Show Transcript:
Eddy Aragon:
AM1600 KIVA, 93.7 FM, the web, the app, the rockoftalk.com. I’m Eddy Aragon, the Rock of Talk. Glad to be here with you for another edition of Barbara Bruin asking the age old question, “Who let the dogs out?” Barbara Bruin, good morning.
Barbara Bruin:
Good morning, Eddy. How are you?
Eddy Aragon:
I’m excellent. Thanks for being here as always. We appreciate you and we can find all the featured pets of the week directly at barbarabruin.com. Very cool. You’ve been doing it for a long time, and that is but caring for dogs and cats. You did it at seven years as the director for the Animal Welfare Department for the city of Albuquerque. And you continue to pursue that passion by getting these dogs and cats their forever homes.
Barbara Bruin:
That’s right. And getting out the word on how to better care for them and how to get your pet fixed because that’s the key to ending our overpopulation problem here and ending the suffering and ending pets ending up in shelters.
Eddy Aragon:
And tell me how have we been performing?
Barbara Bruin:
Well, we had a pretty good week. We had Trooper is adopted and Lilly who’s been around quite a while. And Willy Wonka, that cute little neurological kitty whose head tilts and he walks funny and he’s deaf. And the very good news for Willy Wonka is he was adopted by a veterinarian.
Eddy Aragon:
Oh wow. He must’ve been really special. That’s awesome.
Barbara Bruin:
I know, I know. And any medical needs Willy might need he’ll be covered. So that’s a wonderful, wonderful thing for that cute kitty.
Eddy Aragon:
A match made in heaven.
Barbara Bruin:
A match made in heaven. If you’ll recall, he was probably abandoned somewhere because of his disability. And he was brought into the Bernalillo County Shelter covered in cactus needles. Some good Samaritan found him and brought him in. So his story changed for the better then, and he’s going to live happily ever.
Eddy Aragon:
That is wonderful. I love to hear that.
Barbara Bruin:
I know. It makes it all worthwhile, doesn’t it?
Eddy Aragon:
Yeah, it really does. And the fact that people listen to this and they get to hear all the pets and the dogs and the cats that are out there. And then realizing how special these adopted pets are these ones that are orphaned that are out there. Well, even veterinarians adopt them. So if they’re good enough for a veterinarian, they’re certainly good enough for you.
Barbara Bruin:
Exactly. That’s a very good point Eddy. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with shelter pets. In fact, they’re the best.
Eddy Aragon:
They absolutely are. All right. So how have we been doing overall? We know that we’ve been doing well, but what new pests do we have for the week this week?
Barbara Bruin:
Well, we still have Bruce Wayne whom we have advertised before, along with the Batman song.
Eddy Aragon:
Yes, we did.
Barbara Bruin:
And Athena, and you played Aretha for Athena and Baby Doll was our dog from last week who’s really, really cute. And Sophie, who’s a beautiful brindle boxer mix.
Eddy Aragon:
Played the Big Bopper, it didn’t work. Hello Baby, that didn’t work?
Barbara Bruin:
It didn’t.
Eddy Aragon:
Hello baby.
Barbara Bruin:
It kind of perked us all up-
Eddy Aragon:
Really did.
Barbara Bruin:
… in radio land, but so far beautiful Athena who’s a torby which is a cross between a tabby and a tortie. She’s still at the Bernalillo County Shelter along with Baby Doll, the dog and Sophie, the dog and Bruce Wayne, a really cute cat who, I don’t know why Bruce is still there either because he’s darling. But this week we have more and there’s always more. Check out on Bernalillo County’s website. And the city of Albuquerque’s website and you can peruse the animals they have there. And I believe they’re still under COVID restrictions. So if you see a pet you’d like to meet, you can make an appointment, which actually makes it better than sometimes just walking up and down and all aisles. So check out 311 or CABQ.gov, and Burnco is burnco.gov. And two wonderful municipal shelters along with the Rio Ranchos and then some private shelters, but let’s get these pets out and it’s a great time to have your pet fixed while everything’s quiet.
Barbara Bruin:
And veterinarians are open. You generally leave your pet there. You stay in your car and they come get your pet, which is actually better, I think. And then you can get your pet fixed or vaccinated or whatever, just the once a year check, which pets need to make sure nothing’s going wrong. And the vaccines are by law, the rabies vaccine. So get your pet taken care of while you have this downtime, this unfortunate downtime, but check out also on Bernalillo County’s website or barbarabruin.com. Dingo, who’s a-
Eddy Aragon:
Dingo.
Barbara Bruin:
Dingo, who’s a really cute one year old neutered male, and he’s smiling in his photo. It says, “Dingo is your typical outgoing, lovable, cuddle bug. He’s been great with other dogs in our care. He’s the definition of living life to the fullest. And he is just waiting for a family to see how awesome he is. He would love to get out with his new family at parks and on hikes, and then cuddle up with one of his doggy buddies with you on the couch at the end of the day.” So he’s an all around good guy. And one year is a great age.
Eddy Aragon:
Perfect.
Barbara Bruin:
He’s not a puppy, pooping and chewing. But he has lots of love and life to give.
Eddy Aragon:
So you know what popped into my head right away.
Barbara Bruin:
Dingo, Ringo.
Eddy Aragon:
Bingo.
Barbara Bruin:
Bingo.
Eddy Aragon:
I’m going to ruin your head for the rest of the day. Here we go.
Barbara Bruin:
Oh, perfect.
Eddy Aragon:
D-I-N-G-O, D-I-N-G-O, D-I-N-G-O-
Barbara Bruin:
You are a wizard.
