This story has been hitting a nerve since it broke because I think these agencies can really go overboard with their rules sometimes.

I was a t a pet adoption agency several weeks ago and saw an older female dog who looked very sweet. She had a skin condition and would have to be given daily medications.

My wife and I discussed it and I began talking to the agency rep. She said that she would need me to fill out an application: OK., they would call my vet to see how I take care of my other pets: um, OK., they would need to come to our house to see the environment the dog would be living in: OK. I agreed to all of these. she then asked about my two other dogs and if they stayed indoors or outdoors. I told them they were outside during the day till we came home from work, then they came in and slept indoors at night.

She said they couldn't let me adopt the dog - or any other dog because they had a strict policy to not allow their dogs to stay outside unattended. Despite the fact that we have a well fenced yard with locks, the agency rep would have preferred I keep the dog locked in a crate inside our house for 8 hours each day. I told her that that policy was absolutely absurd. She didn't seem to care.

Unfortunately, that poor dog will probably live out its days in a cage instead of with a family that really wanted another dog.

I will never adopt a pet from an agency in the future due to their arcane policies.

Used to deal with a law firm called Boring & Leach

Is it ironic that the ad on the linked page is for McDonalds?

I just put a can in an icechest and spin it myself for about a minute. Bottle work too. Then to decrease the fizz on a can, just tap the top of the can about five or six times before opening.