Mom has told us something very important. She has told us that we will not live here forever. Very soon (as early as March 11, to be exact) we will be big enough to go to new homes. We will be able to leave our brothers and sisters and be very special pets to our "forever family".

So I guess it's time for us to get personal. Let me tell you about ME, a separate dog from my littermates.

I am fairly light golden with dark eyes and a white spot on my head. I have wavy hair with a light-colored undercoat, I will probably be long haired as a "man". I am really rather stunning with a handsome face. I love people and I am affectionate. I am on the smaller side compared to most of my littermates (some of my littermates are quite large). I am outgoing and playful. I would love a home where I will be brushed and kept handsome - I will surely turn heads! I will enjoy lots of love and playtime. I am attentive to the humans and I love to give kisses. I have a Golden personality and will probably look very much like a Golden Retriever. If you look closely at some of our baby pictures you can see that we were all born with the infamous Golden Smile. I am very excited to become a special pet!

I am 4 weeks old! I have grown a lot. I've had my first soap bath, complete with a blow-dry. I have begun to spend time with the humans all by myself, away from my siblings. We each get to do this at least once every day. I am eating more and more. We see a lot of the human Mom because she cleans our play/eat area a lot - this is to help me learn to keep "messes" out of my play/eat area. You can see in the pictures that we've gotten pretty mobile, and it would seem we've begun dance lessons. I'm very playful now and sometimes I chase Auntie Remington (the other dog that lives here) but she acts like she's afraid of me. I've begun to learn a little English, also. When I am running toward a human they say "come", and when I sit down they say "sit" and when I bite the humans, they close my mouth and say "no". I really am a clever puppy.

Humans! Mommy told us that those 2-legged creatures are called "humans". I LOVE humans. The small humans sit in our playroom and teach me to sit on laps, and get hugs and kisses, and to not be nervous with lots of giggling. The big human called "Mom" brings us yummy puppyfood and new chewtoys for me to explore. She brings around different noisy things like a vaccuum cleaner, radio, fan. She cleans my bedding a lot and tells me to potty on the newspaper, I don't know what that means. She clips my nails and brushes my fur and cleans my ears - she's teaching me how to be "groomed". She spends the most time with us. Then there's the great big huge human. My mommy loves him the most. He made our home bigger and made separate places to sleep, eat/play, and potty. He teaches me to play and lets me practice growling. Whenever he's done playing with me then he makes me lay on my back while he rubs my tummy. I like that because it reminds me that he's the boss - I know I don't have to worry about anything because the boss will take care of me. I can just concentrate on being a puppy - and sleeping. I still sleep a lot.