[speaker001:] well I currently don't have a pet although uh I have in the past
[speaker002:] oh you don't have one
[speaker001:] not right now we
[speaker002:] I have a cat and a dog both
[speaker001:] oh my gosh well you should have a lot to talk about then
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] but uh well no the place I live in is a little too small right now for uh for a pet I hate to hate to keep a dog or something like that and not have enough room for it to run around in so
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] but uh I guess you don't have that problem at least with the cat
[speaker002:] no I have I have a house that uh has a a fairly good sized yard and uh I also I'm here by at night by myself because my husband works at night and
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] so I I wanted a dog for protection and we
[speaker001:] I can imagine
[speaker002:] and we got a Dalmatian
[speaker001:] that's a pretty big dog
[speaker002:] yeah and he
[speaker001:] that's a pretty dog though
[speaker002:] he's wonderful because uh he's really protective
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh that was probably our main reason for getting him but
[speaker001:] how's how's he like the cat or how's the cat like the dog I guess it
[speaker002:] oh he loves the cat the dog uh Sam our Dalmatian loves the cat but the cat just really doesn't care about the dog at all you know he'll slap at him and hiss at him and everything and the cat stays in all the time so
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] that's a uh you know barrier there but yeah
[speaker001:] I guess it's a good reason to to have a pet then as protection I guess is one thing
[speaker002:] hm yeah it is
[speaker001:] but uh I guess I they're a lot of company though yeah friendship they're an awful lot of company
[speaker002:] friendship yeah yeah oh Sam is very loving if if one of us are out in the yard you know he wants to jump and play and lick a typical puppy type atmosphere although he's
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] almost two years old but
[speaker001:] oh gee
[speaker002:] um yeah the cat is a lot of companionship
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] he just he's real old and he kind of lays around just wants you pet him and and that kind of thing
[speaker001:] doesn't doesn't get too excited about anything
[speaker002:] no not at all not at all
[speaker001:] he's not one of those cats that like to sit on top of the television is he
[speaker002:] no my mom has a cat though that does that
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and that's kind of weird we haven't figured that out yet
[speaker001:] yeah I've I've noticed how they get black cats it seems like they always wanna sit on top of the television set and let their tail only when when there's something you really want to see then they let their tail down in front of the TV set in front of the screen and uh
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] they they just seem to know I guess
[speaker002:] just intuition or something instinct in a way
[speaker001:] but uh it it sounds like you have pretty normal pets though I guess uh you know a lot of people I mean I guess I've never cared for birds or fish or um or gerbils or anything like that but dogs and cats are about the only thing I think of when I think of pets
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah I've I've never had any the ones that you just mentioned I have had a rabbit
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] it was pretty interesting and it was like a cat it stayed in the house all the time and it used a litter box
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah
[speaker002:] so it had free run of the house
[speaker001:] was it as was it as friendly as a cat or do you do you think you uh
[speaker002:] uh not not to strangers not strangers at all matter of fact it would run and hide but after it got to know you it was funny because it would jump up on the couch and sit right next to you you know and it kind of pants
[speaker001:] um-hum hm
[speaker002:] I didn't know a rabbit panted but they pant kind of like a dog
[speaker001:] neither did I huh
[speaker002:] and it's kind of funny because you can just sit there and pet them and my rabbit got real large I think he was thirteen pounds
[speaker001:] oh gee that is a big rabbit
[speaker002:] so he was really big that was kind of funny looking
[speaker001:] um-hum but uh was
[speaker002:] but he was a good guard
[speaker001:] was he
[speaker002:] yeah at he heard every little noise and you could tell when a car drove up or anything
[speaker001:] but but he's not much protection I would imagine
[speaker002:] oh no no no I don't think so
[speaker001:] not not not an attack rabbit or anything like that
[speaker002:] no nothing like that
[speaker001:] not real protective but uh well I I guess that's about to say about pets
[speaker002:] okay thanks bye-bye
[speaker001:] all right well very nice speaking to you bye-bye