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[kitten meowing]

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[breathing heavily] Mommy.

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[crying]

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[kitten meowing]

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[kid] I wanted a pet for a long time.

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Every time I had a birthday,
I'm like, "A pet, a pet, a pet."

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[kid 2] I keeped on begging
and begging this whole time

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and now I'm so happy.

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- [gasps]
- [puppy whines]

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- Daddy, you got us a puppy!
- [chuckling]

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Oh.

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[sniffles]

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[crying]

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[kid 3] When we finally got a pet,
it felt so nice to have company.

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Your house feels more full
when you have animals along with you.

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I get to keep it?

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- [parent] Yes.
- [crying] Yeah?

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[screams]

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- [chattering]
- [exclaims]

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Here's Daisy.

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- Are you serious?
- Yeah.

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- No, you're joking, right?
- [screaming]

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Thank you, Mommy. Thank you.

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- [interviewer] Hi, Iris.
- Hi.

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[interviewer] It's pretty cool of Daddy
to bring all of your animals here, huh?

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Yeah.

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Look at the camera, okay.
You be good, okay.

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[exclaims]

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Monty.

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Monty, come here.

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[interviewer] Do you like talking
about your pets?

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- Yeah.
- [interviewer] Well, guess what?

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This is a film all about the friendship
we share with our pets.

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Yes!

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[interviewer] Okay. Come on. Let's go.

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[chuckles, gasps]

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[exclaims, panting]

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- [warbles]
- [munching]

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[interviewer]
What do you love most about pets?

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Maybe, like... I like to snuggle with them.

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I like to play.

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We just, like, have this, like,
animal that's in our house.

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And we can connect with these creatures.

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- [baby giggles]
- [dog howls]

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I mean, it's a little bit weird
if you think about it,

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but I think it's nice.

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[laughing]

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They're a free source of entertainment.

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He's very good at sleeping.

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He's kind of good at doing tricks.

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He likes to crawl in people's hair.

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She'll sort of be protective.

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He's not always, like, the smartest.

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[yelps]

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So we still are hopeful that he's not
gonna be crazy for his whole life.

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Oh, my God.

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No... Look.

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[kid 4] It's tough.

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[parent] Who got into the trash?

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Aries?

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[both] But it's worth it.

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[kid 5] It's that love that they have
and that feeling for you.

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And it feels nice to know that
I have friend who's always there for me.

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God was like, "Hmm,
let's give the pets a sixth sense."

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They'll be like mimes and magicians
into an animal and you get...

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{\an8}[meows]

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{\an8}[pet owner] Mihonka.

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{\an8}We hide lint rolls in the cars,

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{\an8}around the house, lots of cabinets.

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Makes sense buying in bulk, 'cause you
go through like one a day. [chuckles]

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{\an8}- <i>So, hi, Travis. Hi, Adam.</i>
- [Adam, Travis] Hi.

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{\an8}<i>Thank you so much
for applying to adopt a dog from us.</i>

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{\an8}<i>Your vet gave you glowing reviews,
and obviously you guys are very loving</i>

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{\an8}<i>and any dog would be lucky
to be in your home.</i>

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I honestly feel like
if anyone could have the opportunity

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to have the friendship of a dog,
like I've had with Delilah...

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I mean, it's just a true solid
heart-to-heart connection

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and that's so special
and I want him to have that too.

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{\an8}- [adoption agent] <i>Can you see?</i>
- [dogs yapping]

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{\an8}[both chuckle]

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{\an8}[Adam] So Travis told me
about the Sato Project from Puerto Rico.

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They rescue dogs
and find them homes in the States.

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"What about adopting one?"

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And I was like, "Well,
I was gonna surprise you, so surprise."

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[chuckling] "Here we go."

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Hi, Baby Blue.

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Say hi to your daddies. Say hi.

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[Travis] You could definitely tell
that he was the oddball.

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And I was just like,
"Oh, yeah. That's the one."

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[adoption agent] Are you king of the bowl?

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Hi, Blue. Blue.

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Are you king of the bowl?

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It's been very interesting to go through
the process of adopting a dog

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that we haven't met yet.

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[Travis] I just got a text that Blue's
flight is slightly delayed.

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- [Adam] By hours or days?
- Thirty min... By 30 minutes.

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[Adam] Okay, okay, okay.

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I'm trying to figure out
where they are gonna come from.

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- [chuckles]
- Yeah, I wonder.

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I don't think that way,
it's probably from...

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Probably from that way.

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- My hands are clammy.
- Mine too.

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[both chuckle]

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[Travis] Oh, I see... I see them.

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[Adam chuckles]

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Hello.

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- Hey.
- Say hi to <i>Papi</i>.

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- [Travis] Hey, buddy.
- Here we go.

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Hi, buddy.

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[Adam] Oh, hi.

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- [Travis] Hi.
- [Adam chuckles] Oh, hi.

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Hi.

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Hey.

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- Aw. [muttering]
- [Adam chuckles]

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- [Adam] Oh, my goodness.
- Hey, Blue.

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[Adam] I'll send it to your mother first.

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- Blue.
- [chuckles]

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Blue, have a great life, honey.

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- You'll be loved.
- [Adam] Aw.

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Enjoy the madness.

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[Adam, Travis] Thank you.

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Are you...
Oh, you've been here all this time.

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[Travis] Look,
they're adopting a puppy too.

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[Travis, Adam] Aw.

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[chuckles]

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[baby chuckle]

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[Travis chuckles] Aw.

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Aw.

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[Adam] Ready to meet
your brothers and sisters?

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Yeah. [chuckles]

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The first day was, like, amazing.

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- And a disaster.
- And a disaster.

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Because we get dogs, yay!

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- We run around with them.
- Then we have to clean up with them.

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- [chuckles]
- No.

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[sniffing]

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[Abner] We feed them.

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I feed her human food,
which my dad does not like.

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Give... me...

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human... food.

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[pet owner chuckles]

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We give them water.

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[pet owner] What are you doing?

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- [Axcel] Walk them.
- [Abner] Yeah, we walk them,

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we pick up their poop.

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They poop all over the place.

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And then he'll step in it,
so we have to clean his paws.

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[exclaims] No!

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I'm like... [groans]

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I only tried to clean the litter box,

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um, once.

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Yeah, I'm never doing that again.

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I started with plugging my nose.

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I think I even tried putting
a clip over my nose,

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but that was just painful.

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Then you wanna start to train them, like,

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to not go on carpets.

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[pet owner] Oh, no.
Please. [groans, sighs]

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All the rugs have been removed.

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I have to clean up the backyard's poop.

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My mom cleans up the litter box.

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[interviewer] Rhett, what do you clean up?

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- Hmm.
- He does not clean up anything.

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[stammers] I do the dishes.

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Having a pet is hard.

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But it-it's a great journey.

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I rescue cats for a living.

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{\an8}Started out as a rapper,

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{\an8}and now this is my life.

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[meows]

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[Sterling] I actually didn't have cats
of my own while I was growing up.

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It's okay, mama.

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It's okay.

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I would always play outside
with the outdoor cats.

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I grew up in a household
where it was abuse, drugs, death,

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whatever you can think of.

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So I didn't want to go in the house.

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[cat meows]

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[Sterling] I felt voiceless.

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I felt like I couldn't do anything.

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So you feel a little helpless,
like, you don't have nobody.

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I see the cats the same way.

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- [cat meows]
- Come on now.

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There's nobody speaking up
or fighting for them.

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- [cat meowing]
- [rescuer] There's two back here.

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[Sterling] We catch cats
in humane traps so they're not hurt.

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We take 'em to clinics
to be spayed, neutered, vaccinated

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and then we return them
back to their colony.

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So this prevents overpopulation
and spreading of disease.

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In the past,
the answer has been euthanasia.

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He's probably like,
"I can't stand these humans."

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[chuckles] They're crazy and weird.

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But we on the same team though, baby.

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When I was first getting started,

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I saw an ad in Craigslist helping out
with cats at this shelter.

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But the interview was bad,
because I went in there and they had cats,

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like, kittens and cats in the room
that I was interviewing in.

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So they... She's asking me questions
and I'm just picking up the cats.

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[kissing]

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"Huh? What was that question again?
I'm sorry. This cat... I'm sor..."

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And they just... I'm just not answering
the questions or doing good at all.

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But they were just like,
"We gonna hire you,

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because we don't usually
see people that love cats like that."

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For one, I was the only guy
that worked in the cat department.

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All the guys were working with the dogs.

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And they would come up and ask me,
"Man, why you up there with the cats?

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Why you don't come back here
with the dogs?"

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And I'm like,
"I don't wanna work with the dogs."

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Dogs is cool,
but that's not what I wanted.

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- [purring]
- [Sterling] Rick.

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- [meows]
- [Sterling chuckles]

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My first cat was Rick James.

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Rick James was the one.

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Back then I didn't know much about rescue,
so I purchased Rick from a breeder.

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He was a purebred Persian Himalayan.

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He was declawed.

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I didn't know that the claw on a cat

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is like the equivalent of taking
the tip of your finger off for us.

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And throughout the course of having Rick,

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is when I started to learn a little bit
more about the error of my ways.

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It hurt. It hurt.

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I felt like a, you know, like a parent
that's doing it all wrong with they kids.

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[Sterling chuckles]
Can I finish getting dressed though

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- before I pick you up?
- [Rick purrs]

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Rick was more than just a cat...

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Thank you.

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...he was family, like, I loved Rick.

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Even with my parents, I didn't feel,
like, that unconditional love.

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Rick was that unconditional love for me.

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A producer friend of mine, Kado,
we were driving somewhere

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and I'm talking about Rick.

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I'm always talking about Rick.

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Then I finally said something, I guess,
that let it be known that Rick was a cat.

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And Kado was like, "Wait a minute, man.

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You've been talking about a cat
this whole time?

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I thought you was talking about a roommate
or your brother or something.

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You mean to tell me Rick is a cat?
You talk about a cat that much?"

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I love you, man.

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I still haven't had a cat
that cuddles like Rick.

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And every time I picked him up,

243
00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:12,190
he would always go
to this ear and lick this ear.

244
00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:20,198
Only this one. On this side.
All the time. That was his thing.

245
00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:25,035
Soon as I pick him up, he licked this ear.
It was almost like the greeting.

246
00:12:25,036 --> 00:12:27,121
- [Rick meows]
- [Sterling chuckles]

247
00:12:28,706 --> 00:12:31,084
What's up, man? What's up, homie?

248
00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:35,296
I loved that dude.
Loved him to death. Changed my life.

249
00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:43,178
In a perfect world, I would love
for all the cats to have homes,

250
00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:45,931
but a lot of 'em,
they don't want to be in homes.

251
00:12:45,932 --> 00:12:48,226
They wanna be outside, doing their thing.

252
00:12:48,977 --> 00:12:52,480
So I work with a lot of fosters
through adoption agencies,

253
00:12:53,022 --> 00:12:55,066
for those situations
where you do have, like,

254
00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:59,486
a super friendly cat
that can be socialized and, you know,

255
00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:03,198
want to go to a forever home
that's "fur-ever."

256
00:13:03,199 --> 00:13:04,408
[chuckles]

257
00:13:04,409 --> 00:13:06,411
What are you doing over here?

258
00:13:07,578 --> 00:13:08,454
[meows]

259
00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,414
[Sterling] Hey, Alanis.

260
00:13:10,415 --> 00:13:13,959
Alanis, when I was out, I'm setting a trap

261
00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,837
and she all but basically walked up
and jumped in my arms.

262
00:13:16,838 --> 00:13:18,673
Hey, you wanna come with the king?

263
00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:21,633
And I was gonna try to adopt her out.

264
00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,553
I'm just letting everybody know,

265
00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:28,391
coming to pick up this cat
that I named Alanis Morissette.

266
00:13:29,017 --> 00:13:30,434
- [meows]
- [Sterling] She cute.

267
00:13:30,435 --> 00:13:31,728
She real pretty.

268
00:13:32,228 --> 00:13:33,354
I like her.

269
00:13:34,022 --> 00:13:35,981
I'm not adopting this cat, y'all.

270
00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:37,316
I can't adopt this cat.

271
00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,485
- [meows]
- Oh, my goodness.

272
00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:41,154
So no.

273
00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:44,866
Don't... Don't... I'm not adopting this cat.

274
00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:46,909
A week later, it's like,

275
00:13:47,702 --> 00:13:50,037
"So this is Alanis Morissette.
She's my baby."

