[speaker001:] do you have any pets now
[speaker002:] oh I sure do I have a cat and a dog named Joey
[speaker001:] Joey the the dog is Joey
[speaker002:] uh-huh he's the little boy Pomeranian
[speaker001:] the cat is oh my goodness
[speaker002:] and we just got a new addition to the family so to speak we also have a fish
[speaker001:] oh my
[speaker002:] it's a mud dog
[speaker001:] I beg your pardon
[speaker002:] it's a mud dog it's uh
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] a cross between a catfish and uh I don't know what a salamander
[speaker001:] well did you all catch it or uh
[speaker002:] uh-huh we have a cat Stripper
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] oh the mud dog
[speaker001:] no did no did you catch the fish
[speaker002:] uh we had a friend give it to us
[speaker001:] uh-huh and it's all alone in that aquarium
[speaker002:] yeah we'd like to get him a friend but um uh we haven't found one yet so how about you do you have any pets
[speaker001:] well at the present time I have two dogs
[speaker002:] oh really what kind
[speaker001:] an English setter you know that's the white dog with the feathers and it has uh yellow spots on it
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] which they call I think uh liver spots
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and that's a male and I have a wonderful female lab black lab
[speaker002:] uh-huh how long have you had them
[speaker001:] quite a long time uh probably five or six years and unfortunately the black lab that's a female it that it's it's the most wonderful animal we've ever had an I when she was about three years old we noticed that she was having problems uh problems limping and so forth and
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] she has hip dysplasia
[speaker002:] oh no
[speaker001:] and it's in that breed
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but now I think there are tests that can be conducted uh to tell whether or not the puppies have the have it
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but I think I don't know apparently they've been so in well I don't know inbred or what but
[speaker002:] oh is that right
[speaker001:] well no I'm not sure that's the situation but it um for those dogs that are registered and if if you should have one uh that also has hip dysplasia you cannot breed it uh
[speaker002:] huh I had no idea I hadn't didn't even know that
[speaker001:] uh-huh but she's wonderful
[speaker002:] um our dog Joey has uh a back problem
[speaker001:] um like have
[speaker002:] uh he he's got a bad back but he's seven uh I guess he's about almost eight years old
[speaker001:] what are the what are the symptoms
[speaker002:] um he just uh he doesn't he uh you he rolls over he doesn't like to roll over
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] um even you just when you touch him a certain way on the back
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] but otherwise he can jump uh you know just as long as he doesn't bend a certain way
[speaker001:] um well uh I have had just wonderful luck with this lab uh when I uh let's see winter before last we would bring her in and uh when it was cold
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and she wouldn't I you know the next morning you want to take them out and she wouldn't I couldn't get her up without picking picking her up and which it was pretty hard to do at eighty pounds
[speaker002:] I bet
[speaker001:] um until if I allowed her to not get up on her own it'd be two o'clock in the afternoon
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] anyway I uh met my son's uh college roommate is a vet
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and he said um let's give her some race horse shots and you know in I'm I'm kind of glad to be able to tell people about this but you because you all the time you know run into people with problems
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] anyway that's when we lived in Oklahoma and uh so he gave this dog a series of it's they give it to race horses uh to get rid of uh cartilage
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and it's called anyway it's a series of six shots once a week and then I noticed after two shots she was
[speaker002:] do you have to give those
[speaker001:] well I could have but I can't give a shot
[speaker002:] oh I believe me I understand
[speaker001:] I took her from Enid Oklahoma to Oklahoma City every week for six weeks
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] and uh after the the second shot she was significantly better then I didn't notice any improvement till the after the sixth one
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and ever since and he said uh a booster uh every year or two
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I mean maybe every six months or or something like that and when I notice in the winter when it's worse you know it's cold weather and so forth then I have uh gotten a booster for her but not many people in this part of the country know anything about
[speaker002:] um
[speaker001:] I've had to get it from Oklahoma they've heard about it but they've really never used it
