Kathy said, > They are almost through with the worst part of a puppy... mine is a > year > old, and there are days now, where I don't sit and shake my head, asking > myself, "Am I nuts, or what? Getting this dog..." I'm told they are > still > puppies until they are around 2 years old. > She does act like a dog sometimes, now, instead of a wolf puppy that > got > into my house somehow. We got her at 2 months old last year, and she made > "most improved" at obedience school in January. (that tells you just how > bad > she was.. she had already had a 10 weeks of puppy classes before that..) > But - I wouldn't live without a dog. Then Leslie said, >I really miss having a dog. We now have only our 19 year old cat and a 3 year old cat. One of our dogs was about half Golden Retriever. We found him when he was about a year and a half old. He was wonderful!!! (And, to think that some idiot had dumped him!) We named him Shandy. (Our then-young identical twins were trying to say Sandy. We liked the way they said it, so the name stuck.) He had to be put down 8 years ago this coming August. Goldens are purely neat dogs. Our son & his wife & thier daughter now have one named Shandy Junior. He is a honey! Vee, I can certainly see why you want Micky as your dog friend! You'll have such a great time watching him and getting doggie kisses. Dear Kathy and Leslie, I can tell that the two of you are really dog people like I am. But there's one thing I found strange about Micky. He was so happy for me to pet him and was all waggly tailed but when I put my face down toward him, I didn't get one doggie kiss. It made me feel that I had bad breath or something! Now that could hurt a dog person's feelings! :-) vee