Anna I think you are making the right choice. If I was in your shoes I would do the same thing. As you already know, a baby is a handful and so is a new puppy. I think when Lydia is a little older would be a better time for many of the reasons that you mentioned. You and Mark are thinking with your heads and not your hearts and that is not all bad. I know if you had seen this little guy you might have lost all control and brought him home. Better that you didn't have that temptation! Someone will give him a wonderful home and, when the time is right, Malone will have another pupster to play with.