6 Weeks and 5 Days Old

June 11, 2008:

We are a family who is getting our first dog ever, a Miniature Schnauzer puppy. We visited the breeder and picked her out and decided to name her Pandora May, Pandora or Pan for short.

We are picking her up July 11 (Exactly one month from now). She will be 11 weeks old so we are more than halfway there. Times flies, doesn't it?

My name is Kate and I have been reading about dogs for quite some time. The reason we couldn't get a dog before was because we thought my brother, Ethan, was allergic to them. We had an allergy test in May and were excited to learn that Ethan is not allergic to puppies.

We are going to crate train Pandora and we are also thinking about housebreaking her with a bell. Has anyone done that before? If so, how did it work?

When we first saw Pandora, she was 3 weeks old and roughly the size of a guinea pig. The mother, April, was very friendly. The father, Klaus, was also nice.

Here is the website of the breeder we are getting Pandora from:

http://www.freewebs.com/miniatureschnauzersofalberta/index.htm

That's all for now!
-Kate