Thank you all for the warm welcome and thoughtful responses! I wasn't able to reply as swiftly as I'd hoped -- I'd been browsing the site at work for a few days, but shortly after I posted that the filter decided to start blocking the site. (I was surprised that it hadn't picked it up to begin with....

Hi all. (Sorry in advance for the long post; perhaps just best to skip to the bottom.) I picked up MoP almost a year ago after having been out of the game for about two years and eagerly jumped right into pet battling/collecting. I hadn't been into it very long when I first caught wind of breeds, bu...