Well, we promised my 6 year old that we would get a puppy after she turned 6 and when Ian was almost 3 - so here we are. She's a cutie pie but ugh, what a handful! I've pretty much decided the same gene that makes you forget how hard infants and toddlers are (otherwise you'd never have any more children) must also exist for puppies because I forgot how hard they are to live with. We got her last week and she is 9 weeks old this week. Australian Shepherd/Norweigon Elkhound mix. Got her from a rescue group that gets a lot of their puppies from the Amish. Anyway, here are a couple of pics.