Whiskey and Whiskers Recap: A Purr-fect Event

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Welcome to the Cat Conversation, a podcast

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doing? It is KJ with you, and it is a very

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special edition of the Cat Conversation.

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I'm so glad that you can be here with us

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tonight. I got Johnny Storm here, and he

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has been beaten up on his favorite toy here,

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this poor, sad little duck. You want to get

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it, Johnny Storm? You want to get it? So

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if you tune in for the KJ Today Show, we're

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up in the studio, but I figured since we

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were doing the cat conversation that we should

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have as many cats as possible. And as you

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can see, we have seven cats and I have one

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that just kind of wants to be maybe on screen

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right here.

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That's because they're jerks.

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Hang on a second. Let me shake this up and

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see if anybody comes. Johnny Storm. Of course,

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we're going to have Buffy and Giles making

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appearances because they are our kittens.

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We've got this, I haven't talked about it

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yet, but we have got a treadmill and we have

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been training the kittens on it. So you are

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going to see video very soon of, let's see,

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Buffy and Giles and actually Malcolm are

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all doing really well on the treadmill. Oh

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my gosh, are you ready to go? You're gonna

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show off, you're gonna show them how you

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do this. You've been practicing. Do you need

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And now, Buffy's tail has made an appearance.

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to our YouTube page. so without further ado

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tonight's cat conversation is all about celebrating

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the amazing pet lovers and whiskey lovers

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who helped us so much this weekend at whiskey

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and whiskers and as a treat to celebrate

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for you we have got two kitty cams live from

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Arpo Foster Homes tonight. Joining us, Lori

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White is here from Arpo. Also, you can see

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all of the beautiful kitties. Lori's kitties,

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oh my gosh, look at them! And then we've

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got the Buffy kitties that are at Marie's

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house. So Marie is the foster that fostered

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our Buffy kitties, and this is the Buffy

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gang too. They're at the bottom of the screen.

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that we're doing before anyone else, including

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all of this kitten action that's going on.

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Okay. We need to take the screen on the FlamePoint

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kitten. Before we get into the totals we're

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going to be announcing, Patti Spittler with

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us. You guys, look at that little baby. Oh

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my gosh. Lori, are you with us? Can you give

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us a little inside information on this brand

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new kitty and friends that you have taken

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in?

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Sure. So we have taken in a mama. She's over

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on the other side here. I'm inside the playpen

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right now with the kittens. A mama and her

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four kittens. So we've got, this is Daisy.

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So we named the mom Marigold. That wasn't

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in the shelter gave her. So we kind of went

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with a flower and bee theme. So we've got

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Daisy. We have bumblebee and buzz buzz. And

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over here we have sunflower.

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And so you just got this mama and kitties

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today, right?

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Yes, they came up in transport this morning.

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So they arrived to me about 9 a.m.

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And I saw on your post, so they have been

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waiting. And so up until today, like these

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are the first hours that these kittens are

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seeing life outside of a cage, correct?

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Yes. So they were in a shelter for unfortunately,

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over a month. Their intake date was June

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21st. So Mama Marigold came in. The kittens

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were only a day or two old. And so they just

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have been living their whole life in a small

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cage at the shelter until today. So they're

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very excited to be stretching their legs.

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And Mama Marigold is already a lap cat. She's

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already been on my lap helping me work and

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just very affectionate, just seems so happy

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to be out and about.

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And then we're already getting a question

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about those babies at the bottom. I'm familiar

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with them because as being a sponsor with

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Whiskey and Whiskers, the KJ Today Show got

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to name a group of kittens. And so since

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we have Buffy and Giles that were the original

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group of Buffy kitties, I was like, we have

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to keep the Buffy names going. So Marie,

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do you want to introduce the little crew

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that you've got the Buffy gang to?

