is it (ahem) "normal" to feel so besotted with a pup? :-)

[tulpe]

I have just been flicking through some of the photos we took of Ruby on Sunday when we went to meet her for the first time. I truly cannot wait for her to come home with us in Feb

Am I being stupidly manic about this or did you all feel the same when you got your pup(s)?

Seriously. Am totally besotted ! And yet it was me who took the most persuading that we should even consider a dog.

Well, it's normal IMO.

Not saying whether that makes it 'normal' per se, though

I counted down the sleeps before we got our puppy! I'm sure I'm boring all the friends with how much he eats, how many poos he's done today, how good he is at sit, stay, lie down etc etc. Just like having a new baby!

I am totally besotted with my baby, I mean puppy

I don't want to put a photo up on my profile but can email photos of the adorable little devil.

oh me too -- saw our puppy to be at the weekend and are picking her up in mid feb .. so excited . have taken all the photos into work today . have jsut ordered a book from amazon on introducing doggie to the house but all really cos cant stop thinking about her . we are running a bit of a vote on the name as well just to involve all our friends .. next job is to find some puppy classes as we are inexperienced dog owners ..... so you are normal imho!!

Totally normal, you have to think about, talk about, plan for nothing else but the puppy for the next 14 years or so .

thanks ladies.

am not feeling so socially abnormal now

Gawd, tulpe - you make it sound like socially abnormal is something undesirable!

Totally normal, i counted the sleep's too and kept waking at ridulous time's till i picked her up, i fell in love with her at first sight, i hate leaving her when i take the kid's to school even though she is not left on her own. I love her completely.

We will remind you of this post around the 18-22 weeks mark ...

I have a similar breed (hpr) and it has been, erm, an education ...

Its not normal but its natural (before some statistically minded pedant says it)

Pups are simply gorgeous, aren't they.

You will still feel the love when the pups howling has kept you awake all night and you stagger into the dogs room, which has that lovely puppy smell to see them looking all cute and tail wagging amongst a pile of chewed up bedding!

One of the happiest days of my life was getting my first puppy I was 13 and I can still remember the excitment now. I even love the smell of tripe as it reminds me of the puppy!

I'm not sure we're all normal....let's just settle on equally wierd But I can confirm I'm still completely besotted with my two puppies - even though one is almost three now! The youngest is 8 months old and still a total nutter, she forgets she's a big 26kg labrador now and climbs all over you like she's still tiny! She's actually bigger than our older dog now... hope she stops growing soon

I can never bring myself to shout at either of our dogs, they always look so pleased with themselves when they've done something naughty, so I don't have the heart to tell them off! The funniest thing is when the puppy comes running in with something she's stolen and destroyed, and tries to give it to you as a present, wagging her whole body and dancing from paw to paw - how are you supposed to shout at that?!

LBC - noooo! Surely the love will never fade???!!!

I wonder if it is a survival mechanism? Puppies are such hard work that you really have to love them anyway. Still it's all quite compressed. Our pup was sleeping through the night within weeks of coming home - pity babies don't do that!