Conversation 084 - Dogs

Todd: James, I saw on your desk you have a nice picture of a dog.
James: Yes.
Todd: OK. Tell us about your dog.
James: My dog's name is Piper. He was a mutt, a homeless dog that we picked up off the street about four and a half years ago.
Todd: Oh, wow! So what kind of dog is he now?
James: He's a yellow lab, golden retriever mix. He's very very sweet, very very fun to play with, really really nice.
Todd: Oh, that's great. Can he do any tricks?
James: No.
Todd: No.
James: We can do one trick where we point our finger at him and go "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" and he falls over dead, but that is the only trick he can do and he only does that maybe half the time.
Todd: OK. Does he bark a lot?
James: Usually no. Usually he's pretty good.
Todd: Pretty quiet.
James: Mm, hm!
Todd: OK. Is it a male dog or a female dog?
James: Yeah. It's a male dog.
Todd: So, no puppies.
James: No, puppies.
Todd: OK. Would you like to have another dog, another puppy?
James: It would be fun in the future, but not for awhile.