[1583]
A, {F uh, } Golden Retriever. /
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[1574]
{F Ooh, } that's --
[1583]
Yeah. /
[1574]
-- one of my favorite kinds of dogs. /
[1583]
Is it really? /
[1574]
How long have you had it? /
[1583]
We've had him for, - /{D let's see, } he just had his fourth birthday. /
[1574]
Fourth birthday. /
[1583]
Yeah, /{C and } we got him when he was about eight weeks old /{C and, } {F uh, } he's pretty okay, /we like him. /
[1574]
[1583]
He does. /That's the one thing we don't like about him. /In fact, we threaten him in the summertime that we might just shave all of his hair off. /
[1574]
[1583]
He'd probably look pretty funny if we did that. /
[1574]
How much does he weigh now? /
[1583]
[ He, + {D actually, } he ] just went to the vet yesterday to get his shots and everything, /{C and } they put him on the scale /{C and } he's up to ninety four now. /
[1574]
Oh. /
[1583]
{C But } [ he's not a real, + he's not a real ] tall, {F uh, } dog for a Golden Retriever. /He's kind of stocky, shorter and stockier. /
[1574]
{F Um. } /
[1583]
[1574]
Is he good with family? /
[1583]
He is. /It's, {F uh, } just me and my wife /{C and, } {F uh, } he's kind of our temporary substitute for having kids. /
[1574]
[1583]
We treat him like our kid right now so he's spoiled rotten. /
[1574]
Yeah, /I can --
[1583]
{C Because } I, -/
[1574]
-- understand that /
[1583]
Get away with that a little bit more with pets than you can with kids
[1574]
Uh-huh. /
[1583]
How about you? /
[1574]
{D Well, } we have a cat who's also about four years old. /
[1583]
Oh. /
[1574]
{C And }
[1583]
Uh-huh. /
[1574]
{C And } he also sheds a lot. /
[1583]
Yeah. /
[1574]
{C But, } [ we, + {F uh, } we ] hope to get a Golden Retriever someday. /{C But } we figure we'll get the kids and then [ the, + the ] dog
[1583]
That's probably a good idea. /They're good though. /{F Uh, } have you ever had a Retriever before? /
[1574]
No, /{C but } my husband had one when he was growing up. /
[1583]
{C Because } [ I, + I ] find that they're good around other animals like cats and other dogs. /They don't tend to get real jealous or territorial. /They like to play. /
[1574]
{F Um. } /
[1583]
Especially with the kids. /They love to play with kids. /
[1574]
[ Is, + is ] your dog an inside and outdoors? /
[1583]
No, /he's pretty much an inside dog. /
[1574]
{F Um. } /
[1583]
He stays in. /[ We, + we're ] kind of in [ a, + not a ] real busy neighborhood, but more so than I'd want him to be out too much /{C and } he doesn't like it if we tie him outside. /
[1574]
{F Oh, } really? /
[1583]
He's really a wimp. /
[1574]
[1583]
{C And } when it comes to being alone, - /{F uh, } {D now } if you give him the freedom to walk around and go wherever he wants, he likes that, /{C but } he does not like to be tied outside. /[ He'll, + he'll ] just bark and bark and bark. /
[1574]
{F Um, } when he gets outside, [ does, in, + does ] he run away and then eventually come back? /
[1583]
No, /he's, {F uh, } taken to the training pretty well /{C and, } {F uh, } he knows where our yard is /{C and } we have a pretty small yard, /{C but } he seems to know the boundaries. /
[1574]
{F Um. } /
[1583]
{C And } he usually is good about staying within them, /{C although } our next door neighbors have a dog, too /{C and, } {F uh, } [ she, + she ] is good friends with my dog. /
[1574]
{F Oh, } yeah? /
[1583]
{C And so } he often gets to smelling her scent and will go over there to sniff around and stuff /{C but, }
[1574]
[1583]
he's pretty good. /He stays out of the street /{C and, } {F uh, } if I catch him I call him /{C and } he comes back. /{C So } [ he, + he's ] pretty good about taking to commands [ and + --
[1574]
{F Um. } /
[1583]
-- and ] things. /
[1574]
Did you bring him to a doggy obedience school or --
[1583]
No -- /
[1574]
-- just --
[1583]
-- we never did. /
[1574]
-- train him on your own /{C and, } -/
[1583]
[ I, + I ] trained him on my own /{C and, } {F uh, } this is the first dog I've had all my own as an adult. /
[1574]
Uh-huh. /
[1583]
[ We've had kid, + {E or } we've had dogs ] when I was a kid, /{C but } [ this, + this ] is the first one that I, {F uh, } took in, /{C so } I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get it all right the first time, /{C but, } {F uh, } [ he, + he ] seems to have picked it up pretty well. /I --
[1574]
Uh-huh. /
[1583]
-- never really to hit him or anything. /Just, {D you know } --
[1574]
{F Huh. } /
[1583]
-- firm tone of voice and those --
[1574]
Really? /
[1583]
-- sorts of things. /[ I, + I ] see other people out there /{C and } they hit their dogs and try to, - /[ {C and, } + {C and } ] those horrible collars that they put on them with [ invinc-, + invisible ] fencing, /least I, -/
[1574]
Invisible what? /
[1583]
Invisible fencing, /have you heard of that? /
[1574]
No, /what is that? /
[1583]
[ It's, + {F uh, } it's ] a system you can put in your yard where you bury these little, {F uh, } transducers or emitters in your yard --
[1574]
Oh. /
[1583]
-- at the perimeter /{C and then } they wear a collar with a special little attachment on it /{C and } if they get too close to that perimeter, [ it + --
[1574]
Oh. /
[1583]
-- it ] zaps them. /
[1574]
Boy. /
[1583]
Yeah
[1574]
I'd be afraid to walk around if I was that dog
[1583]
Yeah, /{D well, } a friend of mine at work here said that he tried it with his dog /{C and } he wanted to see what he was subjecting his dog to /{C so } he held on to the collar /{C and } he walked out to the perimeter. /He said it was a good jolt. /
[1574]
{F Oh, } really? /
[1583]
Yeah, /{C and } {D so, } [ I, + I ] don't take too well [ to, + to ] those --
[1574]
{F Um. } /
[1583]
-- sorts of training techniques. /I don't think they're always necessary. /If you put enough patience into, -/
[1574]
Yeah, /just be consistent and diligent --
[1583]
Uh-huh. /
[1574]
-- with it /{C and, } {F um, } -/
[1583]
[ It's, + {F uh, } is ] your cat an indoor cat or an --
[1574]
Yeah -- /
[1583]
-- outdoor cat? /
[1574]
-- he's indoor and all declawed because I know the, {F uh, } average life span of an outdoor cat is eighteen months. /
[1583]
Somebody just told me that -- /
[1574]
Yeah. /
[1583]
-- because of the leukemia? /
[1574]
Yeah, /that and also just, {F uh, } getting hit, I guess, or getting beat up. /{C And } the average life span of an indoor cat is eighteen years
[1583]
Wow. /
[1574]
{D So, } -/
[1583]
Quite a difference. /
[1574]
Yeah. /
[1583]
[ What, + {F uh, } what ] kind of climate do you have? /
[1574]
{D Well, } {F uh, } [ it's, + we ] just moved recently
[1583]
Oh. /