[He shrugged with a lopsided grin. Why not make cats if you're making dogs? He could probably make ferrets or birds or whatever else if someone asked.

But he lit up with the interest. The puppy, in the meantime, is on cloud nine and wiggling this way and that.]

Sure, man. I've been workin' on some really minky fabric too, so like... hold up, hold up-

[He retrieved his notepad and took a minute to scratch up a rough sketch of what had to be a mountain of fluff with a face.]

I saw these kinds'a cats in pictures and I love 'em. Is somethin' like this shape up your alley? If there's a particular color ya want I can work from there. I mean, it could be purple or somethin', doesn't need to be a real cat color.