[speaker001:] you have any pets
[speaker002:] yes do you have do I have pets yes I have a cat and I have two dogs
[speaker001:] yeah two dogs what kind
[speaker002:] I have a Schnauzer and I have a Sheltie
[speaker001:] Schnauzers is it a miniature or a standard Schnauzer
[speaker002:] it it's a miniature um-hum hm
[speaker001:] uh I'm going into all this because I used to work I just got done working at a pet shop actually
[speaker002:] oh okay well the Schnauzer I'm I'm watching for one of uh the managers where I work and he's been transferred to Germany for a while
[speaker001:] yeah uh
[speaker002:] and I'm taking care of his dog and uh and I had just got the kitten when he asked me that and he says well my dog doesn't like cats and I said well we won't tell him it's a cat we won't tell her it's a cat because it was a kitten and you know they just they just love kittens they just are fascinated
[speaker001:] yeah oh yeah
[speaker002:] so she doesn't know that this is a cat yet and they get along real good I said if Tom could see his dog lick this kitty he'd flip so that was interesting
[speaker001:] that's good they say didn't expect that would happen yeah that's cool that's nice um let's see what was the other dog you had
[speaker002:] it's a Sheltie she's real sweet sweet little dog she's got a very nice temperament uh they're not as aggressive as a Schnauzer you know the Schnauzers are a little aggressive
[speaker001:] oh a Sheltie yeah they can be nippy
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] yeah Shelties are nice everybody seems to be really happy with them they're good temperament
[speaker002:] they're a good temperament and they
[speaker001:] they put up with a lot
[speaker002:] and they just uh I think they have a good head on their shoulders I think they have a a higher level of intelligence than other uh dogs that I've encountered
[speaker001:] Schnauzers in particular probably
[speaker002:] well yeah but also some poodles uh they're kind of um there are some smart ones out there but there's some also some uh not so smart ones I
[speaker001:] oh yeah yeah I get it seems the smaller the are the the worse off they are
[speaker002:] yeah that that's maybe that's there's uh some credence in that statement
[speaker001:] yeah they're they're bred down so much it's
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] they aren't the best pets
[speaker002:] I I'd I really don't know what the best pet is I guess it's up to the individual and how they relate to their animal
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I mean some people seem fairly well suited for for uh miniature poodles and such
[speaker002:] hm and Bulldogs but I don't know about these uh these um uh these Pinschers these no what are they called Pit Bulls Pit Bulls that are so vicious
[speaker001:] pit bull oh they're nice they're actually very friendly dogs
[speaker002:] are they really I don't think I've ever seen one
[speaker001:] uh they're really nice I I have dealt with quite a few of them people uh customers that bring them into the shop and ask me to like they uh fit collars and stuff on them and they're they're just really nice really friendly um kind of like medium intelligence um
[speaker002:] well how do they becomes well how did they get their reputation then
[speaker001:] well because some people um want to train them as
[speaker002:] oh they train them to be that way then oh okay
[speaker001:] yeah you really can't get a pit bull from birth that's that way yeah it takes a lot of training and a lot of abuse to get a dog to really respond
[speaker002:] oh okay oh dear so the the poor animal is doing it in self protection oh dear
[speaker001:] right yeah they aren't they aren't by nature really nasty critters they are very determined critters and so once you get them going it's not good to
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] to deal with but they I I really like them I was I was impressed by them they're they're real sturdy little critters and they aren't that big and uh just really friendly
[speaker002:] um-hum well that's unusual I was huh well I suppose you were surprised
[speaker001:] I was I was overwhelmed yeah uh right now
[speaker002:] after the reputation that you know they have quite an uh uh notable reputation as far as you know
[speaker001:] they picked up a lot of bad press lately
[speaker002:] yeah they're banned from in some areas I understand um-hum
[speaker001:] well yeah but any any any pet's gonna can can be bad if you train it to be that way
[speaker002:] you know that they must have just targeted that breed and said boy we're gonna
[speaker001:] well yeah it's when in my hometown they just outlawed ferrets
[speaker002:] oh okay
[speaker001:] because they had one incident of a ferret uh attacking a kid a child in a house I mean these people had left this infant in the same room with this loose ferret the the ferret is used to running the house and was kind of wild
[speaker002:] oh okay uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] and you know they should expect something like that to happen and so basically now it's like ferrets are outlawed in the town
[speaker002:] uh oh did it attack the child then
[speaker001:] yeah it it bit him
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and that was that was not a good thing but I think it was probably a an individual ferret thing because it was fairly it was a fairly wild ferret and they hadn't
[speaker002:] well the the people that owned him should have been on the lookout for that
[speaker001:] yeah I they really should've should've expected it and taken the precautions they didn't it's too bad it happened though
[speaker002:] none um sure yeah yeah because then the the the animal's in trouble and not the person
[speaker001:] right