276
00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:51,122
[chuckles]

277
00:13:52,707 --> 00:13:54,083
All right. Fine.

278
00:13:54,584 --> 00:13:56,626
She chose me. She adopted me.

279
00:13:56,627 --> 00:13:58,713
So that's how I got Alanis. [chuckles]

280
00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:03,467
I've always been the weird one
out of my friends, my family.

281
00:14:03,468 --> 00:14:07,013
Everybody that know me will tell you,
"Sterling has always been weird."

282
00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:09,514
The hell is you staring at, bruh?

283
00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:14,686
For me dating has been crazy
because I would go on dates

284
00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:18,690
and it would be the nails at first,
like, then how I dress, it's like,

285
00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:21,026
"Okay, you're a little...
you're a little different."

286
00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:23,945
But then they see my cat
and they like, "That's it.

287
00:14:23,946 --> 00:14:26,364
I can't do this. Like, you're too much.

288
00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:28,658
Don't wanna date a man with cats."

289
00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:32,037
There was an article saying that,
you know, dating apps,

290
00:14:32,038 --> 00:14:36,458
women will reject a man
that had a cat in his profile picture.

291
00:14:36,459 --> 00:14:38,126
Like, it wasn't attractive.

292
00:14:38,127 --> 00:14:39,461
It wasn't masculine enough.

293
00:14:39,462 --> 00:14:42,297
{\an8}And instantly,
me and my buddy, Nathan, was like,

294
00:14:42,298 --> 00:14:45,383
{\an8}"You know what?
I been through that and I'm tired of it."

295
00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:50,931
<i>So if you're a cat-loving single on
the "purr-owl" for the "purr-fect date..."</i>

296
00:14:50,932 --> 00:14:52,808
- [crowd laughs]
- <i>...aha, there's an app for that.</i>

297
00:14:52,809 --> 00:14:53,892
- [guest] <i>Really?</i>
- <i>Yes.</i>

298
00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,603
{\an8}[Sterling] So we started Tabby Dates...

299
00:14:56,604 --> 00:15:01,274
[chuckles] ... which is a dating app
for cat lovers to meet other cat lovers.

300
00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:03,151
- [blows whistle]
- [meows]

301
00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:04,402
- [meows]
- Oh, look.

302
00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:06,988
- Oh, look who's here.
- Look at them go. [chuckles]

303
00:15:06,989 --> 00:15:10,659
It's dope being with Deb,
because she's a cat person.

304
00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:14,204
She loves cats just as much,
if not more, than me.

305
00:15:14,205 --> 00:15:17,249
She's a vet tech at a cat clinic.

306
00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:21,087
It's like the whole deal is like...
It was a good fit.

307
00:15:23,047 --> 00:15:27,885
Not everybody loves cats,
but I wanna help change that.

308
00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:32,140
They pay attention to you
more than anybody else do.

309
00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:36,810
Having somebody there
to cuddle, to talk to

310
00:15:36,811 --> 00:15:39,479
and love you unconditionally like that

311
00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,067
definitely helped me
through a lot with that love.

312
00:15:44,569 --> 00:15:50,658
I had Rick for about 13...
13 and a half years Rick was with me.

313
00:15:52,326 --> 00:15:55,371
He passed on my birthday, January the 8th.

314
00:15:56,789 --> 00:16:02,753
And I decided to celebrate Rick's life
and my life every birthday.

315
00:16:06,048 --> 00:16:11,429
Because a lot of this journey that I'm on
is so much connected to Rick.

316
00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:13,514
Here ya go, baby.

317
00:16:14,015 --> 00:16:16,642
You back home.
I told you we was on the same team.

318
00:16:17,393 --> 00:16:19,061
[chuckling]

319
00:16:19,854 --> 00:16:24,024
[Sterling] On the back of my RV
is a big picture of Rick James' face.

320
00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:25,735
It's a memory of him.

321
00:16:26,944 --> 00:16:28,237
He's still got my back.

322
00:16:28,779 --> 00:16:30,531
He always watching out for me.

323
00:16:32,450 --> 00:16:37,954
When I'm sad or mad, he just comes to me
and just lick me, and he does this,

324
00:16:37,955 --> 00:16:40,415
and I pick him up and I snuggle with him.

325
00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:42,043
That makes me feel better.

326
00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:48,882
[Kruz] I love that they're just going
to be with you for your life.

327
00:16:48,883 --> 00:16:50,342
They're your best friend.

328
00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:52,302
- Fist bump.
- [chirps]

329
00:16:52,303 --> 00:16:57,766
Like, if I have something on my mind,
and I know if I told my dad he would say,

330
00:16:57,767 --> 00:17:00,060
"Think of the positive."

331
00:17:00,061 --> 00:17:04,105
But if I tell my dog, she's like,
"Oh, I totally understand."

332
00:17:04,106 --> 00:17:07,609
It just makes me, like, not lonely.
I just always have someone with me.

333
00:17:07,610 --> 00:17:10,654
And they don't wanna leave me.
They don't get sick of me, which is great.

334
00:17:10,655 --> 00:17:12,614
Unlike some of my friends
who get sick of me.

335
00:17:12,615 --> 00:17:17,869
Humans might be like,
"No, I don't wanna do that."

336
00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:22,499
But cats might be like,
"Yeah, I'll... I'll do that."

337
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:24,043
[meows]

338
00:17:25,753 --> 00:17:30,757
I don't really like to play
with my brother. I think it's boring.

339
00:17:30,758 --> 00:17:33,177
And when I play with Coco,
it's much funner.

340
00:17:35,346 --> 00:17:36,680
If I cry...

341
00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:38,306
then Toasty fake cries.

342
00:17:38,307 --> 00:17:42,060
- [crying]
- [howling]

343
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:45,146
An animal just loving you unconditionally,

344
00:17:45,147 --> 00:17:49,819
and it makes a connection with you,
like you just can't break.

345
00:17:50,486 --> 00:17:54,574
If you have a true bond with them,
they are your pet.

346
00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:05,042
Nirvana.

347
00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:10,213
[speaking Spanish]

348
00:18:10,214 --> 00:18:11,881
Oy, oy, oy, oy.

349
00:18:11,882 --> 00:18:14,176
[speaking Spanish]

350
00:18:17,805 --> 00:18:22,476
[singing in Spanish]

351
00:18:34,989 --> 00:18:36,991
[in English] I remember,
since I was ten years old...

352
00:18:37,825 --> 00:18:39,993
{\an8}"Look, <i>Indiana Jones</i> movie." Ah!

353
00:18:39,994 --> 00:18:42,663
{\an8}I wanna go and live adventures too.

354
00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:46,667
I have to fulfill this thirst
for adventure,

355
00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:50,212
and I knew that there was
so much to learn.

356
00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:56,092
I decided, "Okay.
I'll do Catalan coast from Barcelona."

357
00:18:56,093 --> 00:18:59,930
And I followed the coast
of France and Italy.

358
00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:05,436
For me it was clear that
once you go alone on a mission,

359
00:19:07,355 --> 00:19:09,815
that you can't rely on anybody else,

360
00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:14,028
so you're only responsible
for what happens to yourself.

361
00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:17,155
Whoa!

362
00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:18,616
Worst off...

363
00:19:19,617 --> 00:19:21,159
[groans]

364
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,120
I was a bit lonely, maybe.

365
00:19:24,121 --> 00:19:25,789
Just, "What am I doing here?

366
00:19:25,790 --> 00:19:29,710
Did I plan too big? Did I dream too big?"

367
00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:35,424
And then I didn't know that Italy
had so many little things waiting for me.

368
00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:37,635
[horns honking]

369
00:19:39,053 --> 00:19:41,513
I see a little dog
in the middle of the street,

370
00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:43,682
walking in between the two lanes.

371
00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:46,142
[dog whimpering]

372
00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:48,269
She was very happy to see me.

373
00:19:48,270 --> 00:19:50,397
I could tell by the moving of the tail.

374
00:19:50,398 --> 00:19:51,481
Happy to see somebody,

375
00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:54,859
but at the same time
she couldn't handle, um, people.

376
00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:57,863
And she was like, uh, running away.

377
00:19:58,489 --> 00:20:00,782
I said, "Okay, uh..." [exhales]

378
00:20:00,783 --> 00:20:04,577
Already everything was going on
in my mind, if I should take the dog.

379
00:20:04,578 --> 00:20:07,957
Like, when you hit something
on your consciousness, no?

380
00:20:09,375 --> 00:20:11,418
Well, first thing, we went to the vet.

381
00:20:11,419 --> 00:20:16,297
And I asked, "Please can you tell me
how big is this dog going to be?"

382
00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:19,050
Because I am traveling
in a kayak and... [laughs]

383
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:22,138
...for me weight is quite important.

384
00:20:23,305 --> 00:20:26,641
They said, "No, no, she's...
She might be 10 months, maybe one year,

385
00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:28,602
but she's not growing bigger."

386
00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:31,146
I said, "Perfect. So seven kilos.

387
00:20:31,147 --> 00:20:32,773
Okay, seven kilos. That's good."

388
00:20:37,778 --> 00:20:40,030
I put her on the kayak...

389
00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:43,033
we will paddle a little bit.

390
00:20:43,826 --> 00:20:46,871
The problem is, at the beginning,
she got a bit seasick.

391
00:20:48,205 --> 00:20:52,334
At that moment, I found a fisherman
that had plenty of dogs.

392
00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:56,629
And the fisherman told me,
"You don't have to worry about anything.

393
00:20:56,630 --> 00:21:01,009
The dog will understand soon enough
that you're going on the sea.

394
00:21:01,010 --> 00:21:05,014
She will overcome seasickness
because she wants to be with you."

395
00:21:07,475 --> 00:21:10,311
It all changed. Nirvana started to enjoy.

396
00:21:11,479 --> 00:21:15,024
And we started to figure out
the new sailor aboard.

397
00:21:18,194 --> 00:21:23,948
Even then, I still had to change
a little bit my routine of kayaking.

398
00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:27,202
I would not go anymore on rough seas.

399
00:21:27,203 --> 00:21:30,622
If I could avoid it,
I would make shorter distances

400
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:33,501
so Nirvana could be
a little bit more comfortable.

401
00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:37,045
And summer was coming
and it was getting hotter.

402
00:21:37,046 --> 00:21:42,300
So I have to build her some shadow,
because she cannot wear a hat like me.

403
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:46,888
I figured out how to put,
like, a little stick with a cross,

404
00:21:46,889 --> 00:21:51,393
and then a triangle of some material
I had extra on my kayak.

405
00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:56,065
And then she would have
the perfect shade on the most hot days.

406
00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:59,485
I had to put her, uh,
life jacket, of course.

407
00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:04,572
In winter, if she was getting too wet,
she would get cold.

408
00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:09,954
So I had to figure out a suit...
and was... with protection and waterproof.

409
00:22:11,413 --> 00:22:14,958
I still didn't figure out
the being... her obedience.

410
00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:17,293
Communication was not working for me.

411
00:22:17,294 --> 00:22:20,630
And I meet somebody that tells me
how to understand dogs.

412
00:22:20,631 --> 00:22:23,634
That they come from wolves.
They need the leader of the pack.

413
00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:27,846
And I have to be the leader
of the pack for Nirvana,

414
00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:30,391
even if it's only a two persons pack.

415
00:22:32,434 --> 00:22:34,310
One day I would teach her, "Sit!"

416
00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:36,856
Next day I would teach her, "Go!"

417
00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:38,898
[speaking Spanish]

418
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,692
Next day I would teach her,
"Jump on the kayak."

419
00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:44,238
And in only half a month,
she knew so many things.

420
00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:46,155
[speaking Spanish]

421
00:22:46,156 --> 00:22:48,033
[in English] "Jump out of the kayak."

422
00:22:49,535 --> 00:22:52,579
Then when she would be on land,
I would say... [speaking Spanish]

423
00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:55,665
Because that means, "If you keep going,
you will just find water.

424
00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:57,877
And you have to go all the way."

425
00:22:58,419 --> 00:22:59,919
No, no, no, no, no.

426
00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:01,088
[in Spanish] Go there!

427
00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:02,882
Go there.

428
00:23:03,632 --> 00:23:04,966
[speaking Spanish]

429
00:23:04,967 --> 00:23:06,843
[in English] Hup, hup. Hup, hup.

430
00:23:06,844 --> 00:23:08,803
Come here and jump back again. Hup.

