Big day yesterday. I was glued to the television, cheering on This Team over That Team. It was the best. When That Guy ran over the line? Best feeling ever. It was like having Raylon Givens as *my* town's sheriff (Yes, I know he's a US Marshal or whatnot. Just go with it) and having the Tardis land on my back yard.
But, the best of feel was, of course, for this. Look at the wee puppy! they said. Look at the (ridiculously clean cut, very well dressed and *clean*) people! Look at the lovely horsies! I'm not a fan of horses. Friend Y (who I've known since a kid) lives with her bloke in a horse boarding farm in Maryland. Horses are giant and have large teeth.
But, puppies! you say. PUPPIES! How can you not like puppies? Looks like the woman bred them, doesn't it? Do you know how many dogs and cats are killed each day in US shelter? It's 3-4 million, each year according to the Humane Society. That's 1 every 11 seconds. Want a dog? Go to your bloody shelter, not to the pretty woman who happens to have 8 perfect-looking labrador puppies (most popular in US and also the most abandoned in shelters because you know what? Turns out labs are highly active and need a lot of exercise). Want a lab? Well, there are rescues that just focus on specific breeds. Go find one.
Labs. There's the other thing. A lovely golden lab (black dogs don't get adopted as often). There's not many of those around. So what if you watch this advert, get all the feels, go rescue (or buy, more likely) a perfect golden lab and find out it's a damned puppy. It pees everywhere. It chews things. It makes little whiny noises. It needs taking out *all* the damned time. Well, that's all right, isn't it? Just take it to the local shelter and go home and knock back a can of bud.
But, the best of feel was, of course, for this. Look at the wee puppy! they said. Look at the (ridiculously clean cut, very well dressed and *clean*) people! Look at the lovely horsies! I'm not a fan of horses. Friend Y (who I've known since a kid) lives with her bloke in a horse boarding farm in Maryland. Horses are giant and have large teeth.
But, puppies! you say. PUPPIES! How can you not like puppies? Looks like the woman bred them, doesn't it? Do you know how many dogs and cats are killed each day in US shelter? It's 3-4 million, each year according to the Humane Society. That's 1 every 11 seconds. Want a dog? Go to your bloody shelter, not to the pretty woman who happens to have 8 perfect-looking labrador puppies (most popular in US and also the most abandoned in shelters because you know what? Turns out labs are highly active and need a lot of exercise). Want a lab? Well, there are rescues that just focus on specific breeds. Go find one.
Labs. There's the other thing. A lovely golden lab (black dogs don't get adopted as often). There's not many of those around. So what if you watch this advert, get all the feels, go rescue (or buy, more likely) a perfect golden lab and find out it's a damned puppy. It pees everywhere. It chews things. It makes little whiny noises. It needs taking out *all* the damned time. Well, that's all right, isn't it? Just take it to the local shelter and go home and knock back a can of bud.
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