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah I've never heard anything about it either
[speaker001:] so dogs that get down in the hips like I think German Shepherds do it and probably large dogs
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and uh it's just wonderful
[speaker002:] does he get is he an inside dog also or does he just run out in the backyard is he fenced in
[speaker001:] uh um um well we're living now in an area where we we we're in the woods and we take walks I just don't let them
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] uh uh go away from me but we take walks through the woods twice a day
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh oh that's nice
[speaker001:] and uh I can over do it on her
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] but anyway at least she can go and she's not limping along and all that
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] tell me about your cat
[speaker002:] oh Stripper well he started out being a little orphan and we we took him in and uh he's about two years old now and he loves his treats uh both uh Joey and uh Stripper get treats and uh let's see
[speaker001:] and is um Stripper an inside cat or outside
[speaker002:] o h well he's outside and uh
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] he's got a way to get in he's got free access of a window we like to keep open
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] so he gets to go in and out whenever he wants to
[speaker001:] well of course that's nice they they
[speaker002:] Joey on the other hand is a little different he has to go out whenever uh we ask him and when he when we ask him he uh he barks he'll either bark for food or he'll bark to go out and he'll tell you which one he wants
[speaker001:] well he's been
[speaker002:] he's been through obedience school
[speaker001:] well he has been trained and you've keep you've kept up it up haven't you
[speaker002:] oh definitely
[speaker001:] yeah it is wonderful I I have some neighbors across the field and um they when we first moved here uh when the dogs and I didn't feed we have a very nice kennel and everything but but since I I didn't want to I was I just wanted to let them be able to be free for a while
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] so I kept watch and never let them get away but now every couple weeks they would one would slip away and my neighbor said to me oh I noticed those dogs dogs are so well trained anytime they hear your voice they come so that made me very proud
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] well have we been talking five minutes
[speaker002:] I'm not for sure
[speaker001:] I'm not either but
[speaker002:] I think maybe we have but
[speaker001:] yeah well um so it sounds like you keep your pets for pleasure
[speaker002:] oh definitely have you ever done this before
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] oh okay um I haven't ever called I've put in the paper work I just never made the call
[speaker001:] oh really uh-huh
[speaker002:] yeah so I didn't know if they stop you when the time is up or
[speaker001:] no they don't no I I glanced at the clock when um we started and I think it's been probably about five and a half minutes or something but one day I was talking to a lady about gardening and I'm I love gardening and she did too an and after
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] after about twelve minutes or something the recording came on and said that was the end of the tape
[speaker002:] oh well at least you know you did your part
[speaker001:] uh-huh but it's been so much fun too uh talk
[speaker002:] how did you get into this
[speaker001:] well my best friend in Virginia's daughter is a part of this project in Texas
[speaker002:] oh I see
[speaker001:] and so she knew that I had the time and would be would enjoy it
[speaker002:] uh-huh that's true
[speaker001:] um
[speaker002:] I mean I
[speaker001:] so but I have a hard time getting anybody because I guess do you work
[speaker002:] um yes I do
[speaker001:] yeah and probably just got home
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] so um during the day I mean I think and I understand also they want men
[speaker002:] right I was going to tell you the same thing they're really looking for a lot more men to participate
[speaker001:] yeah my husband does
[speaker002:] does he yeah I need to I've got some applications I need to hand them out but uh this is a great project that they're working on and it's really going to lead the way uh for a lot of economics um applications and and
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] development in the voice area
[speaker001:] yes when I think so too and I haven't helped them out on the men on men particularly but my husband had been made in fact he's been probably has made a few more calls than I have because I tend to not make them around dinner time I try to
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] you know make them do during the day but nobody's home
[speaker002:] well this is the perfect time for me well maybe I'll get you next time
[speaker001:] well good yeah it so fun much fun to talk to you
[speaker002:] all right have a good one
[speaker001:] you too bye
[speaker002:] bye