haha that kids messages is mean.... that team sounds pretty reasonable enough to beat the gym leader. i would say evolve growlithe now because he is awful as growlithe. its definally not worth learning the good moves to have that scrub on the team. just go to the pokeathalon place to find a fire...
the only joke i know is "how does a farmer count cows? with a cow-culater" i need more jokes to put in my joke book. you might ask why do u have a joke book if u only have one joke? i found it under my bed so i decided to add to it