SpeakerA1 .
Uh , do you have a pet Randy
?

SpeakerB2 .
Uh , yeah , currently we have
a poodle .

SpeakerA3 .
A poodle , miniature or , uh ,
full size ?

SpeakerB4 .
Yeah , uh , it 's , uh
miniature .

SpeakerA5 .
Uh-huh .

SpeakerB6 .
Yeah .

SpeakerA7 .
I read somewhere that , the
poodles is one of the , the
most intelligent dogs , uh ,
around .

SpeakerB8 .
Well , um , I would n't , uh
, I definitely would n't dispute
that , it , it 's actually
my wife 's dog , uh , I ,
I became part owner six months
ago when we got married , but
, uh , it , uh , definitely
responds to , uh , to authority
and , I 've had dogs in the
past and , uh , it seems ,
it seems to , uh , respond
real well , it , it she 's
, she 's picked up a lot of
things , uh , just , just by ,
uh , teaching by force , I
guess is what I 'd like to
say .

SpeakerA9 .
Oh , uh-huh .
So , you , you 've only
known the dog , wh- , how long
did you say .

SpeakerB10 .
Well , about a year I guess .

SpeakerA11 .
Oh , well , uh , is it ,
uh , uh , how old is the
dog ?

SpeakerB12 .
It just turned two , I believe
.

SpeakerA13 .
Oh , it 's still just a pup
.

SpeakerB14 .
Pretty much , yeah , yeah .

SpeakerA15 .
Yeah , I have a , uh , well
a mutt , myself .
I call it a , uh , uh ,
Chowperd .

SpeakerB16 .
Okay .

SpeakerA17 .
It 's , uh , part Chow and
part Shepherd and it , as I
understand it , uh , both sides
of the , were thoroughbreds .
So , she 's a genuine Chowperd
.

SpeakerB18 .
Oh , that sounds interesting .

SpeakerA19 .
She has the , the color and
the black to- , tongue of a
Chow , but , uh , she has
the shap- , the shape of the ,
uh , uh , Shepherd .

SpeakerB20 .
Oh , that 's , that 's neat
.
How , about how big then ?

SpeakerA21 .
Oh , she weighs in at about
fifty pounds , so she 's a
medium size .

SpeakerB22 .
Yeah , yeah .

SpeakerA23 .
But she 's big enough to be
intimidating ,

SpeakerB24 .
Most definitely .

SpeakerA25 .
it is a fi , fixed female ,
by the way ,

SpeakerB26 .
Yeah .

SpeakerA27 .
and right from day one , she
was teaching me .

SpeakerB28 .
Oh , I would n't doubt it ,
yeah .

SpeakerA29 .
She 's the most intelligent dog
I 've ever seen .
Course , I 'm a little
prejudiced , of course .

SpeakerB30 .
Well that 's understandable , yeah
, it 's , uh ,

SpeakerA31 .
You know , the first time I
brought her home , she was
only , uh , was it six weeks
old .
And I spread the newspapers out
in the kitchen area .

SpeakerB32 .
Uh-huh .

SpeakerA33 .
But , uh , next morning , she
let me know in no uncertain
terms that she wanted to use
the bathroom .

SpeakerB34 .
Okay .

SpeakerA35 .
So , on next night , I spread
the newspaper in the bathroom and
she used them there .

SpeakerB36 .
Oh .

SpeakerA37 .
But it was n't too long until
she , uh , found out she
could wait until I let her out
in the morning .

SpeakerB38 .
Yeah .

SpeakerA39 .
And since then , I , I live
alone ,

SpeakerB40 .
Okay .

SpeakerA41 .
and , uh , I live in motor
home , by the way , I 'm ,
uh , an R V , full time R
V -er , and it 's , it
's such a pleasure to come home
at night and you can see her
smiling from ear to ear , she
's so happy to see me .

SpeakerB42 .
Yeah , definitely .

SpeakerA43 .
And , uh , I do n't know if
you get that kind of greeting
or not .

SpeakerB44 .
Yeah , I can honestly say we
do , uh , we , uh , just
recently put a security system in
our house and so now , uh ,
in order to , uh , to
accommodate the motion detectors we
have to keep her , uh , uh
, locked up in the , the master
bedroom during the day and then
she 's got the , the bedroom
and the bathroom to , for free
run during the day but ,

SpeakerA45 .
Uh-huh .

SpeakerB46 .
we 've always got , uh , got
a nose and tongue pressed up
against the window when we come
walking up to the front door .

SpeakerA47 .
.

SpeakerB48 .
She 's definitely ready to get
out and run around .

SpeakerA49 .
Well my dog 's an outdoor type
, she does not like to be
indoors .

SpeakerB50 .
Really .

SpeakerA51 .
Uh , she 'd rather sle , sleep
outside on the , the cold ground
at night .

SpeakerB52 .
Oh wow .

SpeakerA53 .
But , uh , I do make her
come in .

SpeakerB54 .
Yeah .

SpeakerA55 .
And I feed her indoors , that
's to lure her in , but
during the day I have her on
a , uh , on a leash ,

SpeakerB56 .
Okay .

