun.
Toledo
Here, here.
John
Because those idiots would be like, come here. This is fun.
Donovan
And then running with the wolves.
John
Yeah, and then that. That meat grinder of mouth just tears into one of those fat girls in a bustier. So long as he's not my wife. Why did you laugh? Stop it.
Toledo
This guy says along those lines, John. So did you just tell me that we Maybe give up 15 babies a day to appease the direwolf? God, That's a world I'm okay with. I don't see a downside.
John
Well, I don't. The. The ripping of the flesh and bone. It's. Look, the payoff in the end if you don't show me how the sausage is made. Maybe, but still, I don't think it's a great thing for it to feast solely on human babies. Color me crazy. Morning sickness. The 98 KUPD. It's Larry Mcfailey.
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Donovan
Yeah.
John
That auction. Never once in the two hour Jurassic park series, any of the movies does everything just go great. And they celebrate the big fun park at the end that they open. It's never. It's never that.
Donovan
Or that whatever the world want would have the auction. Next up is a triceratops. Starting bid.
John
Right.
Toledo
It's not this but he says, john, you mentioned that Centennial island earlier. Let's send those wolves there and see what happens. That way they can't escape and we can figure out if the tribes north.
John
Sentinel Island. I'm on the archery team. I might move over there with those guys. I'm like, I'm not here to introduce you to Jesus. What do you guys got? I'm in.
Toledo
Right?
John
All I have to do is hit the bullseye three times and agree with everything you say. It's better than where I'm. Do you see what our guys just did? They brought back prehistoric beasts and there's an adoption sheet. Go to the Humane Society. Start with a pit bull. If you do well with that, move up to a presa canario with some temperament issues. If you do well with that, you can have the 12,000 year old beast that we just invented Monday.
Donovan
I'm certified direwolf.
John
You're an idiot. You're a guy I don't want to talk to. Because you know what the boa constrictor around your neck told me we shouldn't be friends now for sure. I know you're crazy. I'm going to go to the mall with my direwolf and impress the locals. Great. We're. We're. We're days away from a woolly mammoth being walking around at the Food City. We're idiots.
Donovan
How many jerk offs going to be.
John
Walking up and down Mill Avenue with one of those like they used to? Yeah. The word dire is in the title of it. It's not a good word. Things look dire.
Donovan
It was real.
John
Yeah. When I was watching Game of Thrones, I thought it was a neat idea.
Donovan
I know. They juiced up the size of it.
John
Look, I like Game of Thrones. The first Six seasons. If somebody said, hey, we DNA created the white walkers, I'd be all in on looking at it once. But I'm not adopting one. We created a direwolf. I'm not. And I'm gonna get emails. You know what? Plenty of dogs out there at 175 pounds. Yeah. But they've been in creation and domesticated, and we still can't control them. Domesticated wolves were still like, you gotta have permits for that. And that's really not legal. It has to be a certain amount of something else. Insurance won't cover you if you've got a pit bull or a Doberman that isn't half Labrador added to the list. It's on the list. I had to change insurance companies when we got our Doberman because you have an attack dog. You have a violent dog. And it's not. It's just a breed that Chihuahuas bite more people than any other dog. Labradors and Chihuahuas are terrible.
Toledo
Till now.
John
Until the direwolf shows up, and then you're gonna see, like, wow, those are pretty dangerous. Can I be the guy who says, cesar Millan's the. He's the Noah of this thing. He's saying, get on my ark. This is wrong. He is the first. He's Don Quixote. I am getting on Cesar Milan's ass on this one. I'm like, why did you say that? People are going to. So when I call my insurance company now, they're going, would you have a. A dog? Oh, yes, I do. My wife and I do. Oh, my wife and I have dogs as well. What? You're laughing. What kind of dog do you have? Is it a treacherous beast from olden times? Yeah, it's a 12,000-year-old Dire Wolf. The rent goes up $15. What are we. What are we doing?
Donovan
Breeding a daiwawa?
John
I'm gonna say it. I'm gonna get in trouble for this. When I say it. Mexicans. You can't have them. No, no. Florida.
Toledo
They're too big for them.
John
No, no, no. They do. They.
Donovan
Trust me.
John
They're laughing right now. The dude with an old.
Donovan
Watch this.
John
The dude with an old English tattoo of Gonzalez across his back is in his front yard right now in a pair of black. One of the Cheneys or what are those? Dickies. Dickies, yeah. And he's standing up with a hose. He's hosing off dead grass, and he's laughing his ass off right now. You can't have one.
Toledo
Hold on, John. Is it possible that we can just station them at the. On ramps to freeways and get rid of this fentanyl problem that we've got going on.
John
If we use them to hunt, to call the herd. Is that better? Here's another.
Toledo
Trains them to come after another thing.
Donovan
Canine operation. The police.
John
I'm going to throw another group out there. Athletic Gilbert and Paradise Valley moms who go to Orange Theater all the time. Not cool. Can't have one.
Toledo
Oh, yeah.