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Right here, you got Oz, the ginger. And then

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you got Cordelia, the black thing, the little

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girl. And we got Willow, climbing all over

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my lap, of course. She's the torty. And you

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got Dawn. You going to look over here, Dawn?

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Dawn!

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She's going to pay attention to me.

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My sister that showed up as a singleton at

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the shelter to join the group.

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What which is I mean it was so funny when

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you sent me that picture and first of all

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like being a tuxedo like our Buffy and Giles

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are I was like of course she showed up uh

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so a lot of times these you know these these

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singles that you see we don't know their

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history we don't know why she ended up you

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know by herself but she's sitting in a cage

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at a shelter and she's not gonna get socialization.

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She's not going to get all of that stuff

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they need in the beginning to really grow

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up and be a good pet and know how to be around

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other pets and know how to be around people.

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It was pretty amazing how quickly she was

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welcomed into that group, wasn't it?

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Yes, they all just love her like their real

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sister. Okay.

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So we're going to keep kitty cams going as

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we talk, but I want to share with with all

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of you. The story of our bow our bow is one

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of the longest running rescues in the state

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of Indiana and I didn't even know that and

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I've adopted from them. If you followed along,

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Jonna from The Kind of Nerdy Girls is adopted

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from them. I know we've got Michelle, one

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of our new producers from The Kind of Nerdy

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Crew. She's got two of their kittens. We

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have an ARPO community going in the KJ Today

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group. I wanted to make sure that we shared

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the lovely story of Arpo. So we're going

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to come back with live kitty cam. But before

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we do that, I would like to introduce you.

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I'm very proud to share with you the story

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of Arpo, the Alliance for Responsible Pet

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Ownership.

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ARPO stands for A-R-P-O, Alliance for Responsible

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Pet Ownership. And so the name really says

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a lot of it. It's talking about not just

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getting a pet and having a pet, but being

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responsible.

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ARPO was founded in 1998. They're one of

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Indiana's oldest rescues, so it's pretty

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cool to be a part of an organization that

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has that much longevity.

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I am a huge believer in ARPO because we see

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so many good people do so much good work.

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This is Bunny Lou. She had an amputation

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done. I actually work at IndyVet and a good

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Samaritan had brought her in. It wasn't a

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repairable fracture and so amputation was

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the the best option for her and she's healed

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very well and

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not holding her back whatsoever. Our biggest

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expense is veterinary costs, so we really

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do rely on the support of our donors to help

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with those medical expenses to be able to

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help as many animals as we can. One of ARPO's

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most important missions is to take in animals

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that might not otherwise have a home. So

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we see a lot of animals that might be stray

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from the community and there might be some

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situations where people can no longer care

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for their animals. Probably the biggest source

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of our animals is from local shelters. Our

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partnering rescues and ARFO kind of allows

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the animals to have the socialization. They

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can kind of learn what it's like to be part

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of a family.

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There's so many cats and kittens in the shelter

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and Many of them that I have pulled, we were

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told that they were going to be euthanized

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the next day if they're not pulled out of

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the shelter. So you just... Your goal is

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to find the perfect matches for your kitties

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so we can make space and get more out of

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the shelters.

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There are a lot of great reasons why I chose

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ARPO to foster with, but my favorite reason

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is that you get to choose the type of animal

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that you want to foster. So we have people

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that specialize in, for example, bottle baby

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kittens, these kittens that are a day old

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that weigh 100 grams, and we've got people

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that Love large dogs.

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A lot of the fosters that I work with, we

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like to have mama cats and kittens because

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we know when we're taking care of that mom

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and kittens that it's going to be their last

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litter and that they're going to be happier

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and healthier.

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I think that the question that I get a lot

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is like, how do you say goodbye? It's definitely

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hard. I probably cry every time I drop one

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of them off.

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I think any foster that has an animal that

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comes into their home, there's going to be

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an emotional component. The reality of this

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type of work, you're going to see loss. That's

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really hard because you feel like you care

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for this animal. You take them to all their

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vet appointments. You're holding them when

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you know they don't feel good. And I try

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to tell myself that even if there are a few

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over the years that don't have the outcome

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that we want to see, They were in a home.

