Neuticles...??

Listening to this story really just makes me laugh. I found it incredibly interesting that there are actual vets/doctors who specialize in putting silicon-prosthetic testicles into a male animal after being neutered. Also, I was not at all surprised to learn that absolutely 100% of the people requesting to have this done for their animal were male. Like one of the doctors interviewed, I also believe the dogs do not care about having neuticles because they don't even understand what's going on "down there," anyway. Frankly, once they're gone, they're gone, along with the hormones that make an unneutered male dog/animal act the way he does. I was shocked to hear neuticles were even put into a Florida alligator though!

I thought the radio broadcast story was done very well overall. The introduction with the answering machine to "Neuticles" was very creative and actually brought reality to the story and allowed me as the listener to participate more actively just by hearing the recording. I felt there could have been more natural background noise in this story, but at the time there just may not have been anything going on where the interview was taking place, so that is understandable. It was beneficial for the reporter to use the noises Miller's dog was making in its kennel at the end of the story though. This sound bit went hand in hand with the closing line of the reporter when referring to Miller's pampered dog with neuticles, "...and he doesn't even know what he's missing." There was a definite overall flow to the story with the use of the sound clips, voice of the source, as well as the voice of the reporter and I felt it was covered in a creative manner in order to pull the audience in.