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OOOHHHHHH I literally want to squeeze them - you are going to have empty nest syndrome when those babies are all gone!!!! Thank you so much for sharing the puppy pictures - I love to see them!

I have not ever had any issues like I had with Tobey (the one that bit me). Establishing myself as the alpha has never been a problem with any of my other dogs - fosters or my own. No one knew what kind of situation Tobey came from before he was with me. The entire dynamic of our home changed when he came into it. I guess I left a lot of the story of his life with me out. The mistake I made with him - and this is specific to this particular dog - was allowing him to sleep with me. As greek4 said - I allowed him to become my equal by putting myself on the same level as he was. This was originally done to keep my sanity because I wasn't getting any sleep at night!!! It started out fine - then it became an issue of him hogging the bed - I adjusted - then if I would move he would growl at me.... I would get up out of bed and make him get down off of the bed to try to show him I was the boss of this mess..... then it became a problem of instead of just growling when I moved in bed he started growling and giving me a warning snap - this is when I should have realized that things had gone horribly awry - however I was not a very dog savvy owner at that point - and I wonder if I had not ever gone through this episode in my dog owning life if I would even truly understand how the whole alpha dog heirarchy (sp?) can get that out of hand. Thankfully my other dogs totally look to me as their pack leader - they are devoted and we rarely have any problem beyond the occasional counter surfing episode. All I have to do is look at my male sternly and he literally melts to the floor! My poor Tobey had issues that I will never know of - all I know is that I was able to give him a happy life when he was with me. I feel terrible for the mistakes I made and often wonder if I would have done things differently how we would have made out.

2 dogs were perfect - 3 became a challenge - but at this point 1 more or 10 more wouldn't make a difference! GO FOR IT!!! He is such a cute guy - and the reward will far outweigh the extra room he will take up!

Imogen - found a picture of a foster that I had for several months - he was so hard to part with!!! He kind of reminds me of your Ginko. His name was Echo - his new family named him Maxell - he is very well loved!

oooohhhhhhh nic - can't wait to see the outfit that you have dreamed up - blood and all!!!!! 

Leo is the best - what a great, laid back guy you have!!! He has no competition in the patience category!!!!

let me know if you are going to do the pay pal thing - i would be good for a few buckaroos too - i just won't feed my skin kids that week - tee hee hee - just kidding!