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They knew love. And to me, that's always

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the most important. This is Hazel.

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So Hazel was taken in by ARPO. And I kept

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it a secret because I knew my family would

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freak out. We have always had a dog named

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Zuma. He passed away. And it was kind of

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hard for us to imagine getting another dog.

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So we waited and waited. And then finally,

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I was like, all right, to my husband. I showed

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him one picture. He was like, go meet the

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dog. Everything fell into place and we were

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like, this is meant to be. This is our next

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dog and we love her.

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There's a saying in the foster community

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that's kind of goodbye is the goal. That

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means you've done your best for the animal

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and I just try to tell myself I'm just their

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first step on their journey.

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Before I took the Buffy litter, I had a really

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sick group. They were my S'mores kittens,

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Marshmallow, Graham Cracker, and Hershey

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Bar. The vet was actually pretty sure that

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two of the three of them were going to die.

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So I just left them in the basement with

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those kittens for about two weeks, but they

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all made it. So I wanted an easy group, my

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next group. I saw the Buffy group. They were

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absolutely healthy, sweet. Oh my gosh, they

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lived on my lap. Such an easy group. And

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then you schedule them for their neuters

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and their spays, and you think, oh my gosh,

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so easy. Neuter, five-minute surgery, right?

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When I got to the clinic, they let me know

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that Giles' heart stopped while he was being

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neutered. And so obviously, right then and

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there, I just started bawling. I didn't know

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what he was going to be like when he came

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out, or what he was going to need, or if

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I would even be able to take care of him.

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He was... very lethargic. He looked very,

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very sick compared to the healthy kitten

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I dropped off that morning. And then I had

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to call their person that wanted to adopt

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him and I had to fill her in about her kit,

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her future kitten and what happened and that

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we really didn't know what the outcome was

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going to be at that point in time. He ended

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up doing great. You wouldn't even know that

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he had died the day before. That's what we're

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saying with fostering. You never know what's

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going to happen while they're in your care.

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It's the work that you do to get that animal

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ready and knowing that maybe their future

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would not have happened this way if you wouldn't

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have stepped in to help.

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I have on my wall, I have a photo of every

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group of fosters that I've fostered so that

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I have a memory of each one of them.

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It's kind of like the best of both worlds.

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You get to help. You get animals, like kittens.

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Like, what's better than kittens?

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There's all kinds of ways that you can get

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involved. You could help transport. You could

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help take animals to their vet appointments,

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volunteer at different types of fundraising

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events, donating supplies and food. Definitely

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kitten food. The amount of food that a litter

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of six kittens goes through in a week is

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pretty insane. Wet food is definitely needed

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to keep their little bellies full. And then

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also for our dogs, having toys for them,

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just basic supplies like collars and leashes

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are always good things to have on hand as

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well.

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Please adopt. You save so many animals, and

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it's always rewarding and always fun.

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Oh man, I said I wasn't going to cry. And

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I made that video. I edited that video every

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time. I was like, oh my gosh, I have to go

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through this one more time. So that is the

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story of Arpo, and that is just a few of

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the pets whose lives have been touched and

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saved because of the Alliance for Responsible

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Pet Ownership. So as you can see, if you're

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just tuning in, we have got live kitty cams

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going. And let's talk about Whiskey and Whiskers.

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It was amazing on Sunday. I mean, for me

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personally, when you start talking about

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a first-time event, you just hope that people

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come. You hope that you spread the word.

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There are so many things that you're competing

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with. In general, just people having lives

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on the weekend, and they'd love to come to

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your event, but they don't. And the people

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came out. It was incredible. So I want to

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go to Lori first and see, do you want to

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give everybody the big news about how much

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was raised and then talk a little bit more

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about the event.

