[speaker002:] okay do have a dog or a cat or
[speaker001:] uh I got both
[speaker002:] both
[speaker001:] yep
[speaker002:] what kind of dog
[speaker001:] it's uh half Border Collie and half Lab
[speaker002:] is it a house dog
[speaker001:] half Border Collie
[speaker002:] no I mean is it a house dog mean do you keep it in the house
[speaker001:] yeah yep it's
[speaker002:] and
[speaker001:] it's uh and you'd think he's an uh little poodle
[speaker002:] a little poodle
[speaker001:] he's about eighty pounds though
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] well I've just the opposite I've got a Pomeranian he probably weighs about five he thinks he's a little man
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] he's a little he presses around and struts but I don't have a cat though that might be a little bit too much do you keep the dog and the cat both in the house
[speaker001:] yep
[speaker002:] yeah they get along
[speaker001:] yeah oh yeah they get along real good oh the dog was brought up with cats so he doesn't really bother the cats
[speaker002:] well that's good
[speaker001:] well now the little kitten picks on him all the time
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] yep
[speaker002:] well how old is the dog
[speaker001:] uh let's see uh about seven eight years old
[speaker002:] goodness mine's only I guess three
[speaker001:] and and our cat's only about two years old
[speaker002:] well um what made you get a dog and a cat
[speaker001:] well uh we both we've had cats and dogs before you know before we even got married so I kind of like cats and she likes dogs so yep
[speaker002:] so you compromised
[speaker001:] so we've had them oh at one time we had two dogs and two cats
[speaker002:] goodness
[speaker001:] but
[speaker002:] well I got my dog little dog to keep me company and now I'm hardly ever at home so now it's like whenever you come in he's all over you
[speaker001:] oh yeah well ours does that the company when we get it
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] yep
[speaker002:] yeah it's like a new face
[speaker001:] yep uh
[speaker002:] something I guess like just something new and different
[speaker001:] oh yeah he he's pretty he's real friendly
[speaker002:] well that's good
[speaker001:] but but when somebody knocks at the door he's his barks is real uh you know like he's a real bad dog
[speaker002:] but uh
[speaker001:] when you come in the house and he he'd probably show the burglars where everything was at
[speaker002:] thinks I think that Brian would probably do the same thing
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] well I've heard that um pets are like to to people that are sick or to older people that they're have like calming effects on them
[speaker001:] yeah I've heard that too
[speaker002:] especially I guess if they have like high blood pressure or um like heart conditions it just kind of helps to have a little or a dog or a cat or something around just to lavish the attention on it kind of calms them
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah I know I think it helps them too when they take them out for walks and stuff especially dogs you know plus they're uh the dog's a good
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] good uh way to protect your house too when you're gone
[speaker002:] uh that's true
[speaker001:] you know like I said he barks a lot when somebody rings knocks on the door or rings the doorbell so it kind of keeps people away
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] they think twice about breaking in
[speaker002:] um trying there's something I was going to tell you and I forgot just totally went out the window
[speaker001:] uh but our little our little kitty he she uses uh she's pretty cute little the wife got her when she she was a stray and uh it bit her and so she had to bring it home with her to see if she got rabies or anything
[speaker002:] and then y'all decided to keep it
[speaker001:] yep so
[speaker002:] isn't that funny how there's always a story behind something
[speaker001:] oh yeah well that's basically how she got the dog too
[speaker002:] oh well do you have names that are appropriate with more or less how you found them or how you got them or anything or
[speaker001:] well well not really
[speaker002:] no
[speaker001:] we uh the dog's name is Morgan and the cat's name is Oscar Anne
[speaker002:] Oscar Anne well that's a new one
[speaker001:] yeah well well see at first they thought that the cat was a a boy so they called her Oscar until the found out she was a girl so they just called her Oscar Anne
[speaker002:] oh I see
[speaker001:] so that's uh that's the name there and uh how we got the dogs was we were stationed in England and she went to some we had a dog and she took it to dog obedience school
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and this farmer was gonna kill these six puppies they had and she kind of said well I'll kind of I'll take one of them off your hands  and that's how we got Morgan
[speaker002:] Lord did you have a problem naming um coming up with names for them
[speaker001:] I think uh well I didn't really come up with the name she did so
[speaker002:] it took me like three weeks to name mine because I kept saying well I wan t to find a name that fits
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and I actually had for a couple of days had started calling