Omega45820 - dont feel bad - you are not alone on that one. When I first got my first bp about 2 years ago - I used to get sooo nervous my heart would race and I donned the leather gloves too - I laugh now when I think back to that time because now I know her and her moods and I can just pick her up without any hesitation.

I have recently gotten an RTB - my first and for some reason they look sooo much more ferocious than the bp's so I am back to the racing heart when I think about picking him up - this weekend will be my first attempt.