The first time ever I saw your face . . . .

[toomanypaws]

I've always appreciated what I have, but this Hurricane Katrina really made me feel so blessed to have my family and my precious Cairn girls. I think of all the poor dogs who lost their battle as the waters rose and it brings tears to my eyes. Looking at my Cairns, I realize how in love I am with them and even if I lost every photo of them, they will forever be etched in my mind. I just thought I'd share each of my Cairn girls and the first time I saw their face and fell in love.

This was the first picture I received of Kiara at 3 wks.

Here's Abbey the day we told our dd she was an early Christmas gift.

Hannah was an unexpected offer, but how could I refuse this face?

Dig up some first puppy photos and share with us your first time seeing your pup.

[kayharley]

You are so right, toomanypaws. It sometimes takes a tragedy to realize how well we have it and to appreciate the little things we all take for granted. I often find myself getting frustrated if the computer is acting up and then I think of the people who don't even have a home, never mind a computer!

We are truly blessed and must find a way in our lives to stop and smell the roses. Tomorrow they could be gone!

And now on to the Cairn part of the post...(before Brad gets mad at me)

I didn't have a digital camera when Winnie was a puppy nor when Madison was. But here are two of my favorite Elliott pics when he was little.

[Apollo8it]

Some of my favorite first puppy pictures of Apollo are saved to disk and in storage. But, these are fun too.

Sorry about the size of the first photo.

[Scully'sMom]

What a terrific discussion! Yesterday while I was watching TV and the evacuations, etc., I kept looking over at my DH and our little Scully and thinking how blessed I am. My husband must have read my mind because all of a sudden he looked at Scully and told her "Scully, if that happened to us Mommy and I will make sure you're safe with us."

Here is the first picture the breeder sent us of the litter. I absolutely fell in love with Scully the moment the picture came up. I knew that the puppy looking proudly into the camera was the one meant to be our little girl.

[Eliz222]

Here's Scout at about 10 weeks old.

And here is Finch on her first day home. This is the picture that won the Terrier Contest last Nov.

Sometime I wish they could all stay puppies......but only if they were housebroken...lol!

[Scully'sMom]

I have always loved that picture of Finch. Such wise eyes looking into the camera.

[Teri9672]

here's Teona the first time we went to the breeder to make a deposit on her.

She was a few weeks old

she was so tiny and we fell in love

here she is after we brought her home

[Maggie15]

These pups are soooo cute! ...heres maggie at around 7 weeks and another from two weeks ago that only a pappa could love!hahaha!! ...i caught her in the middle of a big yawn!

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[Teri9672]

These pups are soooo cute! ...heres maggie at around 7 weeks and another from two weeks ago that only a pappa could love!hahaha!! ...i caught her in the middle of a big yawn!

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OMG... what a picture

kinda looks like a pic I have of Teona. She was sleeping on my chest and was also caught in a yawn......

I think we need to see more pics of all these adorable pups asap

[Brigette]

Here's the 1st day home and I wanted a picture of his cute tongue, so I put peanut butter on his nose. Mean Mommy!

[savannahsmom35]

This is the first picture that we got from the breeder of Savannah and 2 of her siblings (Savannah is the one with her tongue out) I guess that should have been my sign that she was going to be a brat!

Here is one of her by herself in her "one ear up one ear down" stage.

How I miss her puppy days!!!!! Great idea for a thread!

[brin145]

Here is one of our little Crunch soon after coming home to us. I am hooked to reading all the posts and getting great advice on this site! All the baby pics were so cute- I was grinning from ear to ear looking at them.

[AllAboutPetey]

First picture we saw of Petey...

and Belle (from the Colonel Potter site)...

I love this topic!

[hallswel]

I wish we could all get together and have a puppy fest

[Eliz222]

Liz, that last picture of Sugar is soooo funny! I think you should make that your Christmas card this year..lol!

[Guest girliejr]

Oh my goodness!! I love these pics!!! I wish I would have had a digital when Jack was a pup, but all I have are paper pics.

If I ever get them put on a disk, I'll post some. I have to admit, Jack was pretty darn cute (after all, I was going to get a cat when I found him! How could I resist a little Cairn face?!?).

Great topic! I love all the puppy pics!!