[speaker002:] okay an English a Siberian husky and an English springer spaniel
[speaker001:] sprat Siberian husky and a springer spaniel
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] uh those are two very different dogs aren't they
[speaker002:] yeah they are the springer is a little on the small side
[speaker001:] is he kind of hyper too or
[speaker002:] he's sort of very very hyper
[speaker001:] well this is uh a mutt a mutt of a cat it's a part Siamese it's very vocal
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and uh tabby so um he's orange
[speaker002:] that must be weird to have a howling tabby you know the of course you have the standard Siamese moaning and groaning and
[speaker001:] you you don't hear it uh
[speaker002:] yeah I do now
[speaker001:] it sounds like a baby doesn't it
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I don't know it's kind of strange it the body shape looks a lot like a Siamese but it's orange
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] it's uh male he's smaller than most tomcats you see
[speaker002:] yeah I grew up with two Persians one was eighteen pounds and the other was twenty pounds
[speaker001:] wow
[speaker002:] serious cats
[speaker001:] huge
[speaker002:] yeah you ask permission
[speaker001:] yeah they have uh extra digits
[speaker002:] no
[speaker001:] well
[speaker002:] they just were just flat big
[speaker001:] uh man I've seen some cats with uh you know extra digit on their paw and things like that
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but uh so why do you have pets
[speaker002:] well we got this uh you know the two dogs one's the Siberian which is a real mellow thing she looks like a wolf but she's just a big baby
[speaker001:] yeah well why why did you get the the dogs or
[speaker002:] I had dogs all my life
[speaker001:] oh okay
[speaker002:] I've had uh  and the Siberian was basically there for the taking if I wanted it as a puppy so I brought the Siberian home and she's just been just great with kids and
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and then my wife wanted a had a cocker when she was younger and when she was a kid and she wanted to have a another spaniel type dog and so we wanted a bigger spaniel because we didn't want a cocker as small as a cocker for the husky to beat up
[speaker001:] they fight do they fight
[speaker002:] but the what tooth and nail
[speaker001:] oh gosh
[speaker002:] they're not serious except but they're just always at each other yeah
[speaker001:] how do you know they are not serious
[speaker002:] what
[speaker001:] uh you mean they're not serious they draw blood or something you mean
[speaker002:] yeah right  dogs don't normally fight serious very long because normally one as big as a Siberian or as small as a spaniel the spaniel knows its place pretty quickly and that takes care of that
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah
[speaker002:] you know it's normally they're at each other just you know snarling and snapping and rolling and thumbing
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and then when they're but when the Siberian's decided that she she's had all that she wants of that hyper spaniel it's it's very clearly stated
[speaker001:] whack
[speaker002:] you know there are very clear words spoken in dog and that's the end and the spaniel and the and the springer goes away
[speaker001:] uh-huh  uh that's interesting well this is the only cat I mean I I never had cats when I was young
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh I had roommates at one point and they had a cat and I lived with that for a couple of years and and I kind of liked it and uh
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and uh my uh at the time was my girlfriend now my fiancee Kia brought a cat out to me when I was leaving alone down Oregon
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] when I was living out there and you know I agreed to have the cat and it was it was good company
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] good company a cat would chest as you fall asleep watching TV or something crazy like that
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] so that's why I like them sort of they keep you company and they're kind of interesting to watch sometimes this one's very uh playful he's the for unusual unusual for a cat when he was a lot younger he um used to play catch with me and uh I you throw the I catch but I'd throw the ball the whate ver it was and he'd run after it and bring it back
[speaker002:] uh yeah that's sort of strange for a cat
[speaker001:] in terms of um you know whatever happens to be around he'll he'll you know play then he also likes going hunting for well insects like uh solar fish or whatever have you it's pretty funny
[speaker002:] you know
[speaker001:] he likes doing that
[speaker002:] the spaniel is death on crickets
[speaker001:] really well were in Virginia you live
[speaker002:] she'll
[speaker001:] and
[speaker002:] northern Virginia right over right over the across the river from DC
[speaker001:] oh okay Arlington or Crystal City
[speaker002:] well it's called Springfield have you ever driven south on ninety five
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] well you know when you come over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and you come around