Eddy Aragon:
And Dingo was his name. That was the first thing that popped in my head was Bingo. And I’m like, “Whoa, there you go. Dingo.”
Barbara Bruin:
I’ve never heard that song before, but I thought-
Eddy Aragon:
You don’t know the Bingo song? B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O-
Barbara Bruin:
I do now.
Eddy Aragon:
B-I-N-G-O and Bingo was his name. It’s like one of the first songs I ever learned.
Barbara Bruin:
Nice. I just thought, the dingo ate the baby.
Eddy Aragon:
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Wow. They Aussies. I watch a lot of Australian horse racing these days.
Barbara Bruin:
Whoa.
Eddy Aragon:
Yeah, love it.
Barbara Bruin:
That’s interesting.
Eddy Aragon:
I like to follow Lizzie, by the way on her betting, her handicapping.
Barbara Bruin:
Okay. Whatever that is.
Eddy Aragon:
She’s a smart gal.
Barbara Bruin:
Is that a person?
Eddy Aragon:
Yeah, a person. Her name’s Lizzie. And I could listen to her all night. You kick things off about 8:30 at night and by 11:30 you made 50 bucks and you had a great time.
Barbara Bruin:
Oh my gosh, Eddy, you are an international… whatever.
Eddy Aragon:
Yeah. I go to the loo, not the bathroom, by the way. I guess that’s what they call it in Australia.
Barbara Bruin:
I don’t know.
Eddy Aragon:
I don’t know but whatever, the loo.
Barbara Bruin:
Yeah, they call it that in Britain. Anyway. We’re here in New Mexico, the land of enchantment.
Eddy Aragon:
There we are.
Barbara Bruin:
On this wonderful August 1st getting ready for the dog days of summer.
Eddy Aragon:
Here we are. Yeah.
Barbara Bruin:
So great time to bring a new buddy home. And we have a cute cat named Cheese.
Eddy Aragon:
Wow.
Barbara Bruin:
And he’s a two year old… I know. And you can see his picture. He looks like he has a toy mouse and he’s rolling over on his back, which means he trusts humans. And he looks a bit like a skunk with his beautiful black and white coloring. It says, “Cheese is a typical cat where you have to earn his friendship. However, once you’re in his friendship circle, you’re in. He loves to play and he loves to cuddle with you. He’s been our foster day for shy kittens. Cheese would love a cat experienced home to give him the love and time to adjust.” And that, as we said last week too, is important for any pet. Don’t just throw them into your home and expect them to automatically fit in. You need to introduce cats and dogs, dogs and dogs, cats and cats, and make sure the children know how to treat a pet. That cats and dogs aren’t humans in fur suits, they have different attributes. So do introduce new pets slowly, but do introduce them.
Barbara Bruin:
Go get a pet this weekend. Check out at Buralillo County shelter on South 2nd, but do it virtually first. And the two shelters of the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department, East side and West side. But check out the websites for both first and see if there’s any pet you want to meet and then call and go to your meet and greet .
Eddy Aragon:
Awesome stuff. There we go. I’m so excited because we have Dingo and Cheese this week. It sounds like a great accompaniment with one another.
Barbara Bruin:
Dingo and Cheese.
Eddy Aragon:
I’d like to have some dingo and cheese. My mind is getting lost in Australia for sure. It’s one of the places, I don’t know what it is about the accent for the Aussies, but it’s the best.
Barbara Bruin:
You think so?
Eddy Aragon:
Oh yeah, there’s nothing even-
Barbara Bruin:
Oh wow.
Eddy Aragon:
I can listen to it. It’s the sing song.
Barbara Bruin:
It’s like music to your ears.
Eddy Aragon:
And it’s always very uppity. In fact, if you ever get a chance to watch the Aussie racing, it’s kind of amazing because the way they speak about things is they never commit to something. And it’s always a very happy way in which they talk about it. There’s never any downside. They always look on the bright side of things.
Barbara Bruin:
That’s a great attribute.
Eddy Aragon:
It really is. And so my former boss, who was from a place called Adelaide Australia, his name was Craig [inaudible 00:09:09] . You couldn’t understand half of what he said, but he could sell you on anything because the finish was always positive.
Barbara Bruin:
That’s great.
Eddy Aragon:
It is just one of those things.
Barbara Bruin:
I did not know that about the Aussies.
Eddy Aragon:
There we go. And the dingoes. By the way, the dog days of summer are July 22nd through August 22nd.
Barbara Bruin:
There we go.
Eddy Aragon:
And I guess this goes way back to the Greeks and Romans according… Yeah. They occurred the day with Sirius appeared.
Barbara Bruin:
The Dog Star.
Eddy Aragon:
Yes.
Barbara Bruin:
Yeah, the Dog Star.
Eddy Aragon:
There you go. What is the dog star? I don’t even know what that is.
Barbara Bruin:
Sirius, the Dog Star.
Eddy Aragon:
Oh, that is. Okay.
Barbara Bruin:
Yeah. But it’s come to mean slow and hot I think for the dog days of summer.
Eddy Aragon:
Yeah. It is always the hottest.
Barbara Bruin:
And we always get plenty of heat here, but we’ve had a decent monsoon, knock on wood.
Eddy Aragon:
Yeah, we have actually, it’s been better than in years past. That is no doubt about it. All right. Very good. Barbara, once again, the website is barbarabruin.com. Barbara, thanks for being here right here in the Kiva on AM1600 KIVA, 93.7 FM the web, the app, rockoftalk.com. That’s rockoftalk.com.