Oliver winces as he bends down, more or less expecting for him to get his hand chewed off. The dog obviously likes this arrangement better though since no such thing happens. It's at least happier if not totally satisfied being held like that.

"Not recently."

He's not sure he has anything useful he can say, but he does feel a little bad at how he'd reacted initially. He's just a nice guy trying to get a lost dog back home.

"Where did you find him?"