In a message dated 8/12/2006 11:18:17 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, amidon@xxxxxxxxx writes: The mothers can spend time with their pups but not all the time PLUS usually by 9 weeks the puppies are sold..To each his own everyone should do what feels right for them.. I have rarely had a bitch that wasn't sick of the puppies by about 4 or 5 weeks...by that time they are well on solids, and mom bids a fond Farewell, with a great sigh of relief. LOLOL Kathy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================