All good, sorry for your loss my friend. We lost Kalie our Boston, after 15 years, she hated that roomba vacuum, would step on button to shut it off. Took two year to get Sadie. I like pets much more than most people I meet.
No mandates required, natural selection will take care of it. That being said, the strong will be strong because they have the instinct to be trained and better prepared to deal with with "situations" as they present themselves. All others will fall behind from from the weight of conformation.
I spent several years out of high-school modifying 2spd power glides to fit VDrive drag boats (Lake Travis/Marble Falls), our shop also built the baddest stallspeed converters in Tejas at the time. Moved from there to tool and die shop, all the while involved in the dirt track scene as drive...
VZ alien g10 on both the Oprator and the Trp Operator full rail. Definitely not for the softer handed folks out there. Grips are part of a system that should be fine tuned for the individual, find what works for you. No right or wrong as long as you can do work.