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Absolutely. So we are proud to say that we

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brought in over $30,000. from Whiskey and

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Whiskers. That was a combination of ticket

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sales, our silent auction, selling some of

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our event merchandise, sponsorships. So definitely,

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like you said, we didn't know what to expect

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with our first time doing this event, but

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it really just got us excited. And we already

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are. The ideas are turning in our minds of

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what we can do to make it even better next

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year. So we're just absolutely thrilled.

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I love to hear that. How are the volunteers?

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You have all these volunteers that are working

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every day on the mission, but this was a

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group of people that had to come together

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to then be event people as well. How are

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they feeling at the end of this?

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Yeah, I think there were a lot of volunteers

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that hadn't been to the venue. I mean, we

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had meetings and things like that beforehand

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to try to prepare them, but I think walking

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in and seeing the magnitude of what we had

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organized, everybody seemed, you know, very

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impressed and just proud to be part of an

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organization that, you know, had the capability

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to have so many people work together to make

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this, you know, come into fruition was just

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really exciting. So I think they had a good

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time. And from what I hear, they're looking

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forward to next year as well.

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Oh, well, that is what we love to hear. So

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we're not done yet, because we did sell a

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lot of bottles of the whiskey. And you know,

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guys, we haven't really talked about that

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part, but that was months ago that you and

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Marie and I and a nice group of people got

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to go to West Fork Whiskey and kind of go

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behind the scenes. I was blown away when

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they were, you know, tapping those, I don't

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even know if that's right, tapping the barrels,

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but like literally just with a drill, drilling

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into the barrel and whiskey going everywhere.

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So we were able to pick out a couple and

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we had the Tipsy Tabby and also the Howlin'

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Hooch. And those are still available. So

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if people didn't get to participate in the

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fun, let's talk about how they can get those

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bottles.

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Yes, so they are still available for sale

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at West Fork Whiskey Company at their Westfield

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location. There's two varieties, Tipsy Tabby

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and Howlin' Hooch. So either a weeded bourbon

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and a high rye bourbon. Other $49.99 and

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25% of the sales price will go directly to

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ARBO.

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Ah, very nice. And I've got a picture of

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a Buffy. So that's what the bottle looks

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like. And that is, of course, the Tipsy Tabby,

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because that's what we have here. Very similar

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bottle, but a fun way to celebrate ARPO and

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also continue to support the mission.

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And I will say, the Tipsy Tabby is the weeded

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bourbon. And whew, guys. It's like a little

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treat. I'm telling you. It's outstanding.

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So we had some fun guests along with us.

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Dixie, the praying dog. I completely missed

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out when she was on her Jeep. Like, oh, there

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we go. I was hoping that we would get a drive-by

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on the treadmill. Oh, that was perfect. Listen,

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the entire time we were running the story

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there on ARPA, both Buffy and Giles were

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behind me running on this together, chasing

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each other on it. I was like, are you seriously

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doing all of this? right now while we're

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playing the video. So I swear they do run

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on it. But one of the guests that we had

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along with Dixie the praying dog was Patti

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Spittler from Pet Pals TV and she wanted

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to be here with us tonight. Howdy is this

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Lori? I'm sitting here talking to you about

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pets. Patti's at a sneak preview of Deadpool.

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Oh my gosh.

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Apparently there's like the world's ugliest

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dog makes an appearance in Deadpool and has

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a storyline in it. So she was like, she was

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telling me today, I don't, I don't really

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like these movies. I don't know why I'm going

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to a superhero movie. And I'm like, Oh man,

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Patty, are you in for a treat with Deadpool?

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I will say the world's ugliest dog actually

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showed up on the red carpet for the premiere.

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There's actual, yeah, there's actual photos.

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Oh, that's funny. Well, here is Patty with

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a little message about the event and her

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first time trying burping.