431
00:23:08,804 --> 00:23:10,681
Hup, hup. Hup.

432
00:23:13,475 --> 00:23:16,603
This list that I did,
we did it in a couple of days.

433
00:23:16,604 --> 00:23:19,398
And we count to like, 90 words
or something like that.

434
00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:22,318
But I enjoyed that we were a team.

435
00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:28,532
Yeah, I could share with her
these nice moments

436
00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:31,869
where there would be,
maybe, a nice sunset.

437
00:23:32,661 --> 00:23:35,706
Or we would wake up in the tent together.

438
00:23:37,625 --> 00:23:39,126
[in Spanish] Jump! Jump!

439
00:23:39,835 --> 00:23:41,170
[in English] Whoo-hoo!

440
00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:48,677
It was really, really nice to have
this constant companion everywhere.

441
00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,931
I was no longer alone.

442
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,682
The four years of kayaking
that we had together,

443
00:23:54,683 --> 00:23:58,896
it gave me confidence that we could
be anywhere and I could do anything.

444
00:24:01,649 --> 00:24:03,400
She's just very wise.

445
00:24:04,193 --> 00:24:05,485
Yeah, she's for sure remarkable.

446
00:24:05,486 --> 00:24:08,072
She can do things
that other dogs can't do.

447
00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:15,162
- [kitten meowing]
- [in Spanish] This is Goku.

448
00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:17,664
He was abandoned outside.

449
00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:19,625
[Goku squeaks, meows]

450
00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:22,669
[Sergi, in English] Nirvana
was very curious of the little cat.

451
00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:27,967
And I just said, "Okay, let's see
what happens if I put them together."

452
00:24:29,051 --> 00:24:32,720
It's amazing how Nirvana...
instinct of mother.

453
00:24:32,721 --> 00:24:34,931
I could see it in only fifteen minutes.

454
00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:37,976
She was like,
"Oh! I have to take care of this."

455
00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,727
[Goku meowing]

456
00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:40,813
[Sergi] And then,

457
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:48,278
Goku, the little cat, started to look
for the belly and for the little nipples.

458
00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:50,822
That's natural. That's instinct.

459
00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:54,201
And I was like, "Okay." [chuckles]

460
00:24:57,579 --> 00:25:02,041
But after two days,
milk was coming out of Nirvana's breasts.

461
00:25:02,042 --> 00:25:07,131
So we just let it naturally
come as it was.

462
00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:13,012
It was strange, but that's when
both got together so strongly.

463
00:25:14,096 --> 00:25:15,096
Goku!

464
00:25:15,097 --> 00:25:17,016
And then, suddenly, we were a three.

465
00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:23,355
[Nirvana grunting]

466
00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:28,277
[sneezes]

467
00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:30,946
[Sergi, in Spanish] Stay.

468
00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:32,656
Sit.

469
00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:37,368
Give Goku a kiss.

470
00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:40,079
[in English] Animals have instinct
that nobody teaches us,

471
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,915
but they somehow know how to do it.

472
00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:45,753
I was curious how Nirvana
developed all these instincts.

473
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,547
Because she did it with so much love.

474
00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:06,607
[meows]

475
00:26:07,441 --> 00:26:08,442
[Sergi] Goku!

476
00:26:09,735 --> 00:26:12,654
After my kayak tour, I thought to myself,

477
00:26:13,322 --> 00:26:15,532
"I have a lot of experience with the sea."

478
00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:21,497
I decided to bring people to do
whale watching experiences in Barcelona.

479
00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:25,666
Nirvana is there too, of course.

480
00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:29,546
And she enjoys so much the tours
when we have whales or dolphins.

481
00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:33,342
[in Spanish] Where are the dolphins?
Look at the dolphins.

482
00:26:39,181 --> 00:26:41,015
[parent] What a beauty.

483
00:26:41,016 --> 00:26:42,850
[Sergi, in English]
I have been very lucky.

484
00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:47,063
With my partner Ava,
we have a little son, called Joe.

485
00:26:47,064 --> 00:26:50,109
[Ava, in Spanish]

486
00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:54,153
[exclaims, chuckles]

487
00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:55,614
[in Spanish]

488
00:26:58,075 --> 00:27:01,619
[in English] Taking responsibility
of somebody else,

489
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:07,084
making sure this other being is safe,
sound and all these things.

490
00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:11,088
This was for sure something
that I developed with Nirvana.

491
00:27:14,258 --> 00:27:16,802
We-We've learned a lot of things together.

492
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:25,978
I arrived at the end
of my travel quite fulfilled.

493
00:27:27,604 --> 00:27:29,565
[beckoning pet]

494
00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:33,276
[in Spanish] How nice. How nice.

495
00:27:33,277 --> 00:27:34,485
How beautiful.

496
00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,363
Right? How beautiful.

497
00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:39,574
[in English] We are a bigger family now.

498
00:27:39,575 --> 00:27:42,786
Um, this time it was an adventure,

499
00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:45,330
but for the rest of my life.

500
00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:47,958
[both exclaim]

501
00:27:48,959 --> 00:27:50,878
[Sergi beckoning pet]

502
00:27:54,214 --> 00:27:56,591
They're actually pretty smart.

503
00:27:56,592 --> 00:27:59,677
And I think we can, like,
underestimate how much they know.

504
00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:02,889
One time, I was talking to Kayla
about like, something,

505
00:28:02,890 --> 00:28:05,391
and she actually kind of barked.

506
00:28:05,392 --> 00:28:08,853
And I was like,
"Oh, so you can understand me."

507
00:28:08,854 --> 00:28:09,980
[chuckles]

508
00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:12,857
- Did you poop?
- [grunts]

509
00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:13,941
Oh, yeah?

510
00:28:13,942 --> 00:28:16,360
- We just talk to them.
- Yeah, like, regular, like this.

511
00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:18,571
- And they understand.
- They understand some of it.

512
00:28:18,572 --> 00:28:21,490
I feel like she's a real person.

513
00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:24,035
- Huh? It's not worth it.
- [braying]

514
00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:25,953
- It's not worth it. No.
- [braying]

515
00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:27,246
[pet owner] Why are you so mad?

516
00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:29,457
- 'Cause we let you...
- [imitating human]

517
00:28:29,458 --> 00:28:31,918
[pet owner] We just slapped you
in the cage just for a second.

518
00:28:31,919 --> 00:28:35,087
I think they're saying, "I'm hungry."

519
00:28:35,088 --> 00:28:39,050
"Bro, I need food or I'm gonna die."

520
00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:43,763
[howling]

521
00:28:43,764 --> 00:28:48,726
I feel like they talk to me
in a way that only I can understand.

522
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:54,857
[imitates pet]

523
00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:56,692
[chuckles] Kinda like that.

524
00:28:56,693 --> 00:28:58,361
[imitating pets]

525
00:28:58,362 --> 00:28:59,946
[trilling]

526
00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:02,531
And he just comes
right over to me. [trilling]

527
00:29:02,532 --> 00:29:04,700
[parent] Here he comes!

528
00:29:04,701 --> 00:29:06,078
What a good boy!

529
00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:08,288
Hi, my love!

530
00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:11,833
[toddler babbles, laughs]

531
00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:14,127
[Landon mumbles]

532
00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:18,506
My dog's name is Bilbo.

533
00:29:18,507 --> 00:29:19,758
[laughs]

534
00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:23,427
And I've had him for almost all my life.

535
00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:25,221
[parent] Oh, all done. Yeah!

536
00:29:25,222 --> 00:29:27,932
I remember I was like, in my driveway,

537
00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:30,851
and my mom comes over to me
with Bilbo in her arms

538
00:29:30,852 --> 00:29:33,063
and I just stared at him.

539
00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:39,027
Me and Bilbo both have
cleft lips and palettes.

540
00:29:39,736 --> 00:29:42,822
And the second I saw him,
this was just my dog.

541
00:29:42,823 --> 00:29:44,532
And like, nothing could change it,

542
00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:47,995
we just, like, bonded immediately
right when I saw him.

543
00:29:50,372 --> 00:29:53,000
He was originally a foster puppy.

544
00:29:54,668 --> 00:29:58,546
But when we finally just met
the dream dog of my life...

545
00:29:58,547 --> 00:30:02,259
My mom, she was like,
"Oh, my God. We have to keep him."

546
00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:07,346
Just having a dog that has
the same condition as I do,

547
00:30:07,347 --> 00:30:08,974
feels really nice.

548
00:30:11,685 --> 00:30:12,853
[parent laughs]

549
00:30:14,062 --> 00:30:16,648
[Landon] We both had
to have some surgeries.

550
00:30:17,441 --> 00:30:19,985
So he just understands me a lot.

551
00:30:21,194 --> 00:30:24,947
{\an8}But after almost every surgery,
he'll lay on top of me

552
00:30:24,948 --> 00:30:27,826
{\an8}and he just like, stay there
for, like, the whole day.

553
00:30:28,744 --> 00:30:30,327
You have that feeling, like,

554
00:30:30,328 --> 00:30:35,333
your dog is right there with you,
and he's, like, so in love with you.

555
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,630
He's probably thinking,
like, right this moment,

556
00:30:41,631 --> 00:30:43,884
"I'm glad I got picked by this human."

557
00:30:46,636 --> 00:30:49,221
They're just like...
they're like friends, you know?

558
00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:51,265
- Um, and...
- Close friends.

559
00:30:51,266 --> 00:30:54,643
- They're just, like, part of our family.
- Dogs are similar to humans.

560
00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:57,230
Yeah, they're just, like,
part of our family.

561
00:30:58,648 --> 00:31:01,068
We're siblings,
and then they're siblings, so...

562
00:31:01,735 --> 00:31:05,780
Our mom kind of lets us take care
of separate ones, you know.

563
00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:08,657
Yeah, so like my brother
takes care of Milo...

564
00:31:08,658 --> 00:31:10,618
- A bit more than Morchi.
- ...and I take care of Morchi.

565
00:31:10,619 --> 00:31:12,661
I mean, sometimes they get
annoyed with each other.

566
00:31:12,662 --> 00:31:15,582
- [dog sniffing]
- [cat growling]

567
00:31:17,501 --> 00:31:18,542
[growls]

568
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:22,630
If my dog Daisy is getting attention,
and then Goose comes over,

569
00:31:22,631 --> 00:31:26,217
she'll like, snap at him,
because she wants all the attention.

570
00:31:26,218 --> 00:31:30,639
They play fight all the time.
Like, literally every single day.

571
00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:33,642
Like, not kidding. Literally.

572
00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:35,685
[growling]

573
00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:39,439
[hissing]

574
00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:42,901
[Goldie] It's a weird relationship.

575
00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:46,947
Cooper likes my other dog.
My other dog does not like him.

576
00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:51,660
If you turn your brother or sister in,
you will not be punished.

577
00:31:54,329 --> 00:32:00,835
When we got my younger sister, Bella,
Arthur peed in her crib.

578
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:07,300
Maybe he wanted to tell her,
"I'm the only baby in this house."

579
00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:14,599
I've learnt from my pets that having
siblings sometimes can be tough.

580
00:32:15,183 --> 00:32:18,645
But sometimes
the sweetest things will happen.

581
00:32:22,691 --> 00:32:25,776
[Adam] Okay, let's go this way, Blue.
Let's go this way, Blue.

582
00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:27,028
[laughs]

583
00:32:36,246 --> 00:32:37,955
Come on.

584
00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:39,039
[cat meows]

585
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,126
[singsongy] It's your new sister!

586
00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:45,129
[whimpers]

587
00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:47,006
[Travis] I don't think
he's met a cat before.

588
00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:48,883
[Adam laughs]

589
00:32:48,884 --> 00:32:50,135
[Travis] Who is that?

590
00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:55,807
[Adam] Aw.

591
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:58,894
[Travis] Aw.

592
00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:03,815
She's senior. She rules the house. Yes.

593
00:33:05,025 --> 00:33:06,150
[Adam] Yeah.

594
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:09,236
Really, Delilah, she's my child.

595
00:33:09,237 --> 00:33:12,199
She's absolutely my firstborn.

596
00:33:12,866 --> 00:33:15,868
She stayed with my mom
for a little bit, and she has a dog.

597
00:33:15,869 --> 00:33:17,704
And they love each other so much.

598
00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:22,499
To have another dog in the house,
to give her a second lease on life,

599
00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:25,961
another spurt of energy
as she's getting older

600
00:33:25,962 --> 00:33:27,339
is kind of the hope.

