Izzy

We got a puppy. There, it's out in the open. I am almost embarrassed to say so, but we did.

It was a whim decision on our way back from camping in Flagstaff. There was a guy selling hound puppies on the side of the road by the New River exit and we stopped so Katherine could play with them as she loves dogs.

Somehow Nathan convinced me, with Katherine's help, that it was a good idea to get a puppy. I went through all the non-fun new puppy stuff, like potty training, chewing, crate training etc but he still wanted her, so I said okay.

Izzy is a really good puppy I have to say, and we've quickly come to welcome her into our family. Katherine thinks she's great, although I think she sometimes gets jealous of her and wants all of Mommy's attention - good prelude to Ms. Jane's arrival. Katherine has spent about as much time as Izzy in the dog crate, she seems to think it's a fun new fort.

Izzy is picking up going potty outside really quickly and did great last night. She howled for about 10-15 minutes when we went to bed (her crate was in our bedroom) and then didn't make a peep until about 3:30 when she had to go pee. Nathan took her out, let her go, and then put her back in her crate. About 15 minutes later she was still howling so he took her back out to make sure she didn't need to go poop, but after another pee she was back in the crate. She took about 10 minutes to settle down and then was ready to get up at 5:30. That's when Nathan gets up anyways so it was fine. Anyone who's had a puppy would agree that amazing for an 8 week old puppy on her first night away from her litter mates and parents.