SpeakerA57 .
which is , uh , on sort of
a run .
I have a , a thirty foot
cable ,

SpeakerB58 .
Okay .

SpeakerA59 .
running from one stake to another
, and then attached to that is
a , uh , twelve foot leash ,

SpeakerB60 .
Okay .

SpeakerA61 .
so she can cover quite an area
.

SpeakerB62 .
Most definitely .

SpeakerA63 .
And , uh , she 's the best
, uh , burglar alarm going .

SpeakerB64 .
Yeah , yeah , yeah that 's ,
uh , definite security involved in
, uh , in a dog like that .

SpeakerA65 .
Oh , yeah , she , uh , it
's the strangest thing , though ,
uh , children , no matter how
strange they are , or how new
they might be can walk , uh ,
right up to her ,

SpeakerB66 .
Uh-huh .

SpeakerA67 .
but adults , if they 're
strange to her , or , or they
look suspicious or something , boy
she acts like she wants to
chew their leg off .

SpeakerB68 .
Wow .

SpeakerA69 .
And I have not discovered yet
where the , the line is between
children and adults .

SpeakerB70 .
Yeah , that 's interesting .

SpeakerA71 .
But , uh , she is a great
comfort to me .

SpeakerB72 .
Yeah , I know our dog has
had , uh , some different
reactions , she 's never really
been around children and , uh ,
if , if the child is , is
pretty straight forward , um , she
's fine .
If , if a child is a little
intimidated , she 'll jump around
and , and yip and bark quite a
bit , and if the child gets
scared , uh , she 's still
trying to play , but she does
n't completely understand what 's
going on and we 've had a
little confusion with , with , uh
, with younger kids .

SpeakerA73 .
Uh-huh .

SpeakerB74 .
But , uh , you know , that
's , it 's a matter of
exposure really .
Um , we , uh , took her
home to , uh , my family 's
place in South Dakota , and she
was the one that was intimidated
then .
There was about seven kids
ranging from about , uh , three
years to ten years running around
the house all at one time ,

SpeakerA75 .
Oh , uh-huh .

SpeakerB76 .
you know come to visit Grandpa
and Grandma and , the dog kind
of , kind of felt out of place
then because she was , she was
being fed , and everything else
from all directions .
She really did n't know how to
handle herself .

SpeakerA77 .
You mean she did n't appreciate
all that attention .

SpeakerB78 .
She really did , she just ,
uh , she , she was alm- ,
she was just inundated with ,
with all the attention .
Uh , she , she kind of ,
she kind of sat and MUMBLEx
it all in for a little while
and then she 'd go get back
in and try to play and , and
what not , but , uh , it was
, it was just such a , such
a new experience for her .
She 's only been around one
and , and sometimes two people at
the most so , uh .

SpeakerA79 .
Uh-huh .
What 's her name by the way
?

SpeakerB80 .
Uh , pardon ?

SpeakerA81 .
What , what do you call the
dog ?

SpeakerB82 .
Oh , it 's , uh , Mitzi .

SpeakerA83 .
Mitzi .

SpeakerB84 .
Yeah .

SpeakerA85 .
Mine is Gin .

SpeakerB86 .
Oh , okay .

SpeakerA87 .
As in , uh , martini .

SpeakerB88 .
Yeah .

SpeakerA89 .
Actually , it 's Gin two .

SpeakerB90 .
I , I see .

SpeakerA91 .
Because , uh , when I was a
teenager , in high school , I
had Gin one , but then when
I went out in the world , I
could n't take her with me .

SpeakerB92 .
Yeah , yeah , yeah , I had ,
uh , a similar , uh , experience
.
I , I grew up on a farm
so I always had , uh , outdoor
pets and ,

SpeakerA93 .
Uh-huh .

SpeakerB94 .
uh , the dog I had when I
moved to Dallas about five years
ago was a , uh , Springer
Spaniel , black Lab cross .
And he was a real , a real
lovable type ,

SpeakerA95 .
Oh yeah .

SpeakerB96 .
but , uh , definitely not an
apartment type animal so he , uh
, he had to stay home .

SpeakerA97 .
Oh , what a shame .

SpeakerB98 .
Yeah , yeah , it really was .
He , uh , apparently had a
tough time with it for a little
while and then he , he got ,
he came to accept the fact that
Mom and Dad were his company
from then on , but , uh .

SpeakerA99 .
Uh-huh , oh well .

SpeakerB100 .
Yeah .

SpeakerA101 .
Well Randy , we 've just about
used up our time here ,

SpeakerB102 .
Okay .

SpeakerA103 .
and I must say it was
interesting .

SpeakerB104 .
Most definitely .

SpeakerA105 .
I enjoyed talking about pets
with you .

SpeakerB106 .
Well that 's great .

SpeakerA107 .
Maybe we 'll get together again
in the future .

SpeakerB108 .
That sounds real good .

SpeakerA109 .
Take care now .

SpeakerB110 .
You too .

SpeakerA111 .
Bye .