Hi Mugsy!
Congtratulations on the arrival of Baby in to your hearts and home!!!

I am new to the forums (2 of my pets were October POTD's...D'Artagnan the African Pygmy hedgehog and Momms Copper the Texel guinea pig) & just wanted to say it is nice to meet someone else who believe so strongly in rescuing animals via adoption & who is just as crazy as I am (your 18 dogs surpass our animal family because they take up more space....even though we have 50 animals in the house...soon to be 52).

We have just 3 dogs....Buckeye is an 8yo Black Lab we rescued from the Humane Society in 11/00, Sassie is a 19 1/2 mo. old Black Lab we rescued/adopted from a negligent home and Daisy is a 9 mo. old Beagle/?? mix we adopted in June from a woman who rescue her in April from the side of the road (she had cancer surgery on her hip and could not keep up with a puppy) but our home is full of other animals.... 2 water turtles and their catfish maid (1 rescued in 8/00 from a reptile breeder and the other and the catfish "rescued" from a pet store in 1/00--the catfish is HUGE and has stayed alive for almost 3 years), 38 guinea pigs (ALL rescued or adopted, NONE bred here), 6 African Pygmy hedgehogs (3 adopted from a friend & 3 adopted from a hedgehog rescue) with 2 more (girls) arriving next Sunday (from the same rescue we adopted the 3 from....1 was an owner surrender who was in IN & the rescuer drove there to get her for us because she is closer and had to go to IN on Thurs./Fri. & the other was owner surrendered back to the breeder and given to Lori....Lori asked me if we would adopt her when she emailed me about being able to pick Zevida up). We also have 4 human kids....16, 14, 12 and 10. We don't live in the country (we actually live in an almost 200 year old village in NE Ohio with neighbors close by on either side) & our house isn't big (1050 sq. feet with a living room that is HUGE)..........it IS a full house but we wouldn't have it ANY other way!

I am sure Baby will be mega-spoiled.....many blessings and congratulations!