601
00:33:29,132 --> 00:33:30,342
She's seventeen.

602
00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:34,470
And honestly, I'm gonna let Travis
focus on the new puppy

603
00:33:34,471 --> 00:33:36,097
and I'm gonna focus on Delilah.

604
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:40,060
And just make sure I'm being responsible.

605
00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:44,188
It'll be interesting
with the puppy energy.

606
00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:46,982
For sure.
I think it's gonna perk her right up.

607
00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:48,192
[Blue whimpering]

608
00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:51,529
[singsongy] Coffee with Blue,
morning coffee with Blue...

609
00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,907
What? What?

610
00:33:54,491 --> 00:33:55,699
[laughs]

611
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:57,493
I knew I'd be bonding with this guy.

612
00:33:57,494 --> 00:33:59,662
I did not expect it to be this fast.

613
00:33:59,663 --> 00:34:01,665
- [toy squeaking]
- [Travis] Go get it!

614
00:34:02,457 --> 00:34:04,208
By the looks of it,
he's gonna tear my house apart.

615
00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:05,543
[Adam laughs]

616
00:34:08,088 --> 00:34:09,673
Whatever he wants.

617
00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:11,967
Look at that.

618
00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:15,177
Are you gonna tell him no
eventually? [chuckles]

619
00:34:15,178 --> 00:34:17,513
I'm trying not to intervene
with your training.

620
00:34:17,514 --> 00:34:19,307
[Travis] No, Blue. No.

621
00:34:22,644 --> 00:34:24,104
Where you gonna go with that?

622
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,191
Now you've gotten yourself stuck.

623
00:34:28,984 --> 00:34:30,026
Yeah.

624
00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:32,236
I'm right here.

625
00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:33,320
[Blue barks]

626
00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:34,864
I'm right here.

627
00:34:39,369 --> 00:34:41,370
Oh, man. You figured it out.

628
00:34:41,371 --> 00:34:43,540
Oh. Oh, dear. Okay.

629
00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:46,876
There it is. [laughing]

630
00:34:48,670 --> 00:34:50,129
Let's get the poop bags.

631
00:34:50,130 --> 00:34:51,797
[cat meows, growls]

632
00:34:51,798 --> 00:34:53,508
[Travis] Bianca.

633
00:34:56,553 --> 00:34:58,095
I know. He's very weird.

634
00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,597
[Bianca growls]

635
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:00,932
Come on, Bianca.

636
00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:05,019
Gotta be nice.
He gonna be your best friend someday.

637
00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:06,770
[clicks tongue]

638
00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:07,771
[Blue whimpers]

639
00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:11,233
The old saying goes,
"Man's best friend is a dog." [chuckles]

640
00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:12,693
Literally. [chuckles]

641
00:35:12,694 --> 00:35:16,363
[interviewer] In your opinion,
what's the best kind of pet?

642
00:35:16,364 --> 00:35:22,036
First, you should get a dog
because dogs are the most popular animal.

643
00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:25,165
Basically, birds are 16% of popularity.

644
00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:29,501
Cats are 38. Dogs are 59.

645
00:35:29,502 --> 00:35:34,757
Guinea pigs, mouses,
or any type of rodent are 20.

646
00:35:34,758 --> 00:35:36,300
So, like...

647
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:38,677
Actually, I'll go from lowest to highest.

648
00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:42,848
Spiders, five or 10% popularity.

649
00:35:42,849 --> 00:35:45,560
Cats are a 30...

650
00:35:46,895 --> 00:35:48,729
eight percent popularity.

651
00:35:48,730 --> 00:35:54,151
Oh, guinea pigs and those...
those ones are the cutest.

652
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:55,653
Or a hamster.

653
00:35:55,654 --> 00:35:59,698
Hamsters are tinier
and easier to take care of.

654
00:35:59,699 --> 00:36:02,535
Guinea pigs are bigger, but they're cuter.

655
00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:06,121
Well, actually, I think they're the same
in cuteness levels.

656
00:36:06,122 --> 00:36:10,125
So, if you want something
that's cute for all their life

657
00:36:10,126 --> 00:36:12,837
get any rodent, except a mouse.

658
00:36:16,716 --> 00:36:18,801
[piglet snuffling, grunting]

659
00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:20,594
[Kristin] I think I always wanted a pig

660
00:36:20,595 --> 00:36:23,640
from literally watching <i>Babe</i>
and <i>Charlotte's Web.</i>

661
00:36:24,808 --> 00:36:27,476
You know, I'd read about this special kind

662
00:36:27,477 --> 00:36:30,354
that didn't get above,
you know, 20 or 25 pounds.

663
00:36:30,355 --> 00:36:32,439
And I said, "That's what I'm gonna do."

664
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,858
{\an8}So I went and I picked up my child.

665
00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:38,529
{\an8}And there he was screaming.

666
00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:42,534
{\an8}I was thinking, "Oh, my goodness.
[chuckles] I'm in love."

667
00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:45,202
He was about four pounds.

668
00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:46,538
Like this big.

669
00:36:47,247 --> 00:36:48,832
Yeah, he was tiny.

670
00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:52,126
I did research, and they were like,
"Pigs are great pets.

671
00:36:52,127 --> 00:36:54,169
They're very smart. They're clean."

672
00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:57,715
And I was like, "Why would I get a dog
if I can get a pig that's even better?"

673
00:36:57,716 --> 00:37:00,175
You know, you can get
a pig that stays small,

674
00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:02,302
that's super clean, that's super smart.

675
00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:06,224
I'm like, "Why don't people just get
these 25 pound pigs?"

676
00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:09,351
Then Ziggy grew up...

677
00:37:09,352 --> 00:37:12,604
- [Ziggy grunting]
- [Kristin] Whoo! Okay.

678
00:37:12,605 --> 00:37:14,815
That is good, sir.

679
00:37:14,816 --> 00:37:18,193
[Jay] As big as Ziggy is,
he's technically a mini pig.

680
00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:21,113
He's still under
the 300 pound threshold, so he's still--

681
00:37:21,114 --> 00:37:22,489
Just barely. [chuckles]

682
00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:24,868
- Yeah, he's 299 pounds.
- Yeah.

683
00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:28,036
[Kristin] I got him now.
He's mine and I love him.

684
00:37:28,037 --> 00:37:29,830
What's that Winston Churchill quote?

685
00:37:29,831 --> 00:37:33,208
"Dogs look up to you,
cats look down to you,

686
00:37:33,209 --> 00:37:36,253
and pigs treat you like an equal."

687
00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:37,963
[Jay] And you have to
treat 'em like an equal.

688
00:37:37,964 --> 00:37:39,799
Spin. And spin.

689
00:37:40,633 --> 00:37:42,050
Pigs are smart.

690
00:37:42,051 --> 00:37:45,263
They've got the intelligence somewhere
of around, like, a four-year-old child.

691
00:37:46,890 --> 00:37:48,348
[Kristin] You get that bucket, honey.

692
00:37:48,349 --> 00:37:51,727
[Jay] We always describe Ziggy as,
like, a toddler in a pig suit.

693
00:37:51,728 --> 00:37:52,811
[Kristin] Ziggy!

694
00:37:52,812 --> 00:37:55,105
He is pure chaos.

695
00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,733
- [screaming]
- Oh, my God!

696
00:37:57,734 --> 00:38:01,196
[Kristin] The most mischievous thing
I have ever seen.

697
00:38:01,988 --> 00:38:03,238
That's just life with Ziggy.

698
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:04,865
- [Jay shouting]
- [Kristin] At any time,

699
00:38:04,866 --> 00:38:09,746
it's gonna be
the most unpredictable Zig Show.

700
00:38:11,164 --> 00:38:13,415
Who knocked down the boxes?

701
00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:16,794
I'm mischievous too. I feel like
he got it from me a little bit.

702
00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:18,755
- Guaranteed.
- Mm-hmm.

703
00:38:19,714 --> 00:38:22,299
[Jay] Getting to know him
and just how complex he is,

704
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:23,675
and how emotional he is,

705
00:38:23,676 --> 00:38:27,514
just changed my perspective
on all animals.

706
00:38:29,057 --> 00:38:30,557
The house we were renting,

707
00:38:30,558 --> 00:38:32,351
the people decided
they were gonna sell the house.

708
00:38:32,352 --> 00:38:34,561
And they gave us six months' notice,

709
00:38:34,562 --> 00:38:37,272
but we couldn't find anything
that was gonna work for Zig.

710
00:38:37,273 --> 00:38:38,440
[exclaims]

711
00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:40,859
So we decided we needed
to buy a motor home

712
00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:43,112
and figure everything else out there.

713
00:38:44,697 --> 00:38:49,202
Yeah, we spent two years
traveling the country,

714
00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:52,080
finding work along the way.

715
00:38:53,957 --> 00:38:56,543
[Kristin] Ziggy became
the center of our universe.

716
00:38:57,252 --> 00:39:00,462
We chose everything based off of
what we knew he loved.

717
00:39:00,463 --> 00:39:01,589
[Ziggy grunting]

718
00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:08,513
[Jay] And then we started volunteering
at different sanctuaries on the way,

719
00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:11,306
you know, and work there for a month,

720
00:39:11,307 --> 00:39:12,683
experience other animals.

721
00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:14,561
And so we learned a lot.

722
00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:18,397
And then while we were traveling,

723
00:39:18,398 --> 00:39:20,608
people wanted to meet Ziggy,
the famous pig.

724
00:39:21,484 --> 00:39:25,280
He got a pretty decent following.
Like 50,000 people on social media.

725
00:39:26,155 --> 00:39:28,323
[Jay] That really helped us get started.

726
00:39:28,324 --> 00:39:31,327
You know, having a donor base
and to start a sanctuary.

727
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:34,622
And now we rescue animals on his behalf.

728
00:39:41,296 --> 00:39:43,965
- [dogs barking]
- [horses whinnying]

729
00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:57,020
[Kristin] Zig, you want me to get
some spa music playing, honey?

730
00:39:57,729 --> 00:40:00,689
You want me to light some incense?

731
00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:02,442
What you want, Zig?

732
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:08,531
We treat all of our animals
like we treat Ziggy.

733
00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:10,824
All right.

734
00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:12,660
Those are my babies right there.

735
00:40:13,661 --> 00:40:18,415
He just kinda set our standard
for how we wanna care for animals

736
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:21,920
and how we want to set up
our organization.

737
00:40:23,296 --> 00:40:24,422
[Jay] Hi, Hannah.

738
00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:27,884
So if you look at Hannah's back legs,

739
00:40:28,718 --> 00:40:31,511
you'll see that they're not shaped right.

740
00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:34,348
Let me see your leg. Let me see your leg.

741
00:40:34,349 --> 00:40:37,809
She was found by a bird rescuer
out in Montana.

742
00:40:37,810 --> 00:40:41,063
And she contacted, like,
every pig rescue in the country

743
00:40:41,064 --> 00:40:44,358
and they all said, you know, she's gonna
be big, her legs won't hold up.

744
00:40:44,359 --> 00:40:46,527
And you might as well just euthanize.

745
00:40:47,195 --> 00:40:48,195
And our philosophy is,

746
00:40:48,196 --> 00:40:50,990
if she's happy today,
we might as well give her another day.

747
00:40:52,033 --> 00:40:54,202
She's on her 14th pair of shoes.

748
00:40:54,786 --> 00:40:57,955
And so far she's about
two and a half years old.

749
00:40:57,956 --> 00:40:59,415
She's doing good.

750
00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:04,836
We're trying more and more to get the,
you know, the daily operations covered

751
00:41:04,837 --> 00:41:07,006
via volunteers and staff and stuff.

752
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:09,508
Hey, buddy.

753
00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:13,136
Specials needs animals
really occupy majority of our time.

754
00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:15,056
Lieutenant Dan.

755
00:41:15,556 --> 00:41:17,015
Isn't he cool?

756
00:41:17,016 --> 00:41:21,436
He's got spina bifida. So his spine's
kinda twisted, but he's tough.

757
00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:23,940
I'm proud of him. I'm proud of all of 'em.

758
00:41:24,524 --> 00:41:27,359
You don't wanna put this strip
below the stump at all.

759
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,152
[Jay] You know, we've made
really good relationships

760
00:41:29,153 --> 00:41:31,863
with very experienced farm animal vets.

761
00:41:31,864 --> 00:41:37,577
Now, not many people have the laser
and not many people have prosthetics labs.

