well um do you have any pets
i have a dog who is given me a lot of trouble right now
oh really
and an aquarium of fish yes it's my dog's playtime in the evening and she thinks i'm neglecting her right now
oh
oh right at this moment
yes
now what kind of dog do you have
i have a Bichon Frise
oh
she's a little bit oh good she's playing with the ball she's a little bitty white dog
i think i can picture that those are the little long haired
right right
fluffy kind of dogs
fluffy kind they sort of look like poodles but they're not
yeah
they have hair down in their eyes sort of
yeah yeah they do and you have to cut it and get it out and
yeah
okay i picture them with bows in their hair
well he has my dog doesn't like bows
for some reason
well i don't blame him i have a dog um
she's a a stray and um or was one and she's i think a mixture between a fox terrier and something else she's about eight pounds she's real little
oh she's uh yeah she's even smaller than Lacey Lacey is about twelve pounds
yeah
oh okay yeah well she's really cute and sweet um but speaking of pets um my brother just got a little Labrador puppy that
oh yeah
and i'm living with my brother and
and uh that's been interesting
i'll bet having having having your dog and the puppy
yeah
i'll bet that's cute
it is uh they've there's
learning how to play finely and and my dog's establishing her territory because she was there first you know
um-hum
oh
yeah
but he's so big even as a puppy that um he gets pretty rough when playing and then she lets him know
that's not good no
that's not good well my my little dog has a playmate from uh down the street and we have play appointments and play days where
yeah uh
um-hum
oh huh
that's cute
where the two dogs trade houses and play and romp just to keep each other company
well that's neat
yeah this one the her playmate's a little um
uh poodle a little miniature poodle they're about the same size and they're both white but the little miniature poodle is is skinny where my dog is fat and fluffy yeah
uh-huh
that's good yeah
more more roly-poly
well that's neat that you do that
yeah we think it's kind of fun it's better than watching TV to watch the little dogs play
huh
oh definitely and it's better for them too emotionally
oh yeah yeah well i had that
yeah
aquarium first and i got to where i wanted uh
take my fish out and hold them and pet them that wasn't going to work so i had to get something that i could hold and pet
yeah
right
yeah that's a good idea i have a bird too
yeah so
oh you do
yeah but i don't take her out she's kind of ornery
oh
but i like to hear the you know noises she makes i have a parakeet
oh a parakeet does she talk to you
yeah
she doesn't uh talk verbally um
she doesn't
she doesn't know how to use words but i really like the sounds she makes the chirping and all that she sings and all that stuff
uh-huh
oh yeah
does she imitate the mocking birds yet
no i don't think she's heard a mocking bird
oh
that's the most fun when they hear the mocking birds and then then begin to try to imitate the mocking birds and the mocking bird is imitating something else
oh
oh well i don't i don't even know if she's heard one i know i put her outside when the days are nice
uh-huh
um but i don't think we've i've heard of a mocking bird around my house
oh
or i leave the radio on for her sometimes when i'm i go i go to school all day so sometimes i just leave it on so she can have some kind of stimulation
yeah
you know i used to do that for my dog too to give her some stimulation but she didn't seem to appreciate it she kind of likes the quiet
um-hum
yeah
yeah i i don't know if if and the dogs are real sensitive with their ears
um-hum
and yeah that
that would make sense that it might be comforting but
well i thought it would i thought it would be and i thought i was being a very good dog mother to uh to do that for her but she didn't seem to appreciate it she likes the the quiet
i don't know
oh
yeah
the quiet
yeah
she also likes being able to hear everything that's going on in the neighborhood and i think the radio masked that
oh yeah
that's true that my dog too she has to be near the window and look out
yeah
right and look out
so she can know what's going on
and i had all these delusions about how my dog was not going to go in certain rooms of the house
oh yeah that's a delusion
that's right it's just like you know i surely did i surely did well what did you name your dog
so you learn quick
yeah
Kitty
Kitty
yes because she acts like a cat
oh how so
yeah well she's a real lap dog she likes to curl up in your lap
uh-huh
and she'll um
she she just you know
when she she's real dainty
and she likes to jump
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