Welcome Isabella and Eisen

Well, we're back from our visit to Milwaukee to pick out our newest family member. All that fuss about selecting a name and the kids did the most wonderful thing... they found a dog they liked right away, and knew her name almost as instantly. They settled on a female, which I am totally ok with, and they named her Isabella, or "Izzy" for short. Izzy is smaller than her brother, but her colors are beautiful and her fur is far softer than his. She likes to hop about, she mistakes Lillie for a sibling puppy, and she likes to snuggle up and be held. She's my kind of dog for sure. Bonus... Garen seemed to really like her as well.

Eisen is Bill's pup. Larger than Izzy, Eisen has a very square head. His fur is kinda course but his colors are even darker and prettier than Izzy's. His paws are huge! He'll be a big dog for sure. Eisen seems to be a bit afraid of heights so he doesn't like to be picked up as much as his sister, but he does snuggle up to people's feet like Izzy does. Both pups are doing great on the housebreaking... and they are rather playful. They pick on each other quite a bit, but all in all they're really good dogs.

Taking the kids to pick the dogs out turned out to be a wonderful idea. Lillie ran right into the litter of 7 puppies, even with mom and daddy dog barking madly from their kennels. That day was the pups first day outside, and they got ran around like crazy thanks to Hayden and Lillie. Hayden was a bit more timid about simply diving into a pack of puppies, but he eventually came around, too.

Sadly, we had to leave Izzy with Bill and Eisen until after our planned