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Speaker 2: This is Pet Life Radio. Let's Talk pets.

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Speaker 3: Hello, cat levers, Welcome to Catachud. I'm your show host,

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nachelle Ferne. What a special show do I have for

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you today? I have not one but three guests today

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and we're going to talk about life advice from a

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very special feeline. So stay tuned. We'll be right back.

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Speaker 5: Let's talk pets on Petlife Radio dot com.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back everyone. I'd like to welcome John Riddle and

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his grandsons Alex and Gavin. Welcome, gentlemen.

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Speaker 6: Thank you for having us.

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Speaker 3: I'm so excited to have you. So you, all three

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of you wrote this clever little book called Life Advice

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from mister Dill Pickles.

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Speaker 6: Yes, it was a fun project to work on together.

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Speaker 3: So, John, you're an author, you've written many many books, yes, right,

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and you decided have you written a book with your

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grandsons before?

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Speaker 6: No, this is the first book I've written with my grandsons.

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Some years ago, I wrote a book with my oldest daughter,

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Bonnie when she was in college. So it's always fun

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to write the books with people in your family. And

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I'm so happy that the two of my grandsons said, hey,

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we'll do the book with you, as long as our

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cat can do.

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Speaker 7: It as well.

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Speaker 3: Oh that was the thing. Okay, so as long as

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the cat could do it. And is there an age

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range for this book?

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Speaker 6: Well, actually, if you can read and you'd like to laugh,

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there's really no age limit. Or you've had people in

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their young elementary school to their senior senior years and

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they've sent us messages and emails and they just think

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the book is just so outrageously funny.

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Speaker 3: Very funny and really cool. So you gave me a

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little hint here. But is there a real mister Dill

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Pickles who inspired books? Okay? So first, how did you

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get the name Del Pickles or mister Dill Pickles? But

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I didn't understand the mister but Dill pickles.

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Speaker 7: Me and my brother like to eat pickles, and it's

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one of our favorite foods.

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Speaker 3: But you had to add the dill. You only like

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the dill pickles. Yeah, no gurkins, no sweet bread and

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butter pickles for you guys.

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Speaker 6: Right right. And they thought mister Jill Pickles sound he

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kind of glassy, so that one stuck.

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Speaker 3: Yes, very classy. Not only do I love cats, but

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I also love pickles. So tell us about the real

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mister Dell Pickles.

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Speaker 7: He really likes to play and he's very energetic, okay.

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Speaker 3: And what kind of a cat? Is he a certain

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breed or just a mix? Was he rescue?

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Speaker 6: He's a tux feedo cat, And once he got to

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the house, he pretty much decided he was going to

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be the king of the castle.

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Speaker 3: Like don't they all right? I have a tux too,

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But yours has a better name minus Molly heres his

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You know, mister Dell Pickles, which sounds very fancy. Does

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he like pickles? He like to like dim He doesn't

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really eat him, doesn't really eat him, okay, not up

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his alle. Okay, So tell me what makes mister Dill

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pickles qualified to give life advice. John, do you want

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to take this one?

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Speaker 6: Well, the kids want to add something first?

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Speaker 7: Oh is Thredi pickle wolves that he is filled with

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great wisdom and being a generous cat that he is,

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he wanted to pass along some advice.

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, very good? And then John, what did

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you think of having, you know, mister dill Pickles give

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life advice?

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Speaker 6: Well, I figured, like you said, with all cats they

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feel like they rule the ruse through the king of

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the castle. So I figured misterill Pickles would certainly have

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a lot to say about advice for cats and really

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as humans for will if you read between the lines.

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Speaker 3: Yep, I do, got it. Let's talk about some of

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the more poignant pieces of advice that are in the book.

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What would you say are some because you have several

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y'all like you pegment which.

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Speaker 7: Especially at their pam, they need to know you have thoughts. Okay,

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and show love in weird ways. Headbuts burrang for presenting

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a half dead mouse.

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Speaker 6: They'll get it.

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Speaker 3: Oh, so you think that is one of the best

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pieces of advice when the cat brings you a reward. Yes,

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So I have to say the only thing my cat's

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brought me was a lizard because I'm in South Florida,

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and I'm okay with that. I don't know if I

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would do so well with the border of rodent. Has

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mister dol Pickles brought you either of those things?

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Speaker 7: Not really yet. But he's still quite young.

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Speaker 3: Oh how old is he?

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Speaker 7: He just turned a year a couple months ago.

