ScottyMom - I think one of the issues people are having with you, that you have failed to realize, is your inconsistency.

In several posts on other forums you've made, you were looking for any male to breed your dog with because your dog was going to be coming into heat 'soon'. To people on this board that suggests that you hadn't done your homework on breeding months, or even a year or more ahead of time which reputable breeders do.

In other posts here you said this breeding was 'accidental' and claimed you were not a breeder. To people on this board that either suggests that you are changing your story or at the least you have been very irrisponsible with your dog in heat to allow an intact male dog near her at anytime.

Many people on this board go to great lengths to foster, rescue, and spend many hours donating their time at local shelters and encouraging spay/neuter clinics to help fight the overpopulation problem. You say the thing is to shut down the puppymills, many of the people here are trying to do just that, but that is only part of the problem. As long as there are thousands if not millions of BYB's the problem will continue even if every puppymill were shut down already.

The fact your dog may/man not be pregnant is not what angers people on this board, the fact you've posted ads wanting to irrisponsibly breed her, and the fact you are not a knowledgable breeder, and you have an inconsistent story is what does anger people on this board.

You said you had looked on petfinder 'once' for puppies, many times there are new puppies posted weekly, you should have kept checking back if you were truely interested in rescuing one.

If you were turned down at 'one' place for adoption you could have tried several other places to adopt from if you were truely interested. If renting was a problem for them you could have done the legwork by getting a written statement from your landlord telling them how you take care of your pets, as well as a letter from your veterinarian stating that you do provide proper vet care to the dog you already have. I'm sure a good shelter would see that as a sign of a responsible pet owner. Of course around here our shelters call the vet references and check to see if the current pets are already spayed/neutered, and the fact your dog is not may have had a HUGE impact on them not adopting to you, have you considered that fact?

You've stated that your grandmother was not looking for a puppy at the moment, however she would take one if your dog had puppies. Has it occured to you that if she really wanted a puppy so badly she also would have went to great lengths to adopt one herself? Or that possibly she's just taking one of your pups just out of charity rather than a great desire to have a puppy? Does she realize even if she had one of your dog's puppies that it would not be just like the dog you have, since every puppy is unique in personality?

You said this breeding was 'accidental' because 'someone told you' they couldn't get pregnant that soon after going into a heat cycle. Had it occured to you to call your vet or speak to a reputable breeder to find out for sure before your dog went into heat? Everyday at work people come in and spend money that they wouldn't have had to spend if they had just called our office first for advice instead of thinking that their friends or neighbors knew more about pets than the vet who took years of college classes to get a degree.

People on this board are not trying to be rude to you, they are reacting to your apparent lack of knowledge concerning a dog in heat, pregnancy and the inconsistencies in your story. Whether you take it as rude, they ARE trying to educate you so that this does not happen again, and that you might be able to pass that knowledge on to others to stop back yard breeding.

I don't know what you were looking for when you posted to this board. From what it appears to me is that:

1) You have no clue what to be feeding your dog despite your vet apparently telling you to continue feeding as you had been.

2) You post pictures of your dog asking the board to tell you if they think she's pregnant, which none of us can do, despite already having asked your vet that question.

If you're looking for congratulations for your dog possibly being pregnant, you'd be further ahead to just stick with your own friends and family for that, this board will likely not give you any pats on the back for it.

If you're looking for medical advice as to whether your dog is pregnant you'd be further ahead to make an appointment with your vet and have the x-ray done at 50-55 days which IS the custom to acurately count puppies.

Rather than getting angry at everyone here because they don't say what you want to hear, and I'm not really sure what it is you do want to hear, maybe you should just try starting a new thread and being specific in what questions you actually do have and really listen to the advice people have for you.