Suddenly, it's like every day I'm hearing from somebody. It's just absolutely thrilling.

We're tired of hearing about proposals from D.C. and seeing how that's going to affect our communities. We want the legislators to hear from our community before some of these bills get to them.

Lost dogs, especially like this one with a skittish temperament, are likely not going to come up to people.

I get e-mail and phone calls from people [nationwide] begging me to come out and find their pet. Even if I did that just in Fresno now I'd never be able to do the training that needs to be done to grow this.

I cannot be available for the election campaign. This is not possible. Every day there is a hearing.

It's an important day for an early settlement. You can always settle when you get to the hearing, but if we're going to settle early we're going to settle (today).