Anticipation, anxiety and dreams...

As I anticipate bringing home my puppy, I'm talking to friends, reading books, searching websites...all with the determination to be the best puppy owner I can be.  Anything worth doing well is worth making yourself crazy with excitement, impatience and worry, right?  The more I learn about how to raise a well-adjusted, confident dog, the more (secret) anxiety I feel over all the things I could possibly do wrong.  About a week ago I had a dream that the breeder let John and I bring all 11 puppies home so we could decide which one we wanted.  The scenes in this dream were worthy of the wackiest sit-com you can imagine!  John and I raced wildly around the backyard, trying to keep 11 energetic puppies corralled.  When it was time to take them back home, we scooped up armfuls of puppies and deposited them in the back seat of the car.  Halfway back to Wisconsin we discovered that, along with the puppies, we'd accidently scooped up a dog we didn't recognize and a toddler.  Fortunately the dream ended before we were arrested for kidnapping and crossing state lines!