I'm thinking of getting one of the kodak easy share w/ the printer dock.
Are they any good?
I borrowed a friend's Kodak easy share to see if I wanted to buy it off of her. I hated everything about it. Maybe I have high standards though..

I guess from what I heard I don't want to have too may pixels, about 4 or so.
4 megapixels is actually quite a lot. My first camera had 2 megapixels and prints in 4x6 were great. If you want something bigger (like say.. an 8x10) then 4 would be good. But for the average person, 2 megapixels is often enough.

How about the macro mode? Would you say it is important to have that when you plan on taking close up pics? I don't even know if Kodak easy share offers the macro mode?
The Kodak I looked into getting did have macro but I'm not sure if all of them do. Make sure to ask before buying the camera.. it comes in very handy. Macro mode is definitely important for close ups. Without the macro mode, my close ups of the dogs' noses would be really blurry.

If you plan on taking lots of the pictures of the dogs and the quality of the pictures is really important to you, I'd look into other brands (or at least ask about trying out the test model first). I've found that a lot of the ones I've tried have been less than satisfactory for pictures of dogs. With the Kodak and Sonys, clear action pictures were impossible. I think I remember the Kodak lagging in speed too.

I love my canons. The speed thing gets to me sometimes but I can hold the button halfway down and have it focused, and then press the shutter button all the way once I want to take the picture. There's less waiting since the camera is already focused. Both of mine have yet to disappoint me with any kind of pictures... close ups, low lighting, action.. The nice thing about them is that they're easy enough for a beginner to use but there's also a lot for the more experienced photographer too!

Good luck finding one! Camera shopping is fun!