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Speaker 3: Ah, so pretty much. It's kind of like a kitten still, John,

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what is your favorite piece of advice in the book?

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Speaker 6: Favor piece of advice is actually two of them. It's

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number five, never come when cold and also at closed doors,

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because what cat does not like to meal? I'll be

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trying the door is closed.

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Speaker 3: That is so true. Actually, my partner, I'll see him,

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you know, we both work from home, and I'll see

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him on the couch. What's happening done to the day? No,

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Molly wanted me to come sit with her. Said, really,

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you can't just ignore the me out. No, I cannot.

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So so true. And you know I have to say

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the advice number six star into the void and the

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fact that you put the cat fun cat that cats

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can see euv lights. I had another guest tell me

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that they called it cat TV when cats just stare

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at nothing like your couch cushion or the wall, just

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glaze over staring like that.

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Speaker 6: They do love to stare, that's for sure.

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Speaker 3: I think that's one of their specialties. Okay, how did

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you come up with the cat fun packs?

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Speaker 6: I figured, along with the advice from mister Jil Pickle,

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there should be a fun fact. It's kind of semi

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serious and sometime I'm serious, so we thought that would

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be a nice mix. And based on reader feedback, they

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liked both the funny advice from mister Jill Pickles and

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the cat fundbacks.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I love both. I love both and so true.

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I'm reading the Cat Fun Packs and I've been doing

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cat Tea for eight years, so I've learned a lot

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of facts about cats. Whatever I didn't know, I'm still,

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you know, I'm learning as I go, but I've learned

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so much. And yeah, all the cat fun facts were like, okay,

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nod yep, I got that. I remember hearing that. Okay.

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I don't think I heard from both the boys any more. Favorites,

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Alex Gavin, do you have a favorite piece of advice?

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Speaker 7: I like the cats love sunbathing because it helps them

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stay warm, plus it's basically a spot treatment. Oh yes,

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one of my favorites is cats prefer crinkly paper and

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bottle caps over toys because chaos is priceless.

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Speaker 3: Oh yes, so true. Here's one of my favorites. I

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can't find the chapter, but I remember it really Oh,

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sleeping impossible shapes. You know people have had the saying

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cats are liquid. Yes, I actually have a show on

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that too. It's It's hard, this s broke book. That

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brings a lot of memories, which also makes it great.

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But I had a show like that too. And cats

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just yeah, they just make themselves fit anywhere. So yes,

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which is mind boggling and so true. All of a sudden,

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you're looking down and have you, guys ever had mister

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dill Pickles hide like in your closet and not realized

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he'd got in there and went to look for something,

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and the cat just jumped out at you.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, he lost the hide in the bathroom, and whenever

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someone walks by, he'll jump out at them.

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Speaker 3: I'll tell you another favorite, because this actually happened. Which

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chapter is the one where the cat attacks your toes?

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Speaker 6: Not sure it's a moment, but I do know that

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when my wife and I were visiting their house in

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North Carolina last year and we stayed overnight. Mister dill

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Pickles is such a ninja cat. Because I tried to

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close the bedroom door so he wouldn't get in, and

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I don't know how he did it. Literally, within like

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a half a second, he dared it in and I

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didn't know it, and he's under the bed. All of

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a sudden, I hear this cat noise in the middle

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of the night. I realized he got in somehow.

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Speaker 3: That's clever. He's definitely good to give advice. You mentioned

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this in the book, but I can't recall the chapter

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how cats like to attack things, especially toes, and they

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seem to be you know, it's the middle of the

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night or early morning or right when you're going to sleep,

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and if you're moving around you see something moving under

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the blanket, they're ready to attack and you know, hello,

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it's my foot. Do not attack. But yep, they're very

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interesting creatures. All right, we're going to take a short

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break and we'll be right back.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back everyone. We're talking to the authors of life

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Advice from mister Dill Pickles. We're talking to John Alex

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and Gavin so gentlemen, we talked about this a little

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bit in the first part. But what made you decide, Okay,

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I'm going to write a book and we're going to

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write it together. What was it? Did you get the cat?

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It was app do you have, mister del Pickles, I'm sure.

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Speaker 6: As you know. I'm the founder of I Love to

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Write Day, which is a grassroots campaign I launched in

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two thousand and two to have people of all ages

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spend time writing every November fifteenth. I believe that everyone

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should write a book, even a cat. And when my

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oldest daughter, Bonnie was in college, we co wrote a

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book called for God and Country. When there was a

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chance to write a book with two of my grandsons

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and mister Dill Pickles, I jumped right in and.

