[speaker001:] well let's go ahead and start with you what kind of kind of pets did you have
[speaker002:] okay well yeah when I was growing up uh we had dogs all the time so I always had at least two dogs I think at the most we had three and uh then when I met my my wife she was more of a cat person and she kind of more or less got me converted over to cats
[speaker001:] uh oh
[speaker002:] and that was the last pets that we had um but uh we we went ahead and gave them away to uh another family you know I put an ad out and had them had them take over the pets
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] uh because we had uh we started our family and and you know the cats shed a lot and plus they were kind of rough for the babies playing with them and stuff so
[speaker001:] right um-hum
[speaker002:] we decided to not have any pets for awhile
[speaker001:] well cool uh when I was growing up we had a dog one dog and
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] it had a disease and we had to put it to sleep and that was traumatic and that was traumatic enough for our family for the time being and
[speaker002:] oh no
[speaker001:] they have another one right now at home but I'm not there so that's kind of a bummer but
[speaker002:] yeah yeah well we're thinking of maybe as a matter of fact my wife was was telling me that uh when she was out Christmas shopping ah they had a display for one of these pet stores and they had a a cat a cat there and turned out to be ah an older cat about two years old
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh it was really good with the boys I've I've got two boys
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] four years old and two years old and she said it was real good with them and uh real real tame cat and she was asking me you know when do you think we should go back and get it now or should we wait a little bit longer and and I told her well I think we should probably wait but I you know she's she's gonna want uh get least another cat uh but I think I'd like to go ahead and get get them a dog
[speaker001:] uh-huh cool yeah I kind of like dogs myself I think they're just fun to have around fun to play with
[speaker002:] I think you know I really do think that a dog is more of a a children's pet and a cat's more of an adult's pet
[speaker001:] uh-huh  yeah I tend to agree with that
[speaker002:] because uh I know I I when I was younger and uh growing up with dogs I didn't like cats at all I didn't want anything at all to do with them
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] because you know they just don't respond to you the way dogs do and you know that and I you know I feel that that's something that that a kid looks forward to
[speaker001:] oh absolutely
[speaker002:] you know you tell a dog to do something and it does it or you throw a ball and he chases it that kind of thing and he'll he'll play with you but a cat
[speaker001:] uh-huh um-hum
[speaker002:] pretty much just keeps to himself and you know you know how cats are
[speaker001:] right well I kind of tend to agree I think especially dogs I really when we had ours I enjoyed it just because like you say you know you could throw things at it and he'd go chase it and
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] that whenever there was you know any sense of of urgency or any sense of problems with any of my friends or anybody around our family he would just jump up there and protect us you know he was a small dog and it was just it was good to know that there was always somebody there or something there to to take care of you
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah I I agree I agree I know that uh you know your yard is always a safe haven and and then if you have got a dog back there then you're really protected because they they'll they'll stand up for you
[speaker001:] yeah exactly yeah
[speaker002:] and that's the I I guess I kind of miss that you know my dad uh
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] well our our the pets that I grew up with all either ran away or died a long time ago and my dad just recently got another dog and it ran away
[speaker001:] um-hum oh no
[speaker002:] but it was a real small dog and he's thinking of getting another one I don't know if he will or not but he wants to get another dog my mom
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] mom can go either way
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] she doesn't really care too much as long as it's clean
[speaker001:] yeah well that's a big thing too at our house it was we couldn't let it in the house but the thing that I think my parents used it most for was to teach us responsibility
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] you know it was our dog and we had to take care of it and if we didn't there was you know definite
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] definite
[speaker002:] yeah I agree
[speaker001:] repercussion
[speaker002:] I think probably I'd be happier happier with just a ordinary mutt you know you get a dog that's uh show quality and you know you got to be real careful with it and
[speaker001:] yeah yep I agree I think I think a lot of times the mutts the best dogs anyway just because they're you know they really don't you know you care enough about them to to take care of them but not so much that you're worried about what you do with them
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah yeah
[speaker001:] where as if you're paying millions of dollars for it I think you'd be a little more concerned
[speaker002:] yeah that that you know I don't wanna get into a thing where you take him to shows and and you know all these papers and stuff and you got to be careful and all this and that
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know not that you wouldn't take care of it any less but that just something you know I don't want my boys to have to to get into that kind of thing
[speaker001:] yeah yeah well I agree I think it's it's a lot more fun when you don't have to worry about the cost of what you spent on it as much as just having it as a friend and
[speaker002:] sure basically a companion and that's it
[speaker001:] yeah exactly and that's you know it was really weird because although we fought a lot about it you know and who was gonna take care of it when we had it we really all missed it when it was gone
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] and so
[speaker002:] I reckon I can agree with that well it was nice talking to y ou
[speaker001:] hey it's been my pleasure you have a great afternoon
[speaker002:] all right you too take care bye-bye
[speaker001:] thanks bye-bye