The Dog Lover Page #3
Pete, what's going on,
how's the pup?
The dog had Parvo.
What do you mean
the dog had Parvo?
I don't sell sick animals.
Oh, yeah, just my dog?
Look, just let me give
him the test, all right?
It's too late.
What do you mean it's too late?
- I had Jackie look at him.
- Jackie?
Wait, Pete, why
don't you come inside.
We could have a drink.
[Pete] Look, I'm sorry, Liz,
there's just
not that much
left to talk about.
Why would you have Jackie look
at him, when I sold you the pup?
[Liz] Wait, let me examine him.
[Pete] And Jackie was
right about you.
[Liz] Pete, we can
make this right.
Okay, I promise you.
Good night, Pete.
Damn! Dan, I don't understand.
[Dan] Will? Will!
I have got to tell you
again and again and again
- that you gotta document...
- Dad, it was a mistake.
[Dan] A mistake?
Why do you keep
making these mistakes?
You're a smart guy.
Is your heart not in it?
No, no, no, that mistake can put
me in the witch's crosshairs.
What the hell was that?
[Will] Probably just a raccoon.
Look, fix this with Pete
before he starts telling
the whole county, all right?
Yes, sir.
Will, hold on.
You going into town?
- Yeah.
- Can I come with?
For what?
I just have to get some
stuff from the drug store.
Just, uh, just wait here.
You okay?
So, what was that about?
Nothing.
I'm not...
I'm not sure I
gave the dog we sold him
his last set of shots, and
that's probably why he got sick.
They euthanized him.
Will, you cannot beat
yourself up over this.
It was an honest mistake.
Tell that to my dad.
- You have them all?
- They're all labeled.
- How many?
- Fifteen in total.
Also a guy
stopped by last night...
- Pete Martin.
- Yeah, that's it.
I checked that pup myself.
What about the other kennel,
the one in the back?
It's all locked up, but it's
something I'm working on.
Okay, just keep going, we're
gonna bring this thing down.
What are you doing out here?
[snarling]
[distant whistling]
Hey, who owns that
farm on the other side?
Tanner's.
Are they breeders?
Back yard breeders.
- Hunting dogs?
- Sometimes.
Okay, well, when I went
for my run this morning
I found this dog
and she came at me.
Looked exactly like one of
yours, the German Wirehair.
She came at you?
Yeah. I mean,
there was a fence
and I got through it luckily
or she definitely
would've bit me.
Hold on a second.
Those two Wirehairs that
went missing last year?
Sara was out running
this morning,
said a Wirehair tried to attack
her on Tanner's property.
[Dan] What was she doing
on their property?
Don't get like that,
I'll deal with this.
No, we gotta have a
conversation with her,
but keep an eye on her.
Tell her not to go on
other people's property.
Shh, shh, shh!
- [dog barking]
- [gasps]
You miss the sign?
I'm sorry, I was
just out for a jog.
You always jog over fences?
Could have shot you, would
have been my right, too.
I'm really sorry, I didn't
think anybody lived here.
What do you think, H,
should we call the police?
Please, I just saw a dog
and I thought maybe
one of ours had gotten out or...
One of yours?
Yeah, yeah, I work
for Daniel Holloway.
And you want to see our dogs?
Go ahead.
[Will] Jace!
Sorry for the bother,
she's new around here.
It won't happen again.
Don't appreciate people
trespassing on our property.
Neither do we.
Some white trash stole
a couple of our dogs last year.
What are you trying to say?
Just that it'd be a shame if
someone got shot for dog poaching.
[Will] What were you
doing over there?
[Sara] I saw the kennel and
I just heard barking, and...
I don't know, okay,
I don't know.
I told you, they're
backyarders, bad news.
Just do us all a
favor and stay away.
Don't you want your dogs back?
Yeah, of course.
But after they've been living
in that kind of filth,
who knows what kind
of diseases they'd bring back.
They're abusing those dogs, Will,
you cannot just do nothing.
So, what do you
expect me to do, huh?
We can barely pay our bills
and maintain our kennel.
[Sara] So why does
your dad do it?
My great, great grandad's
name was Jack Holloway.
He arrived, worked the land,
and around World War I
he had enough money saved up
to buy the entire valley.
Two thousand acres.
Back then, a hunting
dog was a necessity.
He was also your friend and
your only tool to survive,
provide for your family.
Then the dust bowl hit and you
couldn't grow much out here.
People had to turn to hunting.
And Jack Holloway's hunting
dogs were the best around.
That is a tradition
my dad is proud of.
And more important, that's
the only life he's ever known.
- [Sara] Are you proud of it?
- Yeah, of course.
I'm just not sure I want to be
stuck out here like he is.
[dog whimpering]
What are you doing?
Uh...
Daniel told you not to
come in here, am I right?
Yes, he told me not to,
but I just heard whimpering
and so I thought
that I should come
and make sure
everything was okay.
I didn't know where you were.
This is why I have such
a hard time getting him
to take on interns.
You kids think you know
everything and you don't!
This is a quarantine area.
This pup has distemper,
he got it from some stray
who wandered onto the property
and he gave it to that one.
You coming in here, touching them,
could make the whole kennel sick.
I am so sorry. Oh, God.
Anyone else would
have just put 'em down.
I will go, I am really sorry.
- Wash your hands!
- Okay, I...
- Hi.
- Hi.
You want to see something cool?
Wow.
Yeah, it used to
be my grandpa's.
It was all rusted out and my
parents wanted to junk it,
but I couldn't let that happen.
It's beautiful.
I did all the work myself.
Took me almost five years.
Impressive.
You want to turn it over?
[engine starts]
[both laughing]
Oh, gosh.
I just... I cannot believe
you did this all by yourself.
Have you ever thought of
making a career of it?
Yeah, I had some plans,
but a couple things happened
and I had to stay here.
What happened?
Uh, my dad had a heart attack
a couple of months
before I was gonna leave.
Oh, I am so sorry.
No, doctor said he'd
make a full recovery,
but my mom and Abi, just they
were so scared, you know?
So I decided to
stay and help out.
Well, your dad seems
pretty healthy to me.
Why don't you go now?
Doing what he does
is a lot of work.
If anything ever
happened to him,
I'd never be able
to forgive myself.
Maybe when Abi gets older.
You want to take it
to town tomorrow?
Yeah.
[country music plays]
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Come on.
No, I just...
I thought this thing was...
you know, fast.
That is more like it.
So I just have to
grab a couple things.
You want to just
meet back at the truck?
Yeah.
Hey, there, Sara.
Jackie, no, no, no, Will is
here if he sees us together
this would be really bad.
Did you get anything new?
Yeah, I got some video, but...
- Great.
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