Olympians and their Pets: Pat Deneen - Freestyle Skiing

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Pets: A horse named Spud, a donkey named Mr. Don Key, a miniature donkey named Carlos, four dogs and two cats.

Q: You have so many pets! Tell us about them.

The horse is named Spud. The large donkey is named Mr. Don Key, and he was a BLM (Bureau of Land Management) donkey that we rescued a number of years ago. The miniature donkey's name is Carlos.

The red flying dog is named Hershey, the white faced dog is named Crusty (after Crusty the Clown from the Simpsons), and the black and white dog is named Munchy.

Also, the black and white dog in the picture of me riding in the cowboy hat is named Katie. She is the mother of Munchy and Crusty, and Hershey is the father. I also have two cats.

named Chopper (because we found him at Price Chopper store) and Spooner.

Check out other Olympians that love their pets:

• Daron Rhalves - Freestyle Skiing
• Debbie McCormick - Women's Curling
• Ellery Hollingsworth - Snowboarding
• Erin Hamlin - Women's Luge
• Kikkan Randall - Cross Country Skiing
• Lindsey Jacobellis - Snowboarding
• Mirai Nagasu - Figure Skating
• Pat Deneen - Freestyle Skiing
• Steve "The Fish" Fisher - Snowboarding
• Elena Hight - Snowboarding
• Jen Rodriguez - Women's Speed Skating
• Jeret "Speedy" Peterson - Aerial Skiing
• Jessie Vetter - Women's Hockey
• Johnny Spillane - Nordic Combined Skiing
• Katie Uhlaender - Skeleton Racing
• Lowell Bailey - Biathlon
• Hannah Kearney - Mogul Skiing