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.

I warned him about Holloway.

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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