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I mean, I don't know how they do it and they're

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overloaded right now with the, Too many animals

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and a lot of responsibility. It's a tough,

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tough job. And I really admire those folks.

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And how were you feeling when you started

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sipping on the tipsy tabby and the howling

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hooch?

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Oh, I told you this and don't tell anybody,

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but everybody knows now. Before Sunday, I

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was a bourbon virgin. I had never tasted

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bourbon before. I didn't know what to expect.

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So they brought these little tiny I should

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have known because it was so small, little

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tiny tasting things, plastic things. And

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I see you and you're sipping Oh, and Patrick

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your husband. He's just he's going for it.

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And Everybody seemed okay with it. So I took

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a little swig. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah

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That's pretty strong. It's That's pretty

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strong stuff And as I asked the crowd when

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I got up and I said something said they may

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see hair on my chest Because it was just

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oh, uh, that's pretty strong. It's That's

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pretty strong stuff. Okay. You know what?

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We'll do it again. Okay, you get me another

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invitation and i'll try it again You got

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it

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Lori, are you good with giving Patty an invitation

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to come back next year?

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Oh, absolutely. 100%.

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So we haven't had a whole lot of time to

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actually catch up. Were you able to, Lori,

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because I know sometimes when you're putting

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on an event like that, it's over and you're

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like, did I participate? It was kind of a

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blur. Were you able to sip on some whiskeys

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and enjoy yourself a little bit?

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I did have one drink from Tito's that was

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the little cocktail. I'm a fruity drink person.

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So I had the like lemonade and the strawberry

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puree with their vodka. I tasted that, but

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you know, I think it's just mainly, I wanted

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to make sure things were going smoothly for

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everyone else. And so you're just trying

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to touch, you know, touch do a pulse points

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with vendors and with the volunteers. And,

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you know, you see a couple of guests that

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you know, or people that you have, you know,

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adopted from you, you want to make sure to

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talk to them. So it was a little bit like

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a wedding. where you feel like it's over

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and then you see video footage and you're

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like, oh, I missed that, or I didn't see

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that, or, you know, everybody has a different

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perspective from where they are. So it's

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kind of interesting to see those as a few

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days go by and some more scenes come available

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that I didn't get to see myself.

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What about you, Marie, over there in kiddie

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playland?

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I had a couple of drinks that my son brought

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me. He is over 21. Excellent. You got to

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try this. You got to try that. His girlfriend

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was also working and she got me a drink too.

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So, and I got to enjoy the food. The food

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was delicious. So.

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Oh my gosh. Can we talk about, let's kind

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of run through and talk a little bit about,

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you know, the food, we've talked about the

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whiskey, and some of those sponsors that

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were there making it happen, starting with

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Atrium Market and our wonderful Chef Dave.

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Lori, that is a connection that you had,

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and I found out he also fosters cats for

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you.

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That's correct. So he and his wife Amanda

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adopted two kittens from me. It was probably

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four or five years ago now. And so we got

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to become friends through that. And then

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he and his wife had a stray kitty kind of

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population in their backyard a few years

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ago and reached out for how, you know, maybe

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ARPO could help them. And they became fosters

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through that group and took those stray cats

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in from their backyard and I think got hooked

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on the fostering bug ever since.

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That's really amazing. And that's, you know,

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kind of how it, you know, how it happens,

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right, is that, you know, you never know

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when a cat's going to find you and change

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your life.

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Yeah, definitely one of those situations

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where they stepped up. You know, a lot of

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times we get calls where people want our

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help, but they want us just to kind of handle

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things. It was nice for them to say, hey,

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I can take this group in. This is something

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we can do. You know, we're willing to foster

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them to help out, make sure the mom gets

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spayed and you know, get everybody adopted.

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So, and now look where we are.

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Look at this. Who's, who's the kitty that's

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making all the noise?

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Uh, this is, this is Bumble.

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Oh Bumble. Oh goodness. Got a lot to say.