762
00:41:37,578 --> 00:41:39,454
So, once you have those resources

763
00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:41,915
it's even harder to not be
the one that steps up

764
00:41:41,916 --> 00:41:44,126
when there's a special needs animal
needing a home.

765
00:41:44,127 --> 00:41:45,628
That's a good boy.

766
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:48,881
[chatter on TV]

767
00:41:53,594 --> 00:41:56,054
[Kristin] Who's hungry?
You want breakfast?

768
00:41:56,055 --> 00:41:58,266
- [pigs grunting]
- [goats bleating]

769
00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:06,607
[Jay] Mister, are you hungry?

770
00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:09,068
[Kristin] Oh, gosh, Jambi.

771
00:42:10,069 --> 00:42:12,280
- It's time to party, y'all.
- [Jay] Come on, Ziggy.

772
00:42:12,822 --> 00:42:15,908
[Kristin] Whoa! You're gonna
get a speeding ticket this morning.

773
00:42:18,244 --> 00:42:22,581
The first night we met, we talked about
how kids aren't in the cards.

774
00:42:22,582 --> 00:42:25,834
And there's Mo. He's superman.

775
00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:27,754
Yeah, we like the four-legged kids.

776
00:42:30,631 --> 00:42:32,633
He loves his neck scratched.

777
00:42:33,926 --> 00:42:35,303
Oh, Willy, you wanna help?

778
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,599
You wanna chase me? Come on.

779
00:42:40,850 --> 00:42:42,351
- Come on.
- [bleating]

780
00:42:43,770 --> 00:42:45,520
[Jay] It's a lot of heartbreak,

781
00:42:45,521 --> 00:42:48,315
but it's a lot
of really special moments too.

782
00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:49,649
Come on, bud.

783
00:42:49,650 --> 00:42:51,027
Come on, little man.

784
00:42:52,278 --> 00:42:54,781
There you go. There you go.

785
00:42:55,698 --> 00:42:56,783
Good boy.

786
00:42:57,283 --> 00:42:58,785
[Kristin] He's so sweet.

787
00:43:01,329 --> 00:43:02,329
Hi, baby.

788
00:43:02,330 --> 00:43:05,750
[Jay] A lot of 'em are here
just more or less on borrowed time.

789
00:43:08,044 --> 00:43:12,214
Zippy, we got her about a year ago.

790
00:43:12,215 --> 00:43:13,507
What are you doing, Zippy?

791
00:43:13,508 --> 00:43:17,719
She was paralyzed from... I mean,
they don't really have like a waist...

792
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:19,096
but like the waist down kinda.

793
00:43:19,097 --> 00:43:21,223
- [Kristin] There you go.
- [Jay] The people that gave her to us

794
00:43:21,224 --> 00:43:24,101
said they named her Zippy
'cause she was all over the place.

795
00:43:24,102 --> 00:43:26,728
But the first week she was here, she just,

796
00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:28,563
you know, Zippy wasn't zipping.

797
00:43:28,564 --> 00:43:30,982
Her breathing wasn't good.

798
00:43:30,983 --> 00:43:32,901
And one morning
it had gotten more labored,

799
00:43:32,902 --> 00:43:37,490
so we rushed her to NC State
and, literally, Zippy stopped breathing.

800
00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:42,035
And they threw her in an oxygen chamber,
and she was there for like two weeks.

801
00:43:42,036 --> 00:43:44,747
And she made it. She was an ICU survivor.

802
00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:50,252
She looks a lot better. For... just energy.

803
00:43:50,253 --> 00:43:51,420
[Kristin] Hey, Zippy.

804
00:43:52,046 --> 00:43:56,467
She got through it,
and it was like, "She's invincible."

805
00:43:58,845 --> 00:44:00,053
[Jay] Happiest little pig.

806
00:44:00,054 --> 00:44:04,016
[Kristin] Happiest little pig.
The sweetest pig, the funniest pig.

807
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,352
She would go so fast
her butt would barely even touch.

808
00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:11,106
It was almost like she was just levitating
just a little bit off the ground.

809
00:44:11,107 --> 00:44:14,944
It's kind of like when you see people,
like, water skiing and they're just...

810
00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:20,198
She played so hard. Every day, all day.

811
00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:21,742
First out, last in.

812
00:44:22,326 --> 00:44:24,369
How you gonna get out of there?
Can you tell me?

813
00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:25,370
[laughs]

814
00:44:25,371 --> 00:44:28,623
Then you have to go pick her up,
and you have to carry her inside

815
00:44:28,624 --> 00:44:30,334
because she just wants to keep playing.

816
00:44:31,627 --> 00:44:33,045
You like that?

817
00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:36,632
She's just a beautiful, beautiful soul.

818
00:44:38,050 --> 00:44:39,093
[Jay] Whoa!

819
00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:42,429
[Kristin] You are
the fastest swimmer, honey.

820
00:44:42,430 --> 00:44:45,433
You're gonna have to
be in the Olympics, okay?

821
00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:51,480
This is the only water park
in the world for pigs.

822
00:44:52,231 --> 00:44:55,483
If Ziggy's in here,
the other pigs won't get in,

823
00:44:55,484 --> 00:44:57,653
'cause he won't let them in.

824
00:44:58,529 --> 00:44:59,779
Only Zippy.

825
00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:01,489
You are so fast!

826
00:45:01,490 --> 00:45:03,534
Ziggy has a soft spot for her.

827
00:45:04,327 --> 00:45:05,620
Where's Zig?

828
00:45:06,495 --> 00:45:07,872
Come on, Zig.

829
00:45:08,873 --> 00:45:13,877
All this is just so we can prolong
a life that's worth living.

830
00:45:13,878 --> 00:45:16,380
- [Jay] She loves it.
- [Kristin] I know.

831
00:45:21,219 --> 00:45:22,886
A lot of times
when these animals come to us

832
00:45:22,887 --> 00:45:24,555
they're broken in every way.

833
00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:28,725
They got broken bones,
they got broken souls.

834
00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:34,190
And then the greatest part is
seeing them heal in all capacity.

835
00:45:35,316 --> 00:45:38,903
When they learn to trust
and then when trust turns into love.

836
00:45:41,864 --> 00:45:44,992
It's amazing
to give an animal a better life.

837
00:45:45,618 --> 00:45:48,328
And they'll probably help you
have a better life

838
00:45:48,329 --> 00:45:51,373
because they understand what it is
to have a rough time.

839
00:45:51,374 --> 00:45:54,376
Our cousins are cat rescuers.

840
00:45:54,377 --> 00:45:58,463
So they were like, "Hey, are you guys
interested in getting any cats?"

841
00:45:58,464 --> 00:46:00,799
And then we adopted them.

842
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,426
When I was in my mom's tummy

843
00:46:03,427 --> 00:46:09,016
my grandma and my grandpa
went to, like, the, um...

844
00:46:09,892 --> 00:46:12,018
the shelter. Yeah, yeah, the shelter.

845
00:46:12,019 --> 00:46:17,108
And they found some
really cute dogs next to each other.

846
00:46:17,692 --> 00:46:19,609
And they decided to get 'em.

847
00:46:19,610 --> 00:46:24,030
Right when we got him, he came to me.

848
00:46:24,031 --> 00:46:29,536
And I feel like we just had a really,
really special relationship

849
00:46:29,537 --> 00:46:31,706
ever since, like, I first saw him.

850
00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:37,711
[Tess] Most people think
that older dogs and older cats

851
00:46:37,712 --> 00:46:40,297
aren't as valuable.

852
00:46:40,298 --> 00:46:45,553
But they're amazing,
and just as amazing as younger dogs.

853
00:47:02,903 --> 00:47:07,866
[in Japanese] I rescue dogs
that other shelters cannot take in.

854
00:47:07,867 --> 00:47:13,455
My mission is to do everything
in my power to save them.

855
00:47:13,456 --> 00:47:15,583
[barking]

856
00:47:22,548 --> 00:47:24,008
[in Japanese] Hello? This is Dog Duca.

857
00:47:24,717 --> 00:47:25,633
[speaking Japanese]

858
00:47:25,634 --> 00:47:28,136
I want to help your dog
as soon as possible,

859
00:47:28,137 --> 00:47:30,014
but first I have some questions.

860
00:47:30,598 --> 00:47:31,849
[barking]

861
00:47:32,516 --> 00:47:33,517
[in English] No.

862
00:47:35,770 --> 00:47:41,733
[in Japanese] Because I'm a dog trainer

863
00:47:41,734 --> 00:47:47,198
I can help dogs who bite,
dogs who are older, etc.

864
00:47:47,823 --> 00:47:54,829
This one was abandoned
and I think he was abused.

865
00:47:54,830 --> 00:47:59,543
He's around 14 or 15 years old,
and he bites.

866
00:48:01,170 --> 00:48:03,506
[in English] Sit. Very good! Very good!

867
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:08,344
[in Japanese]
Show excitement when praising him.

868
00:48:09,095 --> 00:48:11,054
Like this, "Yes!"

869
00:48:11,055 --> 00:48:15,142
He can't find a new home
if he continues to bite!

870
00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:18,019
[exclaims]

871
00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:20,730
You're not putting your heart into it!

872
00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:23,651
Not half-assed like that, but say, "Yes!"

873
00:48:25,528 --> 00:48:27,112
[speaking Japanese]

874
00:48:27,113 --> 00:48:31,741
I started rescuing dogs
after my business failed

875
00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:33,910
and I was going through a rough time.

876
00:48:33,911 --> 00:48:38,374
And I needed rescuing myself,
which my dog Duca did for me.

877
00:48:43,295 --> 00:48:49,051
If it weren't for Duca,
I wouldn't be doing this work.

878
00:48:49,844 --> 00:48:52,345
Welcome to Dog Duca. Okay?

879
00:48:52,346 --> 00:48:55,766
[sniffs] He could use a wash.

880
00:48:56,851 --> 00:49:00,478
When dogs come to Dog Duca
I want them to be able to say to me,

881
00:49:00,479 --> 00:49:01,688
"I'm happy!"

882
00:49:01,689 --> 00:49:03,482
"This is fun!"

883
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:08,361
"All of my bad memories have disappeared!"

884
00:49:08,362 --> 00:49:12,115
I want to take care of them so
they are able to feel this joy.

885
00:49:12,116 --> 00:49:15,411
I want to do this for them!

886
00:49:22,460 --> 00:49:24,920
{\an8}[dogs barking]

887
00:49:27,047 --> 00:49:33,636
[Shinobu, in Japanese]
In Japan, pet adoption centers

888
00:49:33,637 --> 00:49:38,099
don't allow people 65 and older
to adopt dogs.

889
00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:40,268
{\an8}[exclaiming, speaking Japanese]

890
00:49:40,269 --> 00:49:43,272
[Shinobu, in Japanese] I wanted
to do something about this.

891
00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:48,319
My idea was to have seniors
take care of older dogs.

892
00:49:49,069 --> 00:49:54,616
In this way seniors and older dogs
could support each other.

893
00:49:54,617 --> 00:49:59,330
- [Shizue] Dai stopped peeing in the house.
- That's great.

894
00:50:00,039 --> 00:50:01,915
- Yeah, he's such a good boy.
- [speaking Japanese]

895
00:50:01,916 --> 00:50:04,543
- No more peeing everywhere.
- [speaking Japanese]

896
00:50:05,461 --> 00:50:08,839
Momo, you too are so well-behaved.

897
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:22,561
See you later.

898
00:50:28,317 --> 00:50:30,860
Here you go, Dai-chan.

899
00:50:30,861 --> 00:50:32,530
Here you go, Momo.

900
00:50:33,656 --> 00:50:37,326
Mr. Takahashi came
to my house with two dogs.

901
00:50:38,744 --> 00:50:40,746
They were shy in the beginning.

902
00:50:41,163 --> 00:50:43,331
Especially Dai.

903
00:50:43,332 --> 00:50:45,793
He would pee everywhere
marking his territory.

904
00:50:48,337 --> 00:50:49,337
[growling]

905
00:50:49,338 --> 00:50:53,384
Don't growl. Who's asking you to growl?

906
00:50:54,635 --> 00:50:57,179
On the surface they look cute.

907
00:50:57,721 --> 00:51:00,223
In here, they are adults.

908
00:51:00,224 --> 00:51:02,058
Assertive adults.

909
00:51:02,059 --> 00:51:04,687
- [growling, barking]
- [Shizue exclaims]

910
00:51:06,397 --> 00:51:08,941
You get hot-headed quick, scolding Dai.

