I know I have gone through the same problem of loving each baby & enjoying every little silly thing they do each day they are developing. I fall in love with every one. I have had pretty good luck finding good homes for my eskies (except for 1). The one thing I have found is that by the time they are ready to leave the nest, they are starting to relate to other people. I have found that the puppies will show what they feel about the person who is wanting them. If the puppy feels safe & comfortable with the person, they will show relaxation with the person or family that is picking them up & handling them. If the puppy looks tense, it isn't a good fit.

I know when I picked out my first eskie. there was a whole litter to choose from.....how in the world do you pick just one???? I picked them all up & only Excell was the one that actually hugged onto me......he was the one. I have noticed when placing my puppies that the same thing happens.

Sometimes, people want a female & only have one choice it still works to look at how the puppy reacts to them. I have also noticed that people who are doggie people are the ones the puppies feel calm with also. For my last litter just 6 months ago, I was lucky to find people who I knew would be a good home without doing my normal matching. I was the one that matched up my puppies. Then I just had to keep the last one because it is the last litter for my female (she is now spayed & retired at the age of 10). She loved her puppies. You could see the pride in her face when her puppies were snuggled up to her. I guess that was why she had to sneek in 'just one more litter" before she got spayed. I had told her after her previous litter I told her she wasn't going to have any more puppies because I didn't want anything to happen to her now that she was older. The look of her face after that was really depressed. I oopsed & she got what she wanted.

Have fun with all the stages of puppyhood.....& realize that you are spreading joy when you find the good homes for them....but that is still a lot of laught & several months away.
Debbie