**Less than 2 weeks**

[Leslie du Mont]

[jumping up and down]

We picked a pup and now have less than two weeks until we pick him up at Old Mill Doodles!

Whoa! Holy cow! There's our boy! Atticus Doodlie du Mont

I'm calling Tidewater k9 trainer on Monday. I bought two sizes of Kongs, a small gentle leader, an Orka tuggie chewie thing, a squeaky Kong Wubba, and "the Art of training a puppy" by the Monks of New Skete. I need to get so much more that my brain hurts. Crate, food and water bowls, a pooper scooper, lead, poop bags, decide on a food, call the vet to set up the initial appt, etc...

I'm so glad that new puppy checklists are all over the place! I feel like I just had a baby with two weeks notice! My brain is so excited that it is overwhelmed.

[Michele Barton]

OMG, Atticus is so cute! And I absolutely LOVE his name! Congratulations!!!

[Betsy D.]

Leslie, I am very excited for you and Atticus is adorable!!! Get all of the sleep you can now. He is a baby with all of a baby's traits! It's a good thing!!! Congratualtions!!! Will be watching for some wonderful pictures from you.!! Betsy

[Tracey]

Well thank ya! Maybe we can swap work sometime ;). And Care-A-Lot is absolutely gigundous...much better selection than Petsmart et al. It's in Norfolk, but worth the drive!

[Leslie du Mont]

Thank you guys SO much for all the info.

M.B.: I needed a good groomer recommendation for our baby! I'll tell her that I heard about her from you.

Tracey: I loved your website. You are a talented designer! I'll keep you in mind if I ever decide to get off my rump and get a "real" logo. I've never been to nor heard of Care-a-lot. Maybe I'll seek it out tomorrow. Our Atticus was born March 20th, so yes they are very close to the same age! Cool. It's almost like we have kids in the same playgroup!

Debbie: The stuffed toy idea sounds great! And I hope (fingers crossed) we get a good night's sleep at some point during our baby's first month or two at home.

[Deena Womack]

How Fun!! Congrats on your new baby!!

[Tracey]

I totally forgot that was where Kensi went...I knew I'd heard it from someone else before! Sounds like the place to go ;).

[Debbie and Thomas]

Add cuddles to your list LOL But you may want to have a nice soft stuffed animal on hand to put in his crate with him during the night. We brought home our 8 week old GD earlier than anticipated-we had not bought the crate yet-so we made a soft comfy bed for him in the main floor laundry room-the first night put him to bed in there with a stuffed animal-he curled up with this thing like it was one of his siblings and slept until 7;30 am! We of course never slept a wink, waiting for some kind of cry or whimpering. Not a peep.

[MBKANE]

I too Live in Virginia Beach and highly recommend Blue Haven Pet Salon for grooming. It is the only place I will take Kensi. Ask for Margie!

[Tracey]

Yay! Congrats! Our boys must be very close in age...when was he born? Our Seamus/Finnegan was born March 23, and we get him either next weekend or the following...we're very excited!

I'm making a big trip out to Care-a-Lot this week to get everything that's left on the list ;). If you haven't been there, it's a fabulous place to shop for dog stuff.

Do you have your vet picked out? We've always gone to Bay Beach Vets... highly recommend =). And Annesley (TidewaterK9) recommended Blue Haven for grooming. She also rec'd Doggie Stylin'.

[Kai Doodle (Kathy & Keith)]

Congratulations!