John
Because you guys will be the ones walking down the road. It's designer and it proves you're rich. And it. You're getting protected on your daily jogs up Lincoln and. And you just. You know, you're in your shorts and your. Your bra outside jumps out of the back of your. In the back of your Range Rover. Yeah, Right. And you. And you're basically jogging to show everybody how hot you are still. Even though you're 48. It's questionable. But the dire wolf is now your attention draw. You can't have one either. John.
Toledo
Here's a story for you to go along with what you're saying. I'm a painter. We painted this house. And the former owner had two hyenas in the backyard. Legit hyenas. He fed them stray cats. The neighbor came over and saw the blood in the backyard and that's why he ended up moving.
John
That's horrible.
Toledo
I bet I give you two guesses on where it was.
John
Maryvale in the avenue or. I would have said Guadalupe or Maryville. Maryville's in the avenue. And this is one thing I don't have. So black people don't want dire wolves. That's. Oh, hell no. No. If it's big, white and fat, it's a woman in my house. Ain't gonna be something toothy.
Toledo
You saw those videos of the Amazon delivery drivers.
Donovan
Oh, yeah.
Toledo
With the dog busting through the door. Wait for this to happen.
John
This is gonna hurt a little bit. I'm going for a third one. Mexicans. Paradise Valley and Gilbert Moms. Brady. You can't have one. You're not qualified. I know. You fed pumpkins to hippopotamuses. Not a thing. But he's done it. You can't have a dire walk. You're not qualified. You're not qualified. You got bit by a dog in your own backyard once. I don't want to see that happen again. I go to Lost Her Home every Thursday. And I do a lot of stuff with their dogs just one day a week. And I talk to Brandon and I talk to Farthing and I talk to all those people over there, and all of them are like, we just wish we could get these dogs out of here. That's all they want to do is just adopt the ones we've got. Let's not invent new ones. If you've ever had the adopt, don't shop mentality, start with dire wolves, please. Dire doodle. That's coming. That's coming. Thanks, Paradise Valley and Gilbert Moms. The dire doodle is right around the corner. Brady's not wrong, John.
Toledo
I'm that guy.
Donovan
Golden Dire.
Toledo
For them to create this saber tooth tiger to take care of these dire.
John
Wolves, we're gonna need to invent things that hunt the packs of dire wolves that get loose.
Donovan
Just mammoth bears coming next.
Toledo
Anyway, what will the news do next when they run out of little League moms who are freezing at Little League games to dire wolves in the local neighborhoods?
John
We had to gut our direwolf like a tauntaun and sleep in it anyway. It was 58 degrees outside. Remember the comedian that was supposed to come in here filled it? Toledo Blue Scheduler. Toledo Scheduler. By the way, let's cat out of the bag. Toledo got off the hook on this one twice. Cause you were. You thought. The first I'd heard of a comedian coming in here was last night through the text. But that was right on the heels of a text, an email you guys didn't get from Jill, because Kevin Rowe was supposed to come in this morning, too, and he canceled last minute. We were about to have a catastrophe of too many people, and now we got. And none of them came in. That's Toledo made up.
Toledo
Kevin was coming in in like a half an hour.
John
No, he's gonna be like 9:39. But still, we didn't know the other guy was gonna be here. It would have been a lot. Toledo had his win last week with that Happy Trails butthole song he was allowed to have today, which is a complete catastrophe. But we made up for it because Cesar Milan saved it, and it was a good chance for us to do a little psa. Milan says pet owners have a tendency to lead all of their interactions with their animals from a place of affection. But powerful animals, you have to understand their leadership is different. They're puppies right now. The pictures are adorable. They're dire wolves. When they're all done, think about it. It's. It's like a crack baby. A crack baby is cute when it's a baby. Then it grows up to be a crack person, and you have to deal with all the stuff that went wrong when it was a baby. We're not gonna take the skulls of crackhead prisoners and recreate them a few years from. And besides that, you don't know the temperament of the one skull they used. It might have been the craziest direwolf of all.
Donovan
There's a documentary. They call him Wolfman. The guy that basically grew up with a pack. I mean, not in the jungle, but he brought him out.
John
The Jungle Book.
Donovan
No, special.
John
Okay.
Donovan
This guy had a pack of wolves. It's. It's not a.
John
Was it easy? Was he eating?
Donovan
He had to work his way up into the rank to be the alpha.
John
Yeah. Anyway, just pointing it out, they go.
Donovan
Through a couple of attacks.
John
Yeah. Mexicans. I'm looking at you first. You can't have one that. We're banning it. Like, if Trump. Trump bans them from having anything, it's the direwolves. You guys, I've been to Guadalupe. You took the wild man. How many times did we go out in our parking lot at the KUPD studios in Guadalupe and see a pit bull wagging its tail, covered in rabbit blood? It was every other week. You'd see something horrible, and they were really sweet. But they also hunted and killed the rabbits because they were allowed outside. They were never allowed to be indoors.
Donovan
Oh, can't wait. They were everywhere monitored by direwolf. The triangle sound from the property chained.
