On to the story of Izzy

For the past couple of weeks we had been finally considering another dog, Otis having passed in June. Evenings found us as an easily-lampoonable suburban yuppie couple, each of us window shopping on our respective laptops on the couch. On our Sunday bicycle ride we earnestly began discussing the characteristics that we wanted: mature dogs, no puppies; a rescue from a shelter, not something for which we had to pay. But Tiffani spotted Izzy on CraigsList and all that criteria gladly went out the window.

Contact with the owner was made, and we drove ourselves to Belding yesterday afternoon with the kids to see if the dog and our family would be a good, two-way fit. The owner was forced to get rid of her due to a breakup and she was sad to see her go. She's a Catahoula Leopard, of which we'd never heard, and the breed seems to have a colorful, if not completely fantastical story. The kids all played with her and Cori walked her, so Izzy slept well in a crate overnight, I hardly heard a peep. And, we've all got minor puppy wounds, because the teeth are sharp and the intent isn't tempered.

Sorry the video doesn't include audio -- or Nick and Tiff's presence, they were at Nick's basketball practice -- I didn't know our digital camera didn't do sound while filming and I was busy querying the kids on our new pet.