[speaker001:] okay what kind of pets do you have
[speaker002:] I have two miniature Schnauzers
[speaker001:] oh how cute are they very old
[speaker002:] um one of them is just a year old and the other one is four
[speaker001:] oh so get got one with a lot of puppies still in it
[speaker002:] um-hum I am afraid so
[speaker001:] do you train them did you train them
[speaker002:] uh-huh somewhat
[speaker001:] do can they do tricks and stuff
[speaker002:] well a little bit I am mainly I just like them for companionship and you know they they they can retrieve and that sort of thing but
[speaker001:] yeah oh really
[speaker002:] I don't teach them to do dancing or anything how about yourself
[speaker001:] well my husband thinks he's married to Ellie May Clampitt
[speaker002:] is that right
[speaker001:] yes we have four dogs and lots of fish and then uh where I live I have some wild rabbits that live outside so
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I consider them my pets too
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] I go out and talk to them and give them you know things out of the refrigerator I do not know if they ever really eat any of it or not but uh my dogs are mainly just mutts they are they are all big though they are like half Lab and half Collie
[speaker002:] um-hum oh okay
[speaker001:] so I have big dogs and I had never had big dogs until I got married I had a little toy Poodle as I was growing up
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and my dad had bird dogs but you know I normally I was used to having a little puppy that I could hold and snuggle and boy these big dogs are something else
[speaker002:] um-hum but you know what it surprises me my neighbor has um Dalmatians and they want to be in your lap just like puppies do
[speaker001:] oh really yeah that's what one of my my male dog thinks he is a lap dog but uh it's real funny because we have a water bed and one of my dogs is afraid of the thunder and so when it thunders she hits the water bed and like catapults you up
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] it's a real treat
[speaker002:] yes I'm sure it is you just never know where you are going to be do you oh
[speaker001:] no but it's real funny cause she's just big and she's real ferocious but boy if it thunders she is just like a little baby
[speaker002:] hum that really tames her down quick doesn't it
[speaker001:] oh yeah it's real funny I got a book on you know how to train you dog to keep from being afraid of thunder but golly I had to quit my job and stay home
[speaker002:] um-hum  that's interesting I I had a a miniature Schnauzer um I've always had them well since the early seventies I really like the breed
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] um but my silver one I had to put to sleep a few years ago but now she she was afraid of thunder but she would go into the main bathroom which is surrounded by the house there's no outside windows or anything okay
[speaker001:] oh uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] and I guess she felt safest there but she'd crawl into the bath tub
[speaker001:] really
[speaker002:] um-hum whenever there was thunder and lightning and then I felt just bad for her because she would shake even thought she was in there but there was not much I could do
[speaker001:] oh yeah huh
[speaker002:] but the other the the puppy I got after that which is the the four year old and then um I bought a mate for her to have company and uh the young one that's a year old they do not even notice it when it thunders and lightning huh-uh it does not bother them a bit
[speaker001:] really that's good do they play get along real well with each other
[speaker002:] um-hum very well together yeah
[speaker001:] yeah well that's what my uh Dr Jim Humphrey's I watch his show sometimes and he said that dogs are pack animals and so they are a lot happier when they have a buddy to play with
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah and I always felt so guilty leaving the one by itself you know and of course with your four
[speaker001:] oh yeah oh yeah they have they have a big time
[speaker002:] yeah oh that's great
[speaker001:] but it's really funny cause I mean you know obviously nobody plans to have four dogs but uh my husband had the two and then
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] shortly after we got married the couple behind us had a dog that they just were tired of and they were going to have her put to sleep and she was just gorgeous and we said no we will take her and find her a home and we did
[speaker002:] um-hum you kept her
[speaker001:] and then the little one that or the the last one I guess I should say um my husband saw her get hit by a car so he loaded her up and brought her home thinking we'd find her a home and we did
[speaker002:] oh um-hum
[speaker001:] because right now I am so attached to all of them I could not get rid of one if I had to
[speaker002:] I know well they sound like they are real fortunate to have found you too you know
[speaker001:] oh yeah yeah they are real fun we take them pretty much everywhere I mean we have to God it costs us a fortune to board them
[speaker002:] oh well sure it would
[speaker001:] but um we go camping and they go with us and we have the best time
[speaker002:] um-hum well how do you maintain any decorum around your house
[speaker001:] it's difficult um they are all black and so I told my husband I said boy next time we are either going to get a black carpet or blonde dogs
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] because I said this is just too much and then people say when are you going to have children and we are like well when we start getting rid of dogs
[speaker002:] um-hum my I have a neighbor we live on most of the lots out here are a half acre to an acre
[speaker001:] oh wow
[speaker002:] and they have five and what she's done is she sees them along side the road stray or something she will bring them home
[speaker001:] oh my gosh oh yeah
[speaker002:] and her husband finally said that's enough you know we can't have any more but it's amazing I have gone over there and the majority is they were two two large dogs and they're outdoors and the other three were in the house but you would never know that she had dogs
[speaker001:] uh-huh really yeah
[speaker002:] she must scrub the floors every day
[speaker001:] well my husband vacuums a lot especially when they are shedding
[speaker002:] um you almost have to that's why I had the miniature Schnauzers cause they do not shed yeah
[speaker001:] oh really well now my dad just got a Schnauzer but I do not know I guess it's not considered miniature because um it's what I consider normal size
[speaker002:] they have the standard and the giant and uh I understand I've been to dog shows and I have seen them I have not been around them but I understand that they are very gentle animals
[speaker001:] oh huh
[speaker002:] even even so they are so big
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] but uh the only thing that
[speaker001:] well how big is big I mean like the size of a Collie big
[speaker002:] um I believe the the standard are the size of a collie and the giant gets bigger than that if I am not mistaken
[speaker001:] wow oh well then what daddy has must be a miniature too because it's
[speaker002:] the miniatures are usually about fifteen inches high yeah
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] and that's how my are and then you know even though they are miniature they can be large for their size or small for their size
[speaker001:] huh well have you ever seen a Schnoodle
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] I just love they were so cute
[speaker002:] yes um a member of my family has one back home yeah they they are real cute
[speaker001:] oh really well the first time I saw one I just fell in love and me and Kyle just said like no we can't have any more dogs I know
[speaker002:] come on now get serious right that's enough is enough uh-huh
[speaker001:] yeah it just kills me to go I can't even go into a pet store because I want a puppy so badly
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] and so it's real funny all my girlfriends say yeah everybody else is saying I want a baby and Jackie is saying I want a puppy
[speaker002:] well I don't know if you if you have ever had a litter but it's a wonderful experience yeah um the older one that I've got she's had two litters and it is so much fun
[speaker001:] no really oh wow oh but I just couldn't bear to give those puppies away
[speaker002:] it oh listen I raised three of them I kept three until they were about four months old I just could not part with them and then you know I had to
[speaker001:] oh oh yeah
[speaker002:] and I didn't think I would be able to sell them when they were three months old but it was amazing I have a I have an enclosed patio and so that's where I kept the dogs and there's a doggie door they can go in and out into the backyard that's fenced so the mother trained the puppies
[speaker001:] yeah oh really well that's neat
[speaker002:] yeah to to go in and out and it's real interesting to watch how they they take care of one another and how she corrects them and and when they they fight like kids and she will break them up it was just really neat
[speaker001:] yeah huh  huh
[speaker002:] and uh it was it was quite an experience and I wanted to the other one that I have is black and silver and I wanted to have puppies with her but she had a medical problem and I had to have she had to have surgery so
[speaker001:] oh yeah oh yeah
[speaker002:] she is not able to have puppies but she's and don't don't you