Nope no contract. I used a breeder that I found through the AKC breeder listing who had the hip certification done on the parents. The other breeder listed her price ($450) but no info on the parents.

I did talk to my husband and said this was probably a mistake and we should think of taking her back. After a long talk (by phone) he agreed that he isn't helping as much as he should-he felt the pup liked me more so he would leave her to me. He also has agreed that a puppy class would be good for her and has agreed to go to all the ones his work schedule allows (about half). He said he can see that if he doesn't work with her she will be a one woman dog. He is also now thinking that maybe we could try taking her to a puppy trial for bird hunting (the ones that do not require us to kill a bird-although he is a big hunter). Once we talked about it he agreed that not keeping her and working with her sends the wrong message to his girls (9 and 11) that if a pet is hard work, chuck it. We are going to make them help with her to-they will be feeding her when they come over. PJ, I am sure will feed her when ever possible-she cleaned up some nasty squash he didn't like yesterday. Won't feed himself, but will feed Katie.

I think my main thing was feeling really overwhelmed and needing to vent. Pets are such a big commitment-my oldest cat Thomas is 16 and my "baby" of the cat world, Riley, is 8. Both were special needs adoptions so we have been through a lot. Dropping the pup on them has been a little tough too-they aren't fond of her. I have taken it slow and let them get to know each other. Riley will go to Katie if she is crated, gated, or asleep. Tom-not so much. It is like introducing them to the baby when he arrived. I'm a bit of perfectionist and that is out the window now. But that is good too-since Katie arrived I don't feel like PJ must be kept in hospital like clean conditions. And he has more freedom because of all the double baby/puppy proofing. He is a bit jealous of her if she is on my lap-but she is great at licking his fingers through the baby play yard gate in the living room while I vaccume, fold clothes, or get his dinner ready. In the BK days, these tasks were impossible because PJ would scream until I picked him up and carried him with me. It is sometimes my nature to focus on the down side of things. When I think about it there are lots of "ups" to Katie. And for a puppy of 11 weeks to go from the place she always knew, to a house full of kids, toys that make noise, cats that don't like you, and new rules on behaving-I guess she is doing okay.

Do you have any tips to get her to quit using one spot in the house to potty? All of the poop accidents are in one spot. There was some privacy in that location (blocked by a quilt that I would lay over the baby gate) so I took out the quilt and if she is back there too long I just call her to me-she comes right away. I have used the spot bot with pet odor eliminator on the area with in minutes of the accidents. She was pee pad trained when we got her but I have been taking her out to potty and she does well with that.