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I forwarded it to the shelter I used to foster for when I lived in St. Petersburg, FL, which is about 2-3 hours north of Bonita Springs. Horrible stuff...

Sorry about the BP - I hope you're ok! Kinda funny that you've been wishing and hoping to get going, and now you'll be tryin' to hold her in until hubby gets home! July is Cancer the Crab - I have two Cancer babies and they are both super sweet and super mellow!

Well???

RE: mouthing - I just took a puppy class with Kai, my dobie/aussie mix. They said to put 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water in a spray bottle. Say NO and spray the pup's nose for any behavior that is totally a no-no, like nipping, jumping, garbage digging, barking, counter surfing. I gotta say, it worked like a CHAMP for Kai. They suggested setting up the poor pup to get the correction, like put something temping on the counter or in the trash can, then do the correction when they go for it. Kai responds great to the spray bottle. She smells a little like salad dressing after a while, though.  Good luck!

I think I can safely assume that we all detest the selling of puppies in pet stores, for a laundry list of reasons. My question is, what happens to the puppies that don't get purchased? The ones that, for whatever reason, become several months old in a pet store cage, and STILL don't get bought even when their prices are "clearanced" or whatever. I can't imagine that they ALL get bought at some point. So what happens? Do they go to rescues? Are they euthanized? Are they sent back to the BYB's? Just curious. I have an unbalanced "acquaintence" that is a serial dog owner. While she has gone through rescues before (obviously presented well enough to get through screening - scary thought), she most recently got a dane at a breeder, then purchased a "clearance" goldendoodle on a whim because she said that the dog would be PTS if it wasn't sold, and it was already 4 months old or so. Like I said, unbalanced. Won't even GO into her pet history. Wish I could do something but I can't. Just curious about her rationalizatio n for purchasing her doodle. She done that before, last year, with a spaniel who was "clearanced". She ended up giving the dog away to a family that was too broke to go adopt one (I know, I know...) So, what happens to the pups at the stores, really? Are there policies for that situation, or is it an individual store's discretion? Does anyone know? (Again, let me emphasize the word "acquaintence". The only child she has is being raised by his dad and myself - oops! Have I said too much??)

So cute - congrats!!

It's hard to wait, isn't it?? I was lucky, sort of (not to brag! ) - two of my kids were 10 days early. BUT, my last baby was 6 weeks early, which was terrifying (everything went perfectly and he was absolutely fine, though). With my first child, I was not that anxious because I was kind of scared. It was ok with me if that pregnancy went on forever!! I had a scheduled C-section, and I remember calling on a Monday to set up the appointment, thinking they'd schedule me in about 2 weeks. They said "How about Friday?" I was all stuttery and stupid, like "Friday? THIS Friday? Ummm, ok, sure, Friday." Turns out, I went into labor on that Wednesday evening and the c-section was the next day!! My daughter is STILL like that - "I'll let YOU know when I'm ready!!" and the stinker is about to turn 9!!

That stinks. Can you just go to the humane society and get him? He looked really tiny for 17 weeks, though. I hope he's ok...