I'm excited right along with you. Ohhhh, a puppy around the house! I miss those days. I'm also looking forward to more pics of Rylie. Congratulations, mom!

congratulations! :) i feel your excitement.

i would be getting my first yorkie puppy next week too! but on the day after yours come. on the 12th :D

i am so excited. my boyfriend will be picking him up for me. i just can't wait.

i hope next week will pass by fast :D

I know I won't sleep and I'll be up waiting for when my mum brings her home. So sad I can't go get her, but I have class and I can't be on an all day flying trip :(. I'm jealous of my mum, but not jealous of how exhausted she'll be after such a long day :p. She leaves early in the morning and doesn't get home until close to midnight... IF the planes are on time :rolleyes:.

Oh! That sounds like a great toy/cuddle buddy. Maybe I'll pick one up. For now, I sent blankets that 1. smelled like me and our house and 2. so that they could pick up the scent of her mom and the litter. I figured that might ease her transition and anxiety some! A diaper genie is a great idea that I never thought of for potty pads, very creative. :)

The waiting is awful, but worth it in the end! No worries about the pictures. I will definitely be keeping everyone here updated with pictures and progress posts.

This community has been so great. There is so much wonderful information here and wonderful people. Seriously, YT changed my whole outlook on things and made me a better mama-in-training than I ever could have been. I've learned so many great things here. I can't even begin to count them! I'm so glad I ended up here in my bumbling initial internet searches.

I love you YT!

Good luck hanging in there with the wait! Try to occupy yourself with planning... that's what I did anyway (as you can see :p).

Oooooh that should be the best! Seeing her in person might only heighten your excitement though :D

No problem. I just thought it was a very nice (and original) name. There are quite a few hanging around here on YT with some great names... that I did my best not to steal! Though I know now that there are other Rylie's.

To be fair though, I stumbled on that one in a baby name search and thought it was darling. Then we had a poll and Rylie was not the winner... However, my mom and I decided it was my dog and we didn't care and named her Rylie anyway :p Shows how well democracy works in our domain :rolleyes:

She will be sleeping in her crate at night (at least until she's potty trained) most likely in my room. I thought we'd try to make her crate her safe haven and sleeping place and with all the padding I didn't think I'd need a bed. Do you think I should get her one before she's done being crate trained? I mean she'll have full access to my bed and other soft places when we're able to keep an eye on her during the day. Of course, her crate will be left open for her access whenever she wants to go in there as well. :)

Thank you! I'll be posting pics as I'm sure I'm going to be an overly proud (and excited) mama!

Funny you should say that because YT for Dummies had a similar thought train! The book said that pet stores are like baby stores and they try to sell you all this stuff, but really all you need are the basics :rolleyes: I'm a bit of an over planner and preparer as it is, so of course I went for everything I could think of that she'll be needing at SOME point or another.

It is a great feeling... I have a feeling I'll be wanting another little baby in the future. These little love muffins are pretty addictive from what I can tell from this site, but that wouldn't be for a very long time (e.g. many years). I want to raise her right and not take on too much. In addition, I would probably wait until my Suki passes on... poor kitty is going to have a heart attack if she has more than one sibling I think :p Queen of the house is going to need to learn to share mommy!

ROFL This made me chuckle out loud. That is almost guaranteed to happen with our weather :p. However, no worries in the shovel department! We've got quite a few (at least 5, probably more, for an army of diggers if need be) and a snow blower! :D

You could always get another... :rolleyes: I hear they are addictive little guys! :D

There will be pictures abound. Thank you! Mom... that sounds so nice! :)

YAY! Congrats! It is so exciting isn't it?

My mom is picking my girl up, so I'm in your boat for not being able to pick her up myself! (which means a longer wait to see my baby, ugh :p).

No worries, I'm sure it will be...agonizingly slow! Ha! :D

What is your pup's name? :)

I hope your wait passes quickly. I'm sure you'll be up all night the night your lil one arrives home. I can't wait to hear about it.:)

gosh, waiting is such a torture D:

i have school that day and my boy can only be picked up in the morning. since it's my boyfriend's dayoff that day, he'll be picking him up for me. :D

we're naming him buchi. haha. i know it sounds weird. its a chinese food that is so little, round and chunky. lol 'cas he's so fluffy and he reminded me of that. :D

but even though with all the excitement and all, i am ashamed of saying that i am still not ready with his stuff. i'll be buying his bed right when i get him so he can be there when i choose it.

any advice on what the most important ones to get before he comes home? :)

I like the name. It isn't weird at all. :)

Well you have most of my list in my original post. If I was to cut it down though I'd say the food, water/food bowls, kennel, and piddle pads are the most important things. The rest will come with need.

Might I also suggest you don't take him with you to get the bed? If he doesn't have all his shots he could pick up something nasty at the pet store where other dogs have been. You really need to be careful even taking them to the vet if dogs with certain conditions have been there prior to. :(

I plan to hold my baby at her initial vet appointment when she gets home and my mom won't be letting her walk in the airport. Too many strange things she could catch and I don't want her getting ill. They shouldn't even go outside for walks in places where other dogs may have been (and especially in poop areas as they could catch parvo). If it were me I'd wait to take him out, but that's just my opinion.

If you want him to pick out something special with you, my suggestion would be to wait until he's older and fully vaccinated and then have him pick out a favorite toy or type of treat or something like that. Get the early essentials yourself.

I agree. The day you bring him home will be very stressful, as it is, for him. Just take him home. Buy his things early and have them ready for him. They can't take too much stress. They are very little. So, don't drag him around. Just get him to his new home so he can rest and eat and play - the things that puppies do. Try to make his first week at home with you a quiet and restful time. The fun trips can come later.

Ohhhh That is perfect. I had ordered Riley's snuggle puppy from www.sitstay.com I sent it FedEx to the breeder so she could get the mommy daddy's scent on it. I need to order more batteries for it though. It has stopped beating.

The diaper genie has been great!!!!

I am soooo EXCITED for you!!!!
:)