If you are listening only to me, your sponge won't need to be an extra large
! I thought EVERY dog was to have the dew claws removed until someone on here corrected me....then I knew differently. The pup in my avatar is my Little Red Mercedes....born (total surprise) in a litter of mine along with another color anomally and 2 standard pups. Some call them red, blond or golden. They have no black or silver hair and never will. They got an overload of the red gene (recessive bb gene). PERFECTLY healthy and normal. If you use the search engine for "mercedes" or "maverick" you will find many pictures of them starting at 10 hours old. They have been such a joy and a blessing and are now over a year old.
I'd attach pictures, but I don't want to hog a thread.