[speaker002:] well well I have a a a new puppy in this house it's been I've had her here about two weeks
[speaker001:] oh oh well actually I put a dog of that I'd had for seventeen years to sleep about a month ago
[speaker002:] you got any pets oh that's too bad
[speaker001:] yeah so that's uh um I'm thinking about getting another one but I don't know in the mean time I have a cat that's uh nearly twenty pounds and the the vet assures me it he has a large bone structure so but just a big old Tom
[speaker002:] so we're still uh in the in the paper stage I guess if you put your seventeen year old dog away while back you have it's been a long time since that was the case
[speaker001:] yes oh what sort of puppy do you have
[speaker002:] well it we took you know it's from a shelter it's a mix of uh gee I guess uh uh Shepherd and um and a black Lab
[speaker001:] oh those are the best kind
[speaker002:] so it's going to be a monster
[speaker001:] yeah yeah that that's where I got uh my dog was from the shelter and the idea was to get a Shepherd Lab mix and he turned out to be about half that size um he he I just couldn't resist him at the shelter so
[speaker002:] uh he was
[speaker001:] well he was at least eighteen when he died because he was full grown when I got him
[speaker002:] so you don't know how old he was when you got him
[speaker001:] I really don't
[speaker002:] huh did you uh did you have him fixed or was he uh was he
[speaker001:] he he was fixed his name was Randy
[speaker002:] oh great
[speaker001:] with uh good cause and uh so I got him fixed
[speaker002:] I guess that's a good plan he wasn't fixed when you got him though huh
[speaker001:] but no no yeah I it's uh I've never um had an animal that long never I was it was a hard thing to do
[speaker002:] well well he was real sick huh
[speaker001:] he just was real arthritic uh and then just stopped eating you know it was real it was real clear that you know it was it was time to go
[speaker002:] oh time times were over well that's a that's a that's a shame that
[speaker001:] yeah but this uh well eventually I guess
[speaker002:] so you going to get another one
[speaker001:] eventually I I haven't yet but they're a lot of work too
[speaker002:] yes they are they are indeed
[speaker001:] the the hardest part is the stage you have right now I think
[speaker002:] yeah yeah but you know but get little I got little kids and they they do a pretty good job of taking care of the dog and so forth so that'll be fun for them
[speaker001:] oh I think pets are wonderful for kids any
[speaker002:] yeah used to
[speaker001:] teaches them responsibility and all that kind of stuff too at least in theory
[speaker002:] my kids could use it yeah
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] okay well you think that gives them uh the uh what what they're looking for here
[speaker001:] but well I I guess I um sometimes have been told in well yeah I guess that's fine so thanks for calling talking
[speaker002:] well it's nice to talk to you good night now
[speaker001:] good night