Toledo
To a tree that'll be on Wayfair for all the Gilbert Moms to buy.
John
You go outside and you see that chain bitten in half because you didn't realize the strength of the direwolf can go through the steel. We're idiots. We get what we deserve. I just don't want to get eaten by one. Can we give it a hundred years of testing before we put out the adoption sheet? There's a laundry list, and I guarantee it's Gutierrez, Gonzalez, Menendez. They're. You guys love those powerful dogs. And you can't control the Chihuahua number one bite dog always. And you got more of those than anything anyway. All right, public service announcement. Plenty of adoptable dogs that you can't control right now. It lost our home pet rescue, the Humane Society. Humane Society had their golf tournament. Hopefully they raised enough money to prepare the dire wolf cages. It was cute as a puppy, but I want to give him up. Oh, great. Thanks. We'll handle this from here. He doesn't like other dogs or babies or people or cars or table legs. He ate some of our house, too. We got rock wars coming up in just moments. It's 98 KUPD.
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It's pretty cool actually.
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Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona Episode: April 9, 2025 - Cesar Milan Issues Warning After Creation Of Dire Wolves And We 100 Percent Agree w/His Point
In the April 9, 2025 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness (HMS) on Arizona's 98 KUPD, host John Holmberg and his co-hosts delve into the intriguing and controversial topic of Cesar Milan's recent warning regarding the creation and adoption of dire wolves. The episode blends humor, sharp commentary, and insightful discussions as the team explores the potential ramifications of bringing these prehistoric predators back to modern society.
The conversation kicks off with John Holmberg highlighting Cesar Milan, renowned as the "dog whisperer," and his impactful stance on animal behavior.
John [01:11]: "Cesar Milan and his wife are right. Why do I love it? That's the smartest thing I've seen anyone say on TV in the longest time."
Holzberg emphasizes Milan's proactive approach, praising his foresight in addressing the inherent dangers of powerful animals like dire wolves before problems escalate.
The discussion swiftly moves to the creation of dire wolves, a project that has captivated enthusiasts and scientists alike. The hosts express concern over the ethical and practical implications of reviving such formidable creatures.
John [02:03]: "He's been going door to door basically for the last 20 years telling people, knock it off. You got a killer Chihuahua on your hands. Your poodles acting a fool. God forbid you end up with a dire wolf."
The team critiques the allure of owning dire wolves, juxtaposing their mythical presence in popular culture (e.g., Game of Thrones) with the harsh reality of their predatory nature.
A significant portion of the episode focuses on the adoption process for these dire wolves and the resultant safety concerns. The hosts humorously speculate on the chaos that could ensue if these animals were freely available to the public.
John [03:32]: "Master the chihuahua before you start buying dire wolves. He's so right. Master the goddamn."
They debate the logistical nightmares of controlling such powerful animals, citing potential threats to both humans and other pets. The conversation underscores the lack of preparedness in handling creatures with instincts spanning back 12,000 years.
Throughout the episode, the hosts engage in light-hearted and satirical banter, using humor to underscore the absurdity of the dire wolf phenomenon.
John [05:24]: "They have him now. It took 50 generations of breeding in a test in Texas."
Donovan [08:05]: "Baby step. We are so dumb that this invention, this... is what humanity deserves."
This comedic element serves to highlight the disconnect between human fascination with powerful animals and the practical dangers they pose.
In the latter part of the episode, Cesar Milan's influence is revisited as the hosts reflect on his warnings and the broader implications for pet ownership and animal training.
John [17:46]: "Till now."
John [19:32]: "Here's a story for you to go along with what you're saying."
They acknowledge the growing interest and demand for dire wolves, juxtaposing it with Milan's expert advice on responsible animal ownership.
John Holmberg concludes the discussion by reiterating the risks associated with adopting dire wolves and echoes Milan's call for responsible pet ownership. The episode serves as both a humorous take and a cautionary tale about the limits of human control over nature, especially when tampering with ancient DNA.
John [25:11]: "What are we doing? We are idiots."
John [26:42]: "Plenty of adoptable dogs that you can't control right now."
The conversation wraps up with a public service announcement, urging listeners to prioritize adopting existing pets over embracing new, potentially dangerous breeds.
John [01:11]: "Cesar Milan and his wife are right. Why do I love it? That's the smartest thing I've seen anyone say on TV in the longest time."
John [02:03]: "Master the chihuahua before you start buying dire wolves."
Donovan [08:05]: "We are so dumb that this invention, this... is what humanity deserves."
John [25:11]: "What are we doing? We are idiots."
This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness adeptly blends comedy with critical discussion, addressing a fascinating yet contentious topic. Through witty exchanges and informed commentary, John Holmberg and his co-hosts encourage listeners to ponder the ethical boundaries of scientific advancement and the importance of responsible animal stewardship. Whether you're a pet enthusiast or simply intrigued by the idea of dire wolves roaming Arizona, this episode offers both entertainment and food for thought.