911
00:51:09,441 --> 00:51:10,317
No!

912
00:51:10,943 --> 00:51:12,278
[speaking Japanese]

913
00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:16,323
For all the days that I have lived...

914
00:51:17,324 --> 00:51:19,951
there were always dogs.

915
00:51:19,952 --> 00:51:22,997
I have a lot of good memories.

916
00:51:25,416 --> 00:51:26,374
Pom Pom...

917
00:51:26,375 --> 00:51:28,751
She had a tail...

918
00:51:28,752 --> 00:51:30,671
It looked like a cheerleader's pom-pom.

919
00:51:31,171 --> 00:51:34,550
So that's why we named her Pom Pom.

920
00:51:44,268 --> 00:51:48,272
I think my husband is taking a walk
with Pom Pom right now in heaven.

921
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:53,277
Pom Pom was always by his side.

922
00:51:54,945 --> 00:51:59,283
My husband suffered from Alzheimer's.

923
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:05,622
Alzheimer's is a disease that gradually
takes away your memory.

924
00:52:05,623 --> 00:52:12,212
But my husband never forgot
Pom Pom's name until he died.

925
00:52:13,339 --> 00:52:18,801
When I put my husband's ashes
up on the altar

926
00:52:18,802 --> 00:52:24,683
Pom Pom wouldn't leave my husband's photo.

927
00:52:26,769 --> 00:52:30,939
He passed away and a year later she died.

928
00:52:31,815 --> 00:52:36,070
I think my husband came to get her.

929
00:52:36,779 --> 00:52:38,947
And then I was alone.

930
00:52:44,953 --> 00:52:45,954
[Dai panting]

931
00:52:46,622 --> 00:52:49,917
Now, Dai and Momo,

932
00:52:50,584 --> 00:52:57,299
having them around is really something
I couldn't live without.

933
00:52:58,509 --> 00:53:01,261
[vocalizing]

934
00:53:03,263 --> 00:53:05,974
[vocalizing]

935
00:53:07,393 --> 00:53:10,270
[singing in Japanese]

936
00:53:21,824 --> 00:53:26,828
[Shinobu, in Japanese]
When we think about how much animals

937
00:53:26,829 --> 00:53:30,123
have healed the human heart

938
00:53:30,124 --> 00:53:32,876
it is immeasurable.

939
00:53:33,836 --> 00:53:35,295
You're cute.

940
00:53:35,963 --> 00:53:39,466
[speaking Japanese]

941
00:53:40,467 --> 00:53:42,510
You don't want water?

942
00:53:42,511 --> 00:53:45,347
[vocalizing]

943
00:53:48,267 --> 00:53:52,396
[Shinobu, in Japanese]
Animals are here to teach us.

944
00:53:53,939 --> 00:54:00,863
When we lose our way, they remind us
how to be our best selves.

945
00:54:05,743 --> 00:54:07,911
"Itoshii."

946
00:54:09,663 --> 00:54:13,125
I love this word in Japanese.

947
00:54:13,917 --> 00:54:16,878
It doesn't mean you just like someone

948
00:54:16,879 --> 00:54:19,381
or that you simply love them.

949
00:54:19,882 --> 00:54:23,844
It means that you are very grateful

950
00:54:25,095 --> 00:54:29,183
for their existence.

951
00:54:30,142 --> 00:54:32,102
And that they make you happy.

952
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:34,521
Itoshii.

953
00:54:35,647 --> 00:54:40,110
That's the feeling I have
towards the two of them.

954
00:54:55,792 --> 00:54:57,168
[in English] My mom is a therapist

955
00:54:57,169 --> 00:55:03,007
but sometimes, like, I would feel like
I couldn't have someone to talk to.

956
00:55:03,008 --> 00:55:05,968
My mom is great at that. No offense, Mom.

957
00:55:05,969 --> 00:55:10,681
But, um, sometimes pets
just go the extra mile

958
00:55:10,682 --> 00:55:14,895
because sometimes listening is...

959
00:55:15,938 --> 00:55:18,022
just listening is enough.

960
00:55:18,023 --> 00:55:20,107
I think animals definitely
help you be present.

961
00:55:20,108 --> 00:55:24,195
They're always there for you
in the moment, no matter the situation.

962
00:55:24,196 --> 00:55:27,740
Like some people,
they get really sad in their life

963
00:55:27,741 --> 00:55:30,535
and then when you bring an animal,
it keeps you going.

964
00:55:30,536 --> 00:55:33,747
So it kind of gets you
on your life track again.

965
00:55:36,041 --> 00:55:38,710
{\an8}[Rodney] <i>♪ 'Cause I swear ♪</i>

966
00:55:40,212 --> 00:55:42,506
<i>♪ I can be a better man ♪</i>

967
00:55:43,674 --> 00:55:45,342
<i>♪ 'Cause I swear ♪</i>

968
00:55:46,301 --> 00:55:49,805
<i>♪ If only you could understand ♪</i>

969
00:55:51,223 --> 00:55:55,726
{\an8}<i>♪ The faith in me
Shall set me free, reflections ♪</i>

970
00:55:55,727 --> 00:55:57,937
{\an8}Any animal, I'ma bond with.

971
00:55:57,938 --> 00:56:03,526
{\an8}<i>♪ The faith in me
Shall set me free, reflections ♪</i>

972
00:56:03,527 --> 00:56:04,527
[kisses]

973
00:56:04,528 --> 00:56:07,655
Good boy. [kisses] Good boy.

974
00:56:07,656 --> 00:56:10,366
That's my... my therapy, in a sense.

975
00:56:10,367 --> 00:56:12,077
I love you too, phat man.

976
00:56:12,869 --> 00:56:13,995
Can you make face?

977
00:56:13,996 --> 00:56:17,457
No, make face. Good girl. [laughs, kisses]

978
00:56:18,542 --> 00:56:21,294
Not you. Not you, jealous.

979
00:56:21,295 --> 00:56:24,797
When I was a kid I had turtles
and lizards and everything.

980
00:56:24,798 --> 00:56:26,591
And I would be sitting in there
talking to them

981
00:56:26,592 --> 00:56:28,552
and I'm hearing them talk to me.

982
00:56:29,261 --> 00:56:33,472
As you're looking in the eyes
of this animal, you see yourself.

983
00:56:33,473 --> 00:56:37,811
I-I tell people, without them,
I don't know where I would be.

984
00:56:41,690 --> 00:56:43,107
{\an8}[sirens wailing]

985
00:56:43,108 --> 00:56:47,111
{\an8}The community that I live in...
We're all living messed up, man.

986
00:56:47,112 --> 00:56:48,697
{\an8}Just look at... look at this.

987
00:56:49,406 --> 00:56:51,158
It's Southeast DC.

988
00:56:52,075 --> 00:56:54,578
DC was known as Dodge City.

989
00:56:55,662 --> 00:56:57,913
We had the highest murder rates
and stuff like that.

990
00:56:57,914 --> 00:57:01,334
There was a lot of people getting killed
in Southeast, east of the river.

991
00:57:01,335 --> 00:57:04,920
And so I know there was a lot of deaths.
Uncles, aunts, cousins.

992
00:57:04,921 --> 00:57:07,506
[interviewer] Rodney, how did you come
to Earth Conservation Corps?

993
00:57:07,507 --> 00:57:09,050
What did you do before you came here?

994
00:57:09,051 --> 00:57:10,469
Sold drugs.

995
00:57:11,011 --> 00:57:16,307
You get tired of walking out the door
and you have to keep a gun with you.

996
00:57:16,308 --> 00:57:18,684
I mean, you can't enjoy life.

997
00:57:18,685 --> 00:57:21,687
You can't feel proud
about anything that you have

998
00:57:21,688 --> 00:57:23,481
because it was ill-gotten gains.

999
00:57:23,482 --> 00:57:26,693
I went to get an apartment.
You need a W-2.

1000
00:57:27,569 --> 00:57:29,904
Ah, you sell drugs,
they don't give you a W-2.

1001
00:57:29,905 --> 00:57:33,366
Earth Conservation Corps called
and I did a little interview with them.

1002
00:57:33,367 --> 00:57:37,870
Explained to them that whole nature thing
has always been in me.

1003
00:57:37,871 --> 00:57:38,997
I like to be outside.

1004
00:57:39,790 --> 00:57:40,707
Hear this.

1005
00:57:41,875 --> 00:57:45,044
The conservation started
basically 30 years ago.

1006
00:57:45,045 --> 00:57:49,341
We were doing a tributary
to the Anacostia River.

1007
00:57:50,217 --> 00:57:51,884
As we started cleaning the river...

1008
00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:55,596
I'm an animal junkie so I start seeing
beavers and great blue herrings,

1009
00:57:55,597 --> 00:57:59,058
and minnows and all this.
And I'm like, "Uh-oh."

1010
00:57:59,059 --> 00:58:03,854
You know, the fish, snakes,
birds come through here,

1011
00:58:03,855 --> 00:58:05,815
excited to call this place their home.

1012
00:58:05,816 --> 00:58:07,817
They have no right to destroy it.

1013
00:58:07,818 --> 00:58:09,902
They always say, "Lead by example."

1014
00:58:09,903 --> 00:58:12,489
You want change,
be the first one to change.

1015
00:58:13,198 --> 00:58:15,950
So it wasn't that
I just stopped doing everything bad

1016
00:58:15,951 --> 00:58:18,536
and all of a sudden became
this nature nut and this...

1017
00:58:18,537 --> 00:58:21,205
No, no, no. No.

1018
00:58:21,206 --> 00:58:23,416
I still was doing things and everything.

1019
00:58:23,417 --> 00:58:28,003
It just, over time, I think I was blessed
to start learning certain things

1020
00:58:28,004 --> 00:58:31,091
and seeing things
and listening to those people.

1021
00:58:32,968 --> 00:58:34,219
It taught me something.

1022
00:58:35,470 --> 00:58:37,805
And we ended up
bringing back the bald eagle,

1023
00:58:37,806 --> 00:58:39,807
reintroducing them to the DMV area.

1024
00:58:39,808 --> 00:58:43,728
Bald eagles in DC. This is where it's at.
This is where it's happening.

1025
00:58:43,729 --> 00:58:46,773
It's gonna be your whole summer,
taking care of these birds.

1026
00:58:47,441 --> 00:58:50,651
When they leave it's going to be
like losing your child.

1027
00:58:50,652 --> 00:58:54,029
You've watched them grow.
Now they're on their own.

1028
00:58:54,030 --> 00:58:55,239
You think?

1029
00:58:55,240 --> 00:58:58,994
Yeah, man, you're gonna get
attached to them... like a pet.

1030
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,913
When it first started,
I was one of the skeptics.

1031
00:59:02,914 --> 00:59:04,915
One of the doubters, you know. I didn't...

1032
00:59:04,916 --> 00:59:06,959
It didn't really make a difference to me.

1033
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:11,882
But to see them come back
and actually know that I was part of it...

1034
00:59:12,507 --> 00:59:14,008
I have a different outlook on life.

1035
00:59:14,009 --> 00:59:16,303
An entirely different outlook on life.

1036
00:59:21,016 --> 00:59:23,852
[squawking]

1037
00:59:25,061 --> 00:59:26,812
I ended up getting into falconry

1038
00:59:26,813 --> 00:59:30,108
because I love
to be surrounded by the animals.

1039
00:59:31,026 --> 00:59:33,819
You learn so much more from them,
watching them,

1040
00:59:33,820 --> 00:59:38,074
than I've ever learned from people,
on survival, on everything.

1041
00:59:38,617 --> 00:59:40,034
It's just too much to learn.

1042
00:59:40,035 --> 00:59:43,204
And I think
I've learned enough from people.

1043
00:59:43,205 --> 00:59:44,246
[chuckles]

1044
00:59:44,247 --> 00:59:47,793
[whistling]

1045
00:59:48,752 --> 00:59:50,587
You wanna fly up here?

1046
00:59:51,338 --> 00:59:55,842
Eighty-five to 95% of juvenile birds
won't make it through their first winter.

1047
00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:57,718
[whistles]

1048
00:59:57,719 --> 01:00:02,097
So a falconer technically, whether they
know it or not, are conservationists.

1049
01:00:02,098 --> 01:00:03,182
[whistles]

1050
01:00:03,183 --> 01:00:05,477
And it's a partnership
that you build with your bird.

