“If forty bucks is still too much for you, there are wonderful free puppies in cardboard boxes all over town.”
I don’t know what happened to the puppy store, either, but there sure are a lot of new puppies out there. And here’s something else I didn’t know – the big-duh secret sauce of the puppy business: Puppies are financed. Just like used cars – and I mean just like used cars.
How stupid is that? For forty bucks at the pound you can get a better dog, and they’ll throw in a nylon lead. Fussy about purebreds – because you like ’em hot and crazy? Over the years, we scored two Bloodhounds, an English Coonhound and a Redbone Coonhound – all purebred, all rescues.
It happens that I am socializing a four-figure dog just now – paid for in cash, I should note – a French Bulldog named Cleo, and I love her to distraction. But the dog who loved me best in the world was Shyly, a Chow/Labrador mutt, an Arizona disaster with four inches of black fur in all directions, passed on twice by other families. Smart, fun, loyal, always by my side.
A few weeks ago, Cleo and I met a nerdy couple at the park – with their puppy and their dog trainer. The dog was a Belgian Malinois – TV-famous for running down Islamofascist terrorists. Why were they buying dog training? Because they were overmatched by their oh-so-fashionable, hyper-dominant puppy. The dog was literally taking over, blocking their access in their own home – itself probably also too much for them!
Funny to me, anyway – this Scottish Terrier couple with a GI Joe dog. It’s funnier still to think that the dog might be financed – at credit-card interest.
In other news:
Housing Wire: Housing starts are rising, despite cost to buyers.
Housing Wire: Scottsdale housing market: Not just for snowbirds anymore.
Rob Hahn: What Are Financial Investors Thinking?
City Journal: The Monster Is in the Classroom: Schools indoctrinate children as young as eight in race and gender essentialism.