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Speaker 3: Boys, what lead you decide?

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Speaker 7: I wanted to write the book. Video would be a

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fun way, and I've alreadys wanted to write a book,

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and I want it would be a cool idea. And

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I've always loved writing, so I wanted to connect with

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my public.

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Speaker 3: Well, I admire all of you. You know, it's on

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my bucket list to write a book. I love to read,

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so it's on my list, all right, let's talk about

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some more about like advice with mister del Pickles. Do

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you think the book that this is a little far

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of a stretch in a sense, but maybe not. I

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think that the one of the underlying messages for the

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book is that it can help people understand cats better,

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especially since you have the cat fun fact at the

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end of very chapter. So do you think by helping

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people understand cats better that it might help with cat adoption?

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Speaker 7: I think it could help with cat adoption and showing

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how funny and cute cats can be. I think it

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could help people adopt cats.

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Speaker 6: Let's face it, cats need love, people need love, So

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it's win win for everyone, exactly.

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Speaker 3: You know what they say, You can't adopt one, you

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have to adopt two at a time. So does mister

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don't Pickles have a partner?

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Speaker 6: Not yet?

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Speaker 3: Well, you guys, not everybody can adopt two cats one.

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So mine came. I had one, and then two came together,

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and then another two came the other. But yeah, I

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had five at one time, but two were like community

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outdoor cats, five and two dogs a lot of fur

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in the house. But I always think that there is

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some truth to the fact that cats the joy. And

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the wonder of cats is that you don't understand them

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and that's what makes them so special. And I think

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it's important to get that message out. And once people

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get the message, then they're like, you know, I have

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to look at it a different way because there's that

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misconception that cats are like small dogs. So I think

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your book can help people understand caps better and realize

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how quirky they are and fun and you know, they

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just have a lot of attitudes and their way of

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doing things and it doesn't mean it's wrong. So that's

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one of the messages I kind of got from your book.

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Speaker 6: It's true cats do bring a lot of joy into

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our lives, don't they.

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Speaker 3: They sure do, and bizarre happenings too, So everybody from

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you know, I have a very large listening audience for Catitude,

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which I'm grateful for. Why should listeners read the book?

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Why should listeners read life advice from mister Dell Pickles?

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Speaker 6: Well, basically it's perfect for cat lovers, humor fans, and

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anyone in death need of sarcastic life advice. Life Advice

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from mister Dill Pickles reminds us that sometimes the best

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way to face the world is with flaws out, tail

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high and zero apologies.

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Speaker 3: You know what that needs to be on a T

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shirt and a coffee.

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Speaker 6: Bug or a bumper sticker. What's something sticker?

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Speaker 3: Something like that. Yes, that's a great way to put it.

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So if you could give I know I asked a

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question like this earlier, but if you could give a

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person one piece of advice from the life advice from

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mister Dill Pickles, what would you tell them might not

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be your favorite, but one piece of advice from the

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entire book.

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Speaker 6: Oh, let's go. I'd have to narrow it down here

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that you should understand that cats love to knock things over,

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especially if it's important to you. But you shouldn't take

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it personally because gravity is lifestyle choryes for cats. Is

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they see something on the edge of a table or

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a counter, they just want to jump up and push

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it aside. So don't take it personally. But CAATs do

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love to knock things over, as all cat lovers know.

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Speaker 3: Very good. So let's talk about the future. Is there

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another book coming from mister Dill Pickles.

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Speaker 6: Yes, yes, look for his next book on Amazon in

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early November and it'll be titled a Cat's Guide to

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Surviving the Holidays, a humorous yet insightful look at the

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holiday season through the eyes of a wise, sassy tuxedo cat,

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with lots of laughs and a sprinkle of advice about

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cat safety around trees, lights, visitors, and more.

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Speaker 3: Oh, yes, that's important. So can you give us a

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little any kind of little hints on though maybe one

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of the things you'll be discussing in your book.

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Speaker 6: We're going to be covering such things as lights, twinkle

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and shock, while chewing wires is a bad idea, ornaments,

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shiny spears of doom, they are too much fun, and

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fake tree versus real tree, which tastes better. So we'll

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be indressing a whole bunch of cat holiday fun facts

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and laugh out loud shidbits.

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Speaker 3: Are you can have any recipes for the holidays for cats?

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Speaker 6: Well, we're thinking about that. We've asked mister Dill Pickles

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if he had any favorite recipes and he's kind of

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looked at us and said, yeah, So I think that's

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a positive answer.

