Have it Your Way

I am not a real big fan of Burger King. I never really enjoyed anything they offered there and I just find the food kind of repulsive. The only thing that I can stomach from there is the Hershey Pie (Yummy!) and the whopper. Food aside, I find it pretty creepy that their mascot is The King and it has been that since 1955. He just gives me the heebie-jeebies. The fact that in the commercials they would have him peeping in somebody’s window and sleeping next to a unsuspecting victim, is all rather disturbing. I have great anxiety towards The King, even though he is fictional, he just creeps me out. My parents believe that this is funny, so for Christmas they got me a The King pillowcase so I can “wake up with The King.” They even were considering hiring someone to dress up like him and stand outside of my window just to scare me. In my opinion, the commercials with the human/whopper family isn’t as freaky as The King. I will pick the Chihuahua and oven mitt over The King any day!

Saving a Life

Ever since I was a small child I always wanted an Aussie. I adopted Lacy, my six year old red merle Australian Shepherd from a kill shelter just before it was her time to get euthanized. When I went to pick her up from the shelter, she would act all sweet when she was towards the front of her kennel and growl and nip when she was in the back of her kennel. She even bit me when I was filling out the paperwork to adopt her, but that didn’t stop me from doing so. The way I see it, save a dogs life: Opt to adopt. I have six dogs right now, all but one were rescues. The best thing about adopting a pet from a rescue shelter is that you are saving a life. An estimated 60% of animals who enter the system at shelters are euthanized. Riley, is my blue merle Pomeranian. He’s a purebred, bought him from a breeder for 600 bucks. I love the little boy, but if I could do it all over again I would adopt a Pomeranian from a Pomeranian Rescue. The cost of a rescue cat or dog is significantly less, even if you're adopting a purebred. Quite often the animals have all of their vaccinations and are spayed or neutered, so you don't have to deal with the recuperation period either. I guess what I’m trying to get at with this blog is that I find it much more satisfying to save a dogs life rather then keeping the breeders in business by buying puppies.