[speaker001:] pets
[speaker002:] no as a matter of fact I do not have any pets
[speaker001:] you don't
[speaker002:] no I'm I uh travel quite a little bit with my work
[speaker001:] uh-huh okay
[speaker002:] and I love pets I mean you know I have friends who have cats and dogs and all that
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] but since I'm out of town so much I um am hesitant
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] to get a pet because I don't you know I I feel that such I feel it's a responsibility
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] you know and I would want to be a a good pet owner and I do have friends that uh you know go off and leave their pets for what I think are just long periods of time and that seems so cruel to me
[speaker001:] uh-huh it is you know I you know I'm home all the time or not all the time but um you know I'm home at night and everything and I do have a Siamese
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] cat and we lived up in South Dakota and I got her there at the Humane Society
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] somebody had dropped her off but um she's got a crooked tail and the whole bit
[speaker002:] yeah well you know it's so so often the uh the animals that come from the pound are the best ones
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh she's great she's you know she's a character she'll sit with anybody she'll play with anybody
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and she's you know a a great cat
[speaker002:] well you know it's it's funny I mean I I know I really I'd like to have a pet I'm single and I know that you know there's a great therapeutic value
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh but like I say I'm I'm at this particular juncture in my life I I don't feel I would be a you know a good uh uh parent if you will for a for a pet but I know my parents um had had uh
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] a pet for years and then they that dog died and they went for several years that they didn't have a pet and now they've got a German Shepherd that they are just nuts about
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh oh great
[speaker002:] and it's you know and it's great to see that because and you can just see that that you know it adds something to their lives
[speaker001:] yeah it's it's great my husband is gone a lot
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and so she's great to have around
[speaker002:] good company
[speaker001:] you know when I'm you know sitting here by myself and and have somebody at least something in the house you know besides sitting here by myself
[speaker002:] right right
[speaker001:] but that's a good thing I think when people are alone a lot
[speaker002:] have you ever
[speaker001:] then I think they're a great thing
[speaker002:] have you ever thought of getting her a companion cat
[speaker001:] no she's one that will not handle another cat
[speaker002:] is that right very territorial huh
[speaker001:] right um when they had her at at the Humane Society she was okay as long as she was by herself
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but as long as soon as I what I'm thinking as what they're thinking is that she was in a in an environment with a lot of cats
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and what their thing is she got the broken tail with from a cat fight
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] and um it looks like well she was declawed and everything when they took her there and they just found her on the step and uh they're thinking that she they couldn't handle her being with the other cats
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and so they left her there and so I got her and you can tell when she's around other cats she'll pick a fight real fast
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] but as long as she's by herself with us it's no problem she's really she's great with people
[speaker002:] how old was she when you got her
[speaker001:] one year old
[speaker002:] yeah was that I mean that's one of the things I've often wondered about if you get an animal that you know I I always think about the idea of getting them whenever they're very young so it's I kind of always kind of wonder how well they adjust or how long it takes them you know as an adult
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh uh she adjusted the that same day
[speaker002:] no
[speaker001:] yeah she was great you know she
[speaker002:] she said this is home huh
[speaker001:] yeah she says this is home she knew right where the bed was she laid on my pillow she you know did everything she laid on me on my stomach and you know went right to the cat litter box and where that was and she was great
[speaker002:] that's great yeah yeah I
[speaker001:] I think she was a good cat it's just that the other cats were a problem for her
[speaker002:] yeah I have a friend who has a uh a cat that she got from the pound
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] well actually I take that back she didn't get it from the pound she found it in her yard okay and you know and it was just the poor cat was just a mess it was the most horrible looking thing and of course her heart went out to it and she started feeding it and the next thing you know she had a cat
[speaker001:] oh really uh-huh um uh-huh
[speaker002:] and it turned into a beautiful animal long hair lot of hair and an odd markings and I think it you know is a Heinz Fifty seven variety but really a a handsome cat
[speaker001:] oh great oh
[speaker002:] but the crazy thing about it is this cat has a severe allergy to fleas
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] so she has to she she bathes the cat and the cat with this special you know uh uh formula medicine that the vet gave her and which I had never heard of anyone bathing a cat but it you know
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh
[speaker002:] fairly regularly she bathes this cat and the cat you know is not not particularly crazy about it but at the same time has kind of gotten used to it
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh yeah
[speaker002:] and it sits really wild I couldn't I couldn't believe it whenever she was telling he well I got to you know bathe my cat
[speaker001:] oh my mom has a Himalayan and she's grown up with ten kids in the house and she has no more kids and so this cat is just her baby
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and it's a Himalayan longhair you hear of that cat having beauty appointments hair appointments she goes gets her hair done and comes home with a bow and the whole ten yards and it's just great my mom takes it she thinks this is great you know
[speaker002:] uh-huh  yeah
[speaker001:] but she just you know she the cat just loves it She sits there and gets her hair blow dried and everything and
[speaker002:] yeah they said this uh friend of mine in Dallas started off with just a couple of cats
[speaker001:] it's just funny uh-huh
[speaker002:] now I think she's got three or four cats and a dog
[speaker001:] oh real ly