Before my short lived pre-teenage career in newspaper delivery, I had no idea that dogs could run 100+ mph.  It turns out that every dog in my neighborhood could, and they chased me like my pockets were full of delicious steak.  The highlight of every dog’s day was when I tried to sneak up to the front door with my GIANT yellow newspaper bag that might as well have said “attack me” on the side of it.  Looking back, I think I spent about 10% of my delivery time actually delivering newspapers, and 90% throttling my BMX away from the fastest dogs in the entire universe.  For years this traumatized me into fearing dogs and all other animals for that matter.  For all I knew – horses, cows, sheep, Bison, and turtles could chase me down, knock me off my bike and bite my legs.  Luckily for me, this all changed in high school.  A good friend of mine got a dog that was the biggest, scariest looking, friendliest, most lovable dog you could ever imagine.  This dog was the turning point for me & animals.  So since cars are my passion and animals are just plain fun, I put together this animal & car – friendly photo collage for your enjoyment. » Continue reading more of this post…