[speaker001:] Dave what kind of pets do you have
[speaker002:] oh we have one rotten cat
[speaker001:] one rotten cat
[speaker002:] yeah it's my son's cat
[speaker001:] I heard a laugh in the background
[speaker002:] yeah that's the boys they they know I don't like it
[speaker001:] oh you don't like cats
[speaker002:] well I like cats this cat is a uh more like a dog
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] yeah he's uh a a one owner he likes one boy in the family and that's about it
[speaker001:] that said what does how does he treat the other people
[speaker002:] just uh stays away or runs
[speaker001:] wow
[speaker002:] usually but he follows he'll follow my oldest son around you know when he's in the house he'll come up and he'll jump on his lap but if anybody reaches over to pet him or whatever he'll just kind of look at them like what are you doing
[speaker001:] did he raise him or something
[speaker002:] and he he's yeah we bought the cat for him and so he's he's been the one that you know spent the most time with him but I I've never owned a cat like that I've had cats growing up all the time and you know they're usually either that way with everybody or friendly to everybody
[speaker001:] uh-huh huh that's interesting
[speaker002:] so it's a weird cat
[speaker001:] huh we have a a mutt well we we named it Hooper because that's where we got it from uh some lady
[speaker002:] a mutt uh-huh
[speaker001:] she uh a lot of people uh uh drop off abandoned abandoned pets at her house
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] and she used to work for a veterinarian veterinarian so she would spay uh neuter them
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] give them all their shots and we saw an ad saying it was free so we went down there and picked it up and it's been an excellent dog but this is my first dog I've I've had and we got it because well my wife stays here at home alone while I go to work so that's mostly why we got it to keep her company while I'm away at work
[speaker002:] uh-huh so that is that kind of your child right now
[speaker001:] um yeah right now it it is it's kind of good training I mean we've been trying for kids but right now we haven't had any but
[speaker002:] you feel like  oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] it's pretty good training I think I mean it it keeps us on our toes
[speaker002:] have have you had dogs before
[speaker001:] uh my brother has um we didn't do a lot with them um I never felt it like it was mine or anything you couldn't do anything
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but I mean it's a bit more responsibility when it's yours and not your brother's
[speaker002:] yeah well I just um we've you know when I was growing up I had we always had a dog
[speaker001:] but
[speaker002:] and we had mostly well not not mutts but mixes you know like one or one or two mix
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and those dogs always seem to be the best dogs
[speaker001:] that's what we found ours is uh like a Cockapoo I think it's half Cocker Spaniel and half Poodle but it's a really good dog
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] I don't know they seem to be I mean listen better or something is your cat a purebred
[speaker002:] um-hum no no it's just uh an accident from a friend from uh my son's friend down the street their their cat
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] was an outside cat and just end up with some kittens and
[speaker001:] would you ever want a dog in the family
[speaker002:] um we I would we um we had a dog that was a um mix between a an Alaskan Malamute and a Labrador
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and I should say a pup and he was just too big for our kids when we got him and we
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] when we moved into our house that was the first thing we wanted to get was uh you know was a pet and and it was a dog that we gotten he was just he was just too big um the kids couldn't handle him and I was still going to school
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and my wife was working and I was working and so we just didn't have time to really train him so he was kind of just there you know he's too big for the kids to handle so he was just tied up to a post
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] so we gave him to uh I don't know if you've there's a place out here on it's called Shorties Lane out here in Harrisville and they have um
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] I guess it's kind of an animal shelter but he just takes a few of the animals in and some he destroys and some he keeps
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] so we took him up there and he ended up keeping him um because he's had him for six or seven years we we've saw him just a oh I guess about a year ago and uh I thought boy that sure looks like that pup we gave away and so we asked him about it one day and he said yeah he's been the best dog I've ever had in my life
[speaker001:] um-hum wow
[speaker002:] just goes everywhere with him I he would've been a great great dog
[speaker001:] they just need a lot of time