not sure if you are still looking for replies (lol!) but
i brought bentley home at 8 weeks and he is the sweetest, most loving puppy i have ever seen...he loves everyone and is not scared of any noise (well except for the soda can with coins to stop his yipping hehe) or anyone...anyone he meets is his new best friend and he gives lots of licks and kisses!!
in retrospect, i wish i would have waited until he was 12 weeks but his breeder knew i had another baby around his age so she thought it would be okay as far as his development went...the ONLY downside to his coming home so early was that he was quite a biter (did not learn the bite inhibition from mommy) but he soon learned it from miss buffey who would yelp (i have to admit - she IS a bit of a drama queen and a mommas girl

) and stop playing with him if he nipped too hard