I was speaking in general, thus the puppy comment when you were clearly talking about a cat.

But if you want to get specific, farm cats tend to lead rough lives. When someone on a farm wants a cat, the primary reason most people think of is pest control. This means the cat will be put out in the barn and kept hungry so…

A “little bit of blood” in no way means a biohazard tag, at least not in my area. “Human being exploded inside vehicle” does not even cause biohazard in some situations. I went to one yard to write an explorer just after I started in the business and it was a gloomy day and the vehicle had moderately dark tint. I open…

Plenty of 2wd rally cars.

Friend of mine has that gen GTO post-apocalypsed out with a mild lift. It’s badass as all get out, and ooohh the purists loathe him.

Preach it! Preach the Word, Brother Tracy!

Do some research. First off, pit bulls and similar dogs are insanely popular and by some accounts are 20-30% of the total dog population in this country. They are probably THE most popular of the breeds large enough to be capable of killing a human. As such, yeah, statistically there will be more pit bull fatalities…

Mine is listed as a lab mix on every piece of paper relating to her. And will continue to be. Anyone with eyes can tell that she’s got amstaff in her, but color is all black lab. Sweet as the dickens too.

You had me at “herd of corgis”

Step one - Assess your needs.

Having volunteered with a rescue for a couple of years now, I can safely say that significant majority of rescue pups (at least in my rescue) have the mom right there, or at least someone in the rescue got to meet the mom. Our rescue was very pointed in that policy said they always got the mom when they picked up a…

One of the folks that adopted a pup from the rescue I volunteer with did the DNA test and it came back impossibly muddled. The test place sent her a non-form letter apologizing and said her dog was a “super mutt” with the most mixed DNA they’d ever seen. And they refunded every cent of her money without her asking. I…

Because breed-specific. They can afford to be picky. You want a golden-eyed umptyfratz dog? They’re the only game in town and they know it. So they can absolutely make you jump through hoops.

Clearly you know nothing about the human adoption process.

Pits are because of insurance discrimination.

Pit bulls are screwed by the insurance industry, because of the media. They’re a glut of pits and pits mixes in basically every area because so many places refuse to allow them, and so many shitheaded pit owners think their dogs are better intact.

Because that dog will be around other dogs. Dogs that are the boarders’ responsibility to keep safe. And that means safe from your dog’s lack of vaccines, lack of grooming, lack of training, and dog aggression. The paperwork and meeting are there to show the dog is not going to bring the plague to the kennel and is…

Dogs in pet stores are generally born in puppy mills, have zero socialization, poor breeding, and are emotional wrecks from being kept in tiny cubes for viewing.

Good, motivated owners will accept the procedural hassles. Dilettantes that see a cute widdle puppy and want her now won’t.

No, it’s not a bit much. I’ve worked with a rescue for a couple of years now. It’s not too much because bring-backs SUCK.

This very much. Nick Ienatsch advises the same thing, and learned it from his dad (also a race driver). People often ask me about downshifting, about holding the car with the clutch, etc. The answer is always the same: “Which is cheaper to replace, your brake pads, or your clutch?”

Since I read Ienatsch’s advice, I’ve…