1051
01:00:06,061 --> 01:00:07,521
[falcon whistles]

1052
01:00:08,104 --> 01:00:11,774
[Rodney] Because now when we release them,
they have a chance at survival,

1053
01:00:11,775 --> 01:00:14,569
reproducing and keeping
the population in check.

1054
01:00:20,242 --> 01:00:21,868
Man, I don't wanna let him go.

1055
01:00:23,245 --> 01:00:24,955
- But he's nice and healthy.
- [chirps]

1056
01:00:25,539 --> 01:00:27,998
We're gonna release him
and return him back to the wild.

1057
01:00:27,999 --> 01:00:29,708
When it's time to release that bird,

1058
01:00:29,709 --> 01:00:33,088
when you let that bird go,
now you feel this sense of...

1059
01:00:34,506 --> 01:00:37,425
"Yeah, I'm helping.
I did my little piece."

1060
01:00:38,343 --> 01:00:39,719
Agnes.

1061
01:00:41,179 --> 01:00:43,597
You don't like being off me. I know.

1062
01:00:43,598 --> 01:00:45,182
This is me and my babies.

1063
01:00:45,183 --> 01:00:46,267
[kisses]

1064
01:00:46,268 --> 01:00:48,353
I know. With your stinky self.

1065
01:00:50,021 --> 01:00:54,024
Some of the birds that I have
are birds that are not releasable.

1066
01:00:54,025 --> 01:00:57,152
They've been injured.
They cannot hunt on their own anymore.

1067
01:00:57,153 --> 01:00:58,822
So they can't be released.

1068
01:01:03,243 --> 01:01:08,623
The moment I get any animal,
it's my family. Instantaneously.

1069
01:01:22,721 --> 01:01:26,933
These birds are just like...
You got a pet doggie at home?

1070
01:01:27,475 --> 01:01:28,727
You got any pets at home?

1071
01:01:29,394 --> 01:01:32,730
If you love that pet,
that pet will always love you.

1072
01:01:32,731 --> 01:01:33,981
[kisses]

1073
01:01:33,982 --> 01:01:35,191
What's up, phat boy?

1074
01:01:35,817 --> 01:01:36,984
What's up, phat boy?

1075
01:01:36,985 --> 01:01:38,277
How old are you?

1076
01:01:38,278 --> 01:01:39,403
Twelve.

1077
01:01:39,404 --> 01:01:42,573
Twelve? Well, this bird's twice your age.

1078
01:01:42,574 --> 01:01:43,699
[student] Oh.

1079
01:01:43,700 --> 01:01:45,868
And you know what happened to him?

1080
01:01:45,869 --> 01:01:47,661
He broke his wing.

1081
01:01:47,662 --> 01:01:50,998
See right here?
And so he can't hunt anymore.

1082
01:01:50,999 --> 01:01:53,250
So he can only fly a short distance.

1083
01:01:53,251 --> 01:01:57,213
So he gonna need somebody to take care
of him for the rest of his life.

1084
01:01:57,797 --> 01:02:00,215
- His name is Mr. Hoost.
- [owl hoots]

1085
01:02:00,216 --> 01:02:03,344
I've had this guy for a long, long time.

1086
01:02:03,345 --> 01:02:04,637
Why is it staring at me?

1087
01:02:04,638 --> 01:02:06,013
'Cause you looking at him.

1088
01:02:06,014 --> 01:02:09,433
- [laughing]
- You looking at him, he can look at you.

1089
01:02:09,434 --> 01:02:13,020
He's not gonna stick his claws in you.
He not gonna try to hurt you.

1090
01:02:13,021 --> 01:02:14,647
He wouldn't do anything to you.

1091
01:02:14,648 --> 01:02:17,399
See, watch. Come here, phat.

1092
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:20,361
She knows you're a good person.
See how she's just sitting there?

1093
01:02:20,362 --> 01:02:21,445
She ain't make no noise,

1094
01:02:21,446 --> 01:02:24,449
and she ain't even jump off your hand
one time since she been sitting there.

1095
01:02:25,033 --> 01:02:28,410
So you must be a good person
in order for her to stay there.

1096
01:02:28,411 --> 01:02:30,454
So you know
what I'm telling you to do now?

1097
01:02:30,455 --> 01:02:32,539
Always remain a good person, okay?

1098
01:02:32,540 --> 01:02:34,208
- He eats...
- [student] He eats...

1099
01:02:34,209 --> 01:02:35,709
- mice...
- mice...

1100
01:02:35,710 --> 01:02:36,669
- rats...
- rats...

1101
01:02:36,670 --> 01:02:37,878
- snakes...
- snakes...

1102
01:02:37,879 --> 01:02:39,004
- squirrels...
- squirrels...

1103
01:02:39,005 --> 01:02:40,589
- little girls.
- li...

1104
01:02:40,590 --> 01:02:43,342
[all laughing]

1105
01:02:43,343 --> 01:02:45,427
They'll make you feel better
when you're scared,

1106
01:02:45,428 --> 01:02:49,808
when you're sick, when you're afraid
of something, and you go get him...

1107
01:02:50,892 --> 01:02:51,935
Yeah.

1108
01:02:52,602 --> 01:02:56,438
If I'm feeling bad, my animals
are gonna make me feel better.

1109
01:02:56,439 --> 01:02:59,858
I ended up going
to 33 funerals in one year.

1110
01:02:59,859 --> 01:03:03,404
And it was like... Hoost, him and I
just looked at each other.

1111
01:03:03,405 --> 01:03:04,905
And it was like he was telling me

1112
01:03:04,906 --> 01:03:07,783
he felt everything
I was going through at that moment.

1113
01:03:07,784 --> 01:03:08,867
[whistles]

1114
01:03:08,868 --> 01:03:12,956
It was, like, that instant connection.
Everything just stopped.

1115
01:03:13,456 --> 01:03:16,166
Like pain, time,
whatever you want to call...

1116
01:03:16,167 --> 01:03:17,877
Everything just stopped.

1117
01:03:30,598 --> 01:03:32,642
You know why it's called
"a moment of silence"?

1118
01:03:35,812 --> 01:03:38,940
'Cause what can you say
that really makes somebody feel better?

1119
01:03:40,608 --> 01:03:41,734
Nothing.

1120
01:03:41,735 --> 01:03:44,904
So that's why you just be quiet.
Just be present.

1121
01:03:46,698 --> 01:03:52,244
To me, everything has its healing values,
every living creature, every... whatever,

1122
01:03:52,245 --> 01:03:54,122
if you allow it.

1123
01:03:56,458 --> 01:03:57,624
My mom used to always say,

1124
01:03:57,625 --> 01:04:00,044
"This physical shell
that we're in is just that."

1125
01:04:00,045 --> 01:04:01,879
That spirit is what lives on.

1126
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:03,255
Come on.

1127
01:04:03,256 --> 01:04:05,675
I believe my animals came from the divine.

1128
01:04:06,468 --> 01:04:09,928
I named pretty much all of 'em
after someone that I've lost.

1129
01:04:09,929 --> 01:04:13,974
I have a Barbarian Mastiff dog,
her name is Buma.

1130
01:04:13,975 --> 01:04:16,061
When I was a kid, I couldn't say grandma.

1131
01:04:17,145 --> 01:04:18,228
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah.

1132
01:04:18,229 --> 01:04:21,775
So, this particular dog, Buma,
that's who you are.

1133
01:04:22,692 --> 01:04:24,693
You're telling me
you don't see that person

1134
01:04:24,694 --> 01:04:26,361
when you're looking at the animal?

1135
01:04:26,362 --> 01:04:27,363
I do.

1136
01:04:28,073 --> 01:04:29,073
Whoa. Come here.

1137
01:04:29,074 --> 01:04:31,366
My mom, her nickname was Dippy.

1138
01:04:31,367 --> 01:04:34,286
So I got a horse named Dippy.
People say, "Why?"

1139
01:04:34,287 --> 01:04:36,663
I say, "Because my mother
rode my back for all those years,

1140
01:04:36,664 --> 01:04:38,165
now I get to ride her back."

1141
01:04:38,166 --> 01:04:40,459
Just that connection with them...

1142
01:04:40,460 --> 01:04:43,088
When they're gone, they're never gone.

1143
01:04:44,089 --> 01:04:46,799
That animal,
or whatever is named after them,

1144
01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:48,467
their spirit is in there to me.

1145
01:04:48,468 --> 01:04:50,303
There you go. That's it.

1146
01:04:50,929 --> 01:04:55,766
When my mom died, I trapped a bird.
And I was saying a prayer for her.

1147
01:04:55,767 --> 01:04:58,560
And I was like, "Mom,
I'm gonna release this bird for you."

1148
01:04:58,561 --> 01:05:00,187
Fly free.

1149
01:05:00,188 --> 01:05:01,605
Take care.

1150
01:05:01,606 --> 01:05:03,398
Watch over us.

1151
01:05:03,399 --> 01:05:08,363
You may be gone physically,
but memory never forgotten.

1152
01:05:13,576 --> 01:05:15,244
And some people said,

1153
01:05:15,245 --> 01:05:19,623
"Hey, Rodney, the next time you do that,
can you add my son.

1154
01:05:19,624 --> 01:05:21,834
He was in a car accident. He was killed."

1155
01:05:21,835 --> 01:05:23,961
Somebody else would come on and say,

1156
01:05:23,962 --> 01:05:27,297
"My mother had cancer.
She died two months ago."

1157
01:05:27,298 --> 01:05:30,509
And so within, say like,
a week or so, I trapped another bird.

1158
01:05:30,510 --> 01:05:32,427
I'm gonna release him this afternoon.

1159
01:05:32,428 --> 01:05:34,721
So all the people that wanted
to put the names out

1160
01:05:34,722 --> 01:05:36,641
can go ahead and put the names out now.

1161
01:05:37,142 --> 01:05:39,393
Next thing you know,
there was like 60 names on there.

1162
01:05:39,394 --> 01:05:43,147
We got some names
to put on the wings for prayers, man.

1163
01:05:43,148 --> 01:05:44,523
"My Uncle Ronnie.

1164
01:05:44,524 --> 01:05:47,442
Big Roland, Little Roland, Uncle Charles.

1165
01:05:47,443 --> 01:05:49,111
Uncle Rags.

1166
01:05:49,112 --> 01:05:53,448
Greg, Leon, Wardy, Sherman,
Nevilles, Aaron, DeAnthony."

1167
01:05:53,449 --> 01:05:55,659
And now everybody
send me names of loved ones,

1168
01:05:55,660 --> 01:05:58,036
and I'll let my bird go. Fly it around.

1169
01:05:58,037 --> 01:06:02,166
And it's taking the names of... up on the
wings of the prayers, and stuff like that.

1170
01:06:02,167 --> 01:06:03,959
I named her Keisha,

1171
01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:05,794
after the young lady
that used to work with me

1172
01:06:05,795 --> 01:06:09,632
down at the Earth Conservation Corps,
who lost her life a few years back.

1173
01:06:10,216 --> 01:06:12,760
So we're gonna release her now
and let Keisha go.

1174
01:06:16,181 --> 01:06:20,851
When I know that somebody is hurting,
or I know that somebody...

1175
01:06:20,852 --> 01:06:24,021
I can do something and be there,
that's what I'm gonna do.

1176
01:06:24,022 --> 01:06:27,399
We just wanna send prayers out
and let them know that we love them.

1177
01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:30,695
And just 'cause you're gone
does not mean you're forgotten.

1178
01:06:34,407 --> 01:06:38,286
I look at it... what can get
closer to God than the bird?

1179
01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:44,083
And that bird's whispering
in God's ears for me right now.

1180
01:07:01,559 --> 01:07:03,478
[Adam] Aw, look. She's falling asleep.

1181
01:07:05,146 --> 01:07:07,231
Poor little old lady.

1182
01:07:07,232 --> 01:07:08,816
She just wants to be comfy.

1183
01:07:12,695 --> 01:07:16,156
We've gotten to have some just
incredible times together.

1184
01:07:16,157 --> 01:07:21,036
I'm celebrating with my valentine today.

1185
01:07:21,037 --> 01:07:22,330
[babbling]

1186
01:07:23,289 --> 01:07:26,375
And I always tried to make sure
she was part of the journey

1187
01:07:26,376 --> 01:07:27,876
and part of it with me.

1188
01:07:27,877 --> 01:07:30,796
We were very poor for a very long time.

