Hi Marlee, congrats, and welcome to YorkieTalk! Books are great but I agree, it seems that practical hands-on advice from this forum is invaluable. Your baby should be kept in until it has had all of its puppy shots, that means it can go outside to potty of course, but keep it from much contact with other dogs and I wouldn't take it around many public places at first. It needs the whole round of those shots for its protection cause they have very little immunity built up when they are tiny. As far as your kids, what ages are they? You can spend the next week preparing them and laying down rules. I would tell them that the pup will be a family pet (I'm assuming) but YOU are its mommy and you make the rules and they must ask permission before handling her. Also, if your kids are very small, its not a bad idea to insist that they never carry the pup. My 18 year old daughter dropped Bo (actually he jumped from her arms) and he was OK but could have been seriously hurt. It happens in a second and these little guys are SO wiggly!
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