About this episode
The episode discusses the considerations and challenges of choosing a puppy, particularly from rescue situations.
You can fall in love with a puppy in five seconds, then spend the next five years managing the fallout. Meg and Kassidy record from a hotel room in San Luis Obispo after driving up to meet a rescue litter of Australian Cattle Dog puppies, and we get very honest about how we decide whether we should bring one home at all. We talk rescue sourcing, what “backyard bred” can mean in practice, and the uncomfortable but real spay abort debate that shows up in shelter medicine and rescue culture.&nbs...
People in this episode
Host: Meghan Dougherty
Guest: Kassidy
Topics covered
- puppy selection
- rescue dogs
- shelter medicine
- spay abort debate
- dog breeding
Keywords
- puppy
- rescue
- Australian Cattle Dog
- shelter
- spay abort
- dog breeding
- pet adoption
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Australian Cattle Dog, shelter medicine, rescue culture
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