It's because it's his personal life. If Jake had noticed, Cougar searched for very little outside of hat suppliers, weather, and the occasional check in to see what his sisters are up to (despite the fact that his parents would never let him contact them). He leans down to dig his fingers into the dog's fur, hushing him with a soothing, "Calmate", though he never takes his eyes off Jake.

"It wasn't important to the team," is his heated reply. "Why should I have told you?"