Cool beans man. Yeah it's kind of an odd wqarm feeling you get when you first become an uncle. At least that's how it was with me when my brother had his kid a couple years ago......as for the dog.....go with whichever one doesn't have a whip for a Tail. Those things hurt.
[Edited on Jul 12, 2005 9:23PM]
Why did you narrow it down to those two breeds? I mean, they're both rad and all, but why those ones specifically?