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Speaker 3: Yes, that's very positive. Is the holiday season we're talking?

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Probably Christmas time? Thanksgiving time? Is that mister del Pickles's

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favorite time year?

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Speaker 6: Yes, it's his favorite once he gets through Halloween, and

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he loves to dress up for Halloween. He's just ready

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for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and he likes to ring in the

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New Year with his little fancy hat on.

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Speaker 3: Okay, great, well we're close to Halloween now, so what's

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he going to be for Halloween?

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Speaker 6: Well, he's looking at maybe a baby Yoda costume, but

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we're not really sure. He likes to change his mind

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at the last minute.

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Speaker 3: Oh, typical cat. Like So, mister dill Pickles is a

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tuxedo cat. Boys, if you were going to get a

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playmate for him, say tomorrow, what type of cat would

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mister Dill Pickles get along the best with.

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Speaker 7: I don't know, maybe another tuxedo cat, so they're similar.

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Speaker 6: What about sphinx that would be a good Yeah. I

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bet the sphinx cat will also run and write a

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book as well.

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Speaker 3: You know, Sphinx cats are a very high maintenance. I

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almost adopted one, and then I didn't think my cat

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crew would like it, and I was afraid he would

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get hurt. I have very unusual cats, well in my mind,

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but they're probably not you think you'd get along with

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the sphinx.

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Speaker 6: Maybe we'd have to read up on first just to

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see what just what the likes and quirks are.

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Speaker 3: Right, Well, they're high maintenance, that's what I know of them. Gentlemen,

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you've written a wonderful book. Where can people purchase it?

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Speaker 6: Well, you can purchase life Advice from mister Dill Pickles

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on Amazon, or you can visit the official website at

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mister Dill picklesdcat dot com. And in a few weeks

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mister Dill Pickles will have his own line of merchandise hats, mugs,

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Speaker 3: Well, that's exciting. And his website again is mister Dill

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Pickles the chat, Yes.

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Speaker 6: Mister Dill picklescat dot com. And we'll send you a

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some of the merchandise as soon as we had copies.

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Speaker 3: If you get another cat, or you can name him,

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I don't know, after another vegetable or condiment. Some people

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think of pickles as a condiment, which is not it's

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a vegetable.

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Speaker 7: If we got a new cat, I would want to

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name him cucumber.

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Speaker 3: Cucumber. Oh, so okay, so we're keeping in with the

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Pickle family, Yes, yes, doll Pickles a memory of cucumber, which,

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of course, so we're pickles. I'm rid on.

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Speaker 7: I love that.

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Speaker 3: So gentlemen, it's been so much fun having you on

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this show. Before we go, mister doll Pickles looks like

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he is a very generous fellow. Does he do anything charitable?

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Speaker 6: He'll be donating a part of the proceeds of his

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monthly rotation from Amazon to cat rescue place, one in

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North Carolina and one in Delaware.

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Speaker 3: That's wonderful. Was mister dill Pickles from a rescue?

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Speaker 7: We got mister Pickles from a friend who had kittens.

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Speaker 3: So he's rescue. Yep, that's a rescue, so which they're

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the best cats. Well, I want to thank you all

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for coming on Cata Tude and telling us all about

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life advice from mister dill Pickles.

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Speaker 6: Well, thank you for having us. We appreciate it very much.

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And as mister Dill Pickles would like to leave with

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one piece of advice, he says, live long and me ou,

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I love it.

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Speaker 3: That's another one that I would like on a T shirt.

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Thank you so much to all my feline friends. I

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hope you enjoyed the show. Be sure to check out

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this book. It's it's a really cool little book and

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you know holidays are coming up. It makes a great gift.

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Life advice from mister Dill Pickles by John Riddle and

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Alex and Gavin, and it's sold on Amazon. We will

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have all the information up on this episode show page

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as well, and the website is mister Dill picklesthecat dot com.

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So thank you again so much for listening. Thank you

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to my guest, yes Is, for coming on Catitude. Thank

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you to my cat crew. That was very amusing as

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I read the book and said, yep, that's Dennis, that's Charlotte,

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Oh that's Mollie. You know, everything reminded me of my

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cat crew. So thank you Dennis, Charlotte, Mollie, and of course,

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thank you so much to my producer, Mark Winter for

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working your magic and making every show sound amazing. Now remember,

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use the attitude, have Catitude

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Speaker 5: Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on PETLVE

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