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I bet. Are they getting hungry? Are they

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looking for mama?

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They were at the milk bar a couple of minutes

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ago. How were they?

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Yeah. You mentioned, Lori, about Dave's story

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and about stepping up. There is a need right

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now for, I think people sometimes go, I don't

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know if I could ever foster. It would be

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too hard to say goodbye. Or I don't know

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if I have time to help out. But you hit on

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it a little bit in the video, but maybe for

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people who are just tuning in, what are some

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of those things that people can do right

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now? Because we do, it's kind of like it's

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taking a village right now. There's so many

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kittens, there's so many dogs that need homes.

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How can we help with the ARPO mission?

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Yeah, so great question. I mean, there's

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things that you can do as far as transportation.

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So we need drivers. Maybe help fosters get

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their animals to vet appointments that maybe

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they're working or they can't get there by

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a certain time, depending what time drop

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off or pick up is. transporting animals if

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we're doing a pull from a shelter to bring

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them to foster homes, bringing supplies to

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fosters. We go to a warehouse every six weeks

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and we always could use help distributing

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supplies. So a lot of things just with transportation.

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If you don't want to foster permanently,

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like to have a group until the end, we could

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always use babysit fosters. So if you want

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to get your toes wet, We can always use fosters

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that could help cover a vacation or a long

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weekend. That way you can kind of see if

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you like it or not. We've got all kinds of

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special events that we do throughout the

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year that we can always use volunteers, you

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know, different event plannings. Whiskey

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and Whiskers was a perfect one. We had about

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45 volunteers working for that event. You

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know, we do pictures with Santa and things

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like that in the wintertime. So lots of fun

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things to get involved with there. Just being

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a general volunteer if you don't want to

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have you know the animals in your home or

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you are a little nervous about doing that

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step. So on also donating monetary donations

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as well as sending supplies. We've got an

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Amazon wish list for cats and dogs. We go

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through a lot a lot of food and if those

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donations don't come in the fosters kick

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in with a lot of their own funds to help

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feed the animals that they have in their

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care. So all the fosters really appreciate

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the support with supply donations.

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All right, and let's make sure that we do

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give a nice thank you. You all did such a

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great job. I mean, the feedback was amazing

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and people saying, you know, this was the

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best whiskey event I've ever attended. I

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mean, that's incredible. And we couldn't

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have done it without the sponsors. So you

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want to talk about some of those people that

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immediately jumped on board and said, yes,

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let's help you out.

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Yes. And, you know, crazy too, because with

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this being our first event, nobody really

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knew what to expect. So the fact that they

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kind of took a chance on us, you know, gave

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us these sponsorships before they even knew

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what this was going to look like. We know

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we couldn't thank them enough. Certainly

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West Fork Whiskey Company, where we were

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allowed to have the event and also partner

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with them to put out our private selection

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bottles. Sugar Lens was our first, you know,

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other sponsor outside of that. They're like,

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absolutely. We're on board. Tito's, Hotel

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Tango, local distillery. They were great.

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So it's just really nice to have to have

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that support. Obviously you and we've got

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our two kitty cat cafes, Nine Lives and Smitten

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Kitten were also great sponsors. So it's

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nice to see both of those owners attended

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the event, Kelly and Holly. So it's great

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to see them with their family.

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I need you to connect me with Kelly.

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She just told me yesterday, she was, I still

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didn't meet KJ. And I said, oh no, I said

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we didn't get you connected at the Whiskey

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Event.

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I know, that was one of the things when we

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got done and I was kind of doing recap stuff

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and I was like, oh my gosh, I still didn't

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meet Kelly in person.

