Thanks Sarah, I'll keep that in mind.

What with Ed's and John's pics of their pups, and Judy's pic of Gunnar as a pup, I'm feeling the heartstring tugs again. Balls of fluff, little darlings!

John, you might consider switching from kibble to a raw diet for your finicky eater. It's good for them and it's species appropriate, and now with all the kibble recalls, it's the safest way to go. If you do, you can get tons of info about it here on the forum as well as Cindy Rhode's article: http://leerburg.com/feedingarawdiet.htm

Sandy, look out, cuz I'll be posting a pic of me with puppy in arms soon too! Babies all over the board! Jason at von Sidener *might* still have a pup available, just give him a call.

Michele, if I had twice the energy I'd have another puppy in a flash. What with Lear, I realize it would be more than twice the energy, more like 3 times to deal with 2 pups. The only thing harder for me than having two nine 8 week old puppies (would SO love to), is having one huge 9 mo puppy and one 8 week old one. I know my limits

But the temptation is ever there; I work at keeping it suppressed.

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...two nine 8 week old puppies ...

Meant to say two 8 week old puppies

Sandy, I know what you mean; I even have the name picked out for a female!

I have to say though, sometimes it seems that I don't have enough hours in the day for my pup and my Corgi. I don't know what I'd do with another high-energy dog. My family would disown me!

Yes I plan on switching to a RAW diet soon. I just want Eisso to go through his adjustment phase (probably 3 weeks to a month): then I'll introduce him to chicken necks, chicken liver and gizzards. He's on a lactose free infant (human) milk with some multivitamins and ascorbic acid. He's adjusting beautifully. What I've posted about him not having enough drive yet has changed today. I've been giving him drive and focus exercises already and he won't let go of the ball now! Strong grip and pull for a little black and tan blob! It's my first time to own a dog at 2 months (I usually had dogs from 10 months old) and my you do get surprised with the changes almost everyday.

John what is your puppies or sire/dame registered name?

Mojo seems to be having an issue going for a walk. He dosen't want to leave the house. I carry him down the 20 stairs to go pee, then as soon as he's done, he starts pulling on the leash to go back inside. We usually walk about 200 ft to a large grassy area to play. He's trouble all the way there pulling back toward the house, but after we get there he starts to play as usual. When were done he pulls the leash dragging me home all the way. I've tried bribing him on the walk to play area and it works a little better but I should not have to bribe him the whole walk to the play area. I don't understand why he's fighting me the short walk to the play area. Any ideas?

My pup did EXACTLY the same thing. He would also whine and try to nip at my clothes and tug me back toward the house. I was really concerned about this and even posted here about it. I was worried he'd remain insecure about going new places.

What I can tell you from my personal experience is: He'll outgrow it, don't worry! It took Carbon a while. What I did was take him on the short walk to the play area and then I started feeding him his meals there for awhile. That seemed to help a lot. Then, after a week or two, I'd have small treats (Zuke's Naturals) that were strong smelling, and I'd get his attention with them and throw it a short distance away into the grass or snow and let him sniff it out.

Also, I would walk a regular route until he seemed comfortable (as in no whining) and then I would start extending it by about 50 feet or so every day and then a treat.

Carbon is now almost 6 months old and has no problem going new places. He still tries to pull a little more going home if given free reign, but he'll stay in a heel no problem.

My advice would be to make it really fun and have patience. I was worried, too, but all for naught!