[speaker001:] hello
[speaker002:] hello
[speaker001:] yes do you have any pets
[speaker002:] I do I have a big dog
[speaker001:] oh what kind
[speaker002:] huh oh he's just a big bloodhound
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] I had some rabbits and they were much easier to take care of than this big dog is
[speaker001:] I bet what happened to the rabbit
[speaker002:] well we got the bloodhound and the rabbits and the bloodhound didn't mix well so they were easier to get rid of than the big dog and my kids were anxious to have a have a puppy
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum uh-huh okay well we have two dogs uh Chasta's the small one that we
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] kind of inherited and then we have Lady that Gene has been wanting for a long time it's a collie and she is a sweetheart
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and we have two cats and one of them now Lady can go up the steps she goes up the steps really really slow and she kisses Nikki and they kind of you know look at each other and everything and then then Chasta uh Lady'll turn around and come back down stairs but she knows that if she moves fast that uh she's going to move you know
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] yeah and um by the way my other big pet here said he's gonna call you tonight and
[speaker002:] okay well I've had some really interesting things happening with my dog let me tell you about this
[speaker001:] you have
[speaker002:] I have a dog that at nighttime when it wants to go in the garage because he's kind of spoiled he will bark and I have a neighbor next door who gets real mad at this so for the last three weeks he's turned us into the police and in to the uh the animal control and every time they come over of course he's very well behaved and he doesn't bark or anything and so
[speaker001:] oh you're kidding um-hum
[speaker002:] it's just really gotten out of hand I mean he has called and threatened my kids and to come over and kill the dog it's going it's just berserk
[speaker001:] oh he doesn't have any pets
[speaker002:] he does he has a dog himself out in the backyard that barks but for some reason this dog's bark just drives him up a wall and he's just
[speaker001:] um um-hum
[speaker002:] I don't know it's been really upsetting he keeps calling and
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] you know it bothers me when the dog barks so as soon as he barks we put him in the garage but
[speaker001:] um um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] I don't know what the problem is
[speaker001:] oh for crying out loud well
[speaker002:] he is an alcoholic so I think he's just found something to vent his anger on and it's he's decided that it's us but
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum um-hum well we don't have that problem Lady hardly ever barks at all unless she's outside playing and uh Chasta only barks like when the paper boy delivers the mail she might bark for a little bit
[speaker002:] uh-huh see that's like this dog it only barks I mean the longest it ever barks is five or ten minutes
[speaker001:] um-hum hm
[speaker002:] but you know he's called over and said he's going to get the police to take Lee away and that we're idiots for having a dog like that and
[speaker001:] I'll be oh that's too bad
[speaker002:] it's just really been upsetting because they were real good neighbors up until this
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] this time
[speaker001:] yeah that would that would really be upsetting with me too if my neighbors didn't like my dogs you know
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and uh well of course two of two other neighbors have dogs you know and they get to come over and play
[speaker002:] well see everybody everybody all the way up has a dog that's what's so strange every house all you know all the way up from on five you know five houses up from me and five houses down have dogs
[speaker001:] um-hum hum um-hum um-hum um-hum well some people have dogs but they really don't like them I don't know why they even keep them
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know really some a lot of people have pets and
[speaker002:] yeah I figure why have them if you're not gonna take real good care of them
[speaker001:] oh yeah God mine are like my family
[speaker002:] but
[speaker001:] at night they sit out here by the door by the patio door and look in you know sit side by side
[speaker002:] yep that's how this one is
[speaker001:] so every night I think for two hours every night and then we let them in and they come in they just lay down but just I guess just the idea that they're in the house with us for a while you know
[speaker002:] huh yeah feel loved huh huh well I haven't I don't know what I you know I can't figure out how to solve the problem unless I get rid of Kahuna and uh you know
[speaker001:] uh-huh so
[speaker002:] I've got to live in this neighborhood so it's almost boiled down to do I
[speaker001:] well
[speaker002:] do I keep a pet that I love or do I live unhappily in a neighborhood paranoid of whether he's ever gonna bark or not
[speaker001:] well that's a shame you know and you can I know you can have their barker taken out but who'd want to do that that would be awful
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] you know well that's too bad but anyhow we don't have that problem like I say
[speaker002:] well I'm thinking about going back to rabbits they were quiet mess free
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] so
[speaker001:] well at least you can still get some right
[speaker002:] yeah we have a ample supply of rabbits
[speaker001:] well that's good well let's see
[speaker002:] boy well this is really a treat
[speaker001:] isn't it funny though I just wondered if someday this was going to happen
[speaker002:] yeah let's hope it happens again