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...