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My husband and I live in a 2 story home that is less than 1,000 square feet with a tiny lil' backyard.  Lucy will be 10 months this week and she's perfectly fine with a long walk or a trip to the dog park.  She would probably appreciate a larger space for her 10 minutes of zoomies around the backyard everyday but other than that she's pretty happy wherever we are.

I hope this helps with your decision!

What is the best way to introduce an older puppy to a smaller one?  I'm thinking about re-introducing Lucy (8 months) to a friend's 4 month old Pit Bull pup.  We tried this before when Stella (the pit pup) was about 9 weeks old and Lucy didn't do so well.   Lucy wanted to play with Stella and Stella wanted to play too but Lucy was almost aggressive with the way she was playing with her...standing over her, not letting her go anywhere, but then play bowing a minute later.  Lucy was really obsessive with Stella and got a wierd "glazed over" look to her eyes and absolutely wouldn't obey me at all (and I understand she was about 6 months at the time but she would normally at least acknowledge my presence and she hardly even knew I was there).  I had my friend take Stella home because I didn't want the pup to have a bad experience with another dog.   What should I do this time?  Any suggestions would be great!  Thanks

AWH!! how cute is that? seriously!!!  I love those pictures!

Awwwwh!  Morning snuggles are the best!

Do all newf girls get bad coats after they have been spayed?  Is it based on nutrition or genetics or both?  Lucy was spayed last month and now I'm freaking out that she is going to lose her beautiful coat! 

OH MY GOODNESS!!! What a doll!  This is not helping me at all.  I've been wanting a tiny paw but Lucy doesn't get the idea that she's SO much bigger than the little ones shes been around.  She wants to play with them and well, she almost squished one so I need to wait until she's older.  Keep posting pictures so I can live vicariously through you!

Well, I've been doing the treat/brush thing but it seemed to work best when I bought her a huge knuckle a couple weeks ago. She didn't nip at the brush at all - she just seemed annoyed and kept picking up her knuckle and moving it across the room - lil stinker. I've also been brushing her a bit here and there whenever she walks by and I'm near a brush.  She's getting a little more "ok" with it but not so much so that she'll stay put without a fuss.  It's really the only thing that she doesn't tolerate and gets nippy with.  She's such a doll otherwise.  I'm so dreading her blowing her coat - it's already starting a little bit I think - i've got more black tumbleweeds blowing around on my floor than I used to!

She just turned 8 months and her face has really matured over the past month - I'll have to post some photos soon.

She is just so CUTE!!!  Makes me almost want another puppy.  I guess I'll just live vicariously through all the other puppies that are here!

BTW I'm the mom of Lucy, an 8 month old Newf.  Welcome!