1189
01:07:30,797 --> 01:07:34,300
Um, you know, we would share
a can of tuna together.

1190
01:07:34,801 --> 01:07:37,261
So she's seen it all.
The good, the bad, the ugly.

1191
01:07:37,262 --> 01:07:42,015
And I'm just grateful to have someone...

1192
01:07:42,016 --> 01:07:45,061
I... I know I say someone,
but someone there for me.

1193
01:07:51,651 --> 01:07:53,528
[Travis] Okay. Blue, you stay.

1194
01:07:56,447 --> 01:07:57,448
Okay.

1195
01:07:58,574 --> 01:08:00,201
[chuckling]

1196
01:08:11,629 --> 01:08:13,131
[typing]

1197
01:08:14,132 --> 01:08:16,551
[Blue whining]

1198
01:08:28,855 --> 01:08:29,856
[barks]

1199
01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:44,953
[Adam chuckles]

1200
01:08:44,954 --> 01:08:46,955
Delilah, she got up
and she started walking.

1201
01:08:46,956 --> 01:08:50,667
And now she doesn't wanna lay down,
which to me, is a great sign.

1202
01:08:50,668 --> 01:08:52,128
Do you wanna go outside?

1203
01:08:53,338 --> 01:08:56,758
I mean, she has more energy
than she's had in days.

1204
01:08:58,426 --> 01:08:59,802
[barking]

1205
01:09:01,721 --> 01:09:03,598
[chuckling]

1206
01:09:08,227 --> 01:09:09,687
Good job, D.

1207
01:09:16,402 --> 01:09:17,904
[chuckling continues]

1208
01:09:20,990 --> 01:09:22,241
There you go.

1209
01:09:27,538 --> 01:09:28,831
Good job, Delilah.

1210
01:09:30,792 --> 01:09:33,043
I was scared of, like,
losing pets and stuff.

1211
01:09:33,044 --> 01:09:37,047
They feel so fragile.
They feel like babies or like old people.

1212
01:09:37,048 --> 01:09:39,299
Like, they just feel like
you need to take care of them.

1213
01:09:39,300 --> 01:09:42,929
I remember thinking,
"Is he gonna be okay?"

1214
01:09:43,721 --> 01:09:45,680
What's gonna happen?"

1215
01:09:45,681 --> 01:09:48,517
I get so attached to them.

1216
01:09:48,518 --> 01:09:51,853
And then when, like,
one of them passes away, I'm...

1217
01:09:51,854 --> 01:09:53,688
I'm just devastated

1218
01:09:53,689 --> 01:09:57,193
because when I come home
they're not gonna be there anymore.

1219
01:10:17,839 --> 01:10:19,840
[Kristin chuckles]

1220
01:10:19,841 --> 01:10:22,384
- That's a good girl.
- [Jay] What is he doing?

1221
01:10:22,385 --> 01:10:24,469
It gets really hard when you lose 'em.

1222
01:10:24,470 --> 01:10:26,764
And you wouldn't do this
if you didn't care.

1223
01:10:27,974 --> 01:10:30,268
'Cause you care is why it hurts so much.

1224
01:10:31,144 --> 01:10:32,311
[Kristin] Hi, girl.

1225
01:10:33,604 --> 01:10:36,941
[Jay] At noon, Zippy went flying
across the yard to eat watermelon.

1226
01:10:38,151 --> 01:10:40,778
And then by dinner time,
she didn't wanna eat.

1227
01:10:41,779 --> 01:10:44,198
A pig that doesn't wanna eat
is definitely a sick pig.

1228
01:10:46,409 --> 01:10:48,244
[Kristin] We thought she was coming home.

1229
01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:50,621
Is that my baby?

1230
01:10:51,456 --> 01:10:52,999
But they were, like,

1231
01:10:53,583 --> 01:10:55,668
"This is really bad."

1232
01:10:56,753 --> 01:11:00,214
And they let Kristin go in there
and say goodbye. And we FaceTimed. And...

1233
01:11:01,299 --> 01:11:02,884
Said goodbye to my little girl.

1234
01:11:09,932 --> 01:11:10,932
It was tough.

1235
01:11:10,933 --> 01:11:13,478
- Yeah.
- [whimpering] It's still tough. [sniffles]

1236
01:11:20,067 --> 01:11:24,279
We kinda had, like, a family meeting
to talk about it.

1237
01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:26,032
They didn't wanna, like, give her up.

1238
01:11:30,328 --> 01:11:34,874
Her legs weren't working,
so we had to put her down.

1239
01:11:35,541 --> 01:11:37,710
We said our goodbyes to her.

1240
01:11:38,294 --> 01:11:39,754
And after that...

1241
01:11:41,380 --> 01:11:44,675
we hugged her the last time
and then they took her away.

1242
01:11:50,014 --> 01:11:51,808
It's just weird...

1243
01:11:52,975 --> 01:11:54,184
because they're not people.

1244
01:11:54,185 --> 01:11:57,604
But like, it feels, like, so intense.

1245
01:11:57,605 --> 01:12:01,108
And it feels like the same feeling
when, like, a human dies.

1246
01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:12,161
[Shizue, in Japanese] It's not all sad.

1247
01:12:13,788 --> 01:12:20,002
It's our responsibility as guardians
to see them off.

1248
01:12:21,254 --> 01:12:23,881
We do it to show our gratitude.

1249
01:12:33,057 --> 01:12:37,018
[Shinobu] In Japan,
we call it the rainbow bridge.

1250
01:12:37,019 --> 01:12:41,858
And we believe our pets
will be waiting for us in heaven.

1251
01:12:46,404 --> 01:12:50,156
[in English] I feel like
the rainbow bridge is what they see.

1252
01:12:50,157 --> 01:12:52,033
And then when they walk through it,

1253
01:12:52,034 --> 01:12:56,079
they see all the memories
of their owners and their family.

1254
01:12:56,080 --> 01:13:00,542
There's probably
somewhere better than Earth

1255
01:13:00,543 --> 01:13:05,255
where all of the animals, all the people
are just maybe hanging out

1256
01:13:05,256 --> 01:13:07,632
and having, like, the time of their life.

1257
01:13:07,633 --> 01:13:09,843
Now they're watching over us.

1258
01:13:09,844 --> 01:13:13,555
And if you see white butterflies,

1259
01:13:13,556 --> 01:13:16,434
those are my dogs that died.

1260
01:13:20,980 --> 01:13:23,983
I felt sad about him.
I held my other bunny.

1261
01:13:24,567 --> 01:13:28,445
And I talked about him to my parents.

1262
01:13:28,446 --> 01:13:30,947
Then we celebrated his life.

1263
01:13:30,948 --> 01:13:33,618
And we thought about
how happy a life we had.

1264
01:13:34,201 --> 01:13:35,328
You ready, man?

1265
01:13:36,078 --> 01:13:37,079
You ready?

1266
01:13:41,626 --> 01:13:44,462
Beautiful. Beautiful.

1267
01:13:45,129 --> 01:13:50,634
For me, there's no difference between
losing a human loved one, an animal.

1268
01:13:50,635 --> 01:13:54,639
Love is love is love is love.

1269
01:13:55,389 --> 01:13:57,516
[smooching]

1270
01:13:59,060 --> 01:14:03,104
They're like magical beings
sent down here to help us live our life.

1271
01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:04,189
[minister] The rings.

1272
01:14:04,190 --> 01:14:05,691
[crowd] Aw...

1273
01:14:07,109 --> 01:14:10,862
Your relationship's gonna get deeper
every single day.

1274
01:14:10,863 --> 01:14:12,740
Oh, a beauty.

1275
01:14:14,825 --> 01:14:16,201
I'm sure they love me.

1276
01:14:16,202 --> 01:14:18,913
But they can't love me more
than I love them. [chuckles]

1277
01:14:20,414 --> 01:14:25,670
[Sterling] We are all on this big ol'
floating rock in space together.

1278
01:14:27,421 --> 01:14:30,924
Animals, I think they really
bring us to our real self.

1279
01:14:30,925 --> 01:14:33,386
[cooing, murmuring]

1280
01:14:33,970 --> 01:14:36,555
[Sterling] I think that connection
and bond is important.

1281
01:14:39,684 --> 01:14:41,894
I really do feel like we need each other.

1282
01:14:43,854 --> 01:14:46,107
It's nice getting to know other creatures.

1283
01:14:46,691 --> 01:14:50,151
'Cause we are just animals, like,
at the end of the day.

1284
01:14:50,152 --> 01:14:51,237
[Trevor trilling]

1285
01:14:52,154 --> 01:14:53,405
[parent] Aw. [chuckles]

1286
01:14:53,406 --> 01:14:54,699
[dog whining]

1287
01:14:57,910 --> 01:14:58,953
[blows raspberry]

1288
01:15:01,455 --> 01:15:03,289
- [people cooing]
- [animals making sounds]

1289
01:15:03,290 --> 01:15:05,166
Good morning.

1290
01:15:05,167 --> 01:15:06,710
[Sterling laughs]

1291
01:15:06,711 --> 01:15:08,963
- [animal sounds continue]
- Yes, you're a good boy.

1292
01:15:10,006 --> 01:15:11,006
What are you doing?

1293
01:15:11,007 --> 01:15:12,841
Look at me, Daisy.

1294
01:15:12,842 --> 01:15:14,259
[people chattering]

1295
01:15:14,260 --> 01:15:17,680
The best part about pets is just pets.

1296
01:15:28,858 --> 01:15:33,611
I want her to be unique and responsible

1297
01:15:33,612 --> 01:15:35,864
and be her own person.

1298
01:15:35,865 --> 01:15:39,076
But she is a guinea pig,
so being her own guinea pig.

1299
01:15:51,380 --> 01:15:55,383
You and Dad are allergic to cats and...

1300
01:15:55,384 --> 01:15:57,677
[both] ...dogs, especially cats!

1301
01:15:57,678 --> 01:15:58,971
- Jinx.
- Yeah.

1302
01:16:11,275 --> 01:16:16,154
Um, I already had a fish,
except she died, sadly.

1303
01:16:16,155 --> 01:16:19,199
So, um, we released her in the sea.

1304
01:16:19,200 --> 01:16:22,328
And, um, I hope she didn't get eaten.

1305
01:16:30,669 --> 01:16:34,256
- If farting is a talent...
- [both laughing]

1306
01:16:34,924 --> 01:16:36,801
...I guess that's a talent for Luke.

1307
01:16:47,603 --> 01:16:48,687
[Rodney] Stay there.

1308
01:16:50,564 --> 01:16:52,191
Say if you want something different.

1309
01:16:52,775 --> 01:16:54,110
[Kristin] Hey, come back here.

1310
01:16:58,197 --> 01:16:59,239
[Jay] Jambi, I don't...

1311
01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:00,365
[chuckles]

1312
01:17:00,366 --> 01:17:02,909
- I mean, she's special.
- [Kristin] She's so funny.

1313
01:17:02,910 --> 01:17:05,037
[Jay] Like, she's just always there.

1314
01:17:05,538 --> 01:17:07,247
She's giving you weird looks.

1315
01:17:07,248 --> 01:17:10,041
She's... Sometimes she's licking doorknobs.

1316
01:17:10,042 --> 01:17:11,417
You don't really know why.

1317
01:17:11,418 --> 01:17:14,712
I think something happened upstairs
on her. I just don't know.

1318
01:17:14,713 --> 01:17:17,757
My friend, DJ, he has, like,
just five dogs now.

1319
01:17:17,758 --> 01:17:19,509
I'm like, five dogs?

1320
01:17:19,510 --> 01:17:22,470
I have four dogs, eleven fish,
one cat and one guinea pig.

1321
01:17:22,471 --> 01:17:23,556
And he's like,

1322
01:17:24,473 --> 01:17:25,390
"What?"

1323
01:17:25,391 --> 01:17:29,018
Like, what the freak?
How did I literally get my first dog?

1324
01:17:29,019 --> 01:17:31,271
It's a literal puppy...

1325
01:17:31,272 --> 01:17:35,525
At 5:00 a.m.,
he comes in and asks for food,

1326
01:17:35,526 --> 01:17:38,486
even though
it's usually sitting right outside.

1327
01:17:38,487 --> 01:17:40,905
- [blows raspberry]
- [both giggle]

1328
01:17:40,906 --> 01:17:42,949
Get a pet. Right now.

1329
01:17:42,950 --> 01:17:44,409
Get a pet.

1330
01:17:44,410 --> 01:17:46,787
[applause]