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I did want to mention while you had brought

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up the cat cafes, I announced today, and

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I'm very excited about,

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having the opportunity to do this. We're

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gonna do a special cat conversation, a podcast

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recording at the Smitten Kitten Cat Cafe,

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Saturday, August 10th. It'll be three o'clock,

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you get in for the whole hour. So we're gonna

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be sitting around with wonderful cats. And

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then we've got a couple of really great guests

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and Dr. Natalie Oldenstall and Jane Rose,

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who is a certified pet loss professional

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and she's the founder of the Rose Pet Memorial

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Center. So, you know, it's a hard thing to

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talk about, but the amount of times and I'm

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sure that you, you know, I mean, we've We've

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talked about it just amongst you and me and

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Marie in conversations. Loss is a part of

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it, and it's some of what you see in fostering.

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And we all saw it with little baby Giles

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and his heart stopping and coming back. We

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don't have enough meaningful conversations

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I think in general about the impact that

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grief has on pet lovers. So whether you are

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like new and have some grief that is fresh

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or you're someone that's like, gosh, I can't

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believe this is still going on. This is gonna

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be a really great event. So I'm excited to

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be able to go back to the Smitten Kitten

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Cat Cafe and do that event August 10th. So

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you ladies are gonna keep just bringing these

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kittens into your homes and making them wonderful

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pets and doing what you do. Is there anything

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you wanna add, Lori or Marie, before we wrap

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it up and get ready for the next Whiskey

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and Whiskers?

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Just once again, thank everybody so much

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for the support. We had a great turnout.

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Thank you to everybody that came. Thank you

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to everyone that participated in our silent

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auction, whether you were there or not. And

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especially thank you to our sponsors. We're

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looking forward to making it even better

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next year.

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All right, ladies, we will be... I do have

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one question.

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Yes, go ahead, Patrick. Do you think the

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other cats would mind if we got another,

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what's it, four, eight, nine kittens?

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We are not taking all of these kittens. I'm

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just wondering. We are not. I know, trust

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me, when Lori, listen, when Lori sent me

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the picture today of her new kittens and

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there was that little flame point sitting

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there, I'm like, I know what you're doing

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here.

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Okay. I mean, look at that.

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I know. I know. Can you put your camera on,

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uh, on Johnny Storm? Do you still have it

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in? He's sitting right there.

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So this is just bring them in the picture.

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Yes. Yeah. So that is a baby flame point

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and that is what they grow up to look like.

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Yes, so if you have ever looked at a picture

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of Johnny Storm and every time people are

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like, oh my gosh He's the most beautiful

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cat. I can't believe it. Look at that little

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girl all happy and sleepy right there She's

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gonna grow up and look like that great big

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beautiful boy. So if I didn't just sell you

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on putting in an early adoption application

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I don't know what else I could do. You could,

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you know, what did we call her? What's her

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name, Lori? Her name is Daisy. Her name is

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Daisy. Okay. I'm just saying if somebody

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in the kind of nerdy crew wanted to adopt

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her, she could be Sue Storm and then we could

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have Johnny and Sue. Just saying. Not you,

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Patches. Not you.

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Hey, I'm good with a Daisy Sue.

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Daisy Sue. Okay, no. Come on, Daisy Sue.

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There is no room in the end, guys. Daisy

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Sue Storm. This has been a blast. I think

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we need to have kitten cam more often.

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Yes, 100%.

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Thank you, Marie, for bringing the Buffy

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gang back on with us. And thank you, Lori.

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Thank you to everybody at ARPO for everything

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that you guys are doing and continue to do

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to help the community and help out every

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cat and dog that ends up in your care and

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that you hope you will be able to bring into

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your care.

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Thank you. Thank you for having us.

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And guys, remember a limited supply of the

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Tipsy Tabby and the Howlin' Hooch are still

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available at Westport Whiskey. I 1000% recommend

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you guys getting a bottle of each of those

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and remember 25% of each sale goes to ARPO

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and you can go to adoptarpo.org for any other

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information on the bottles, the cats, and

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everything else.

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All right. Well, thanks, Patches, for wrapping

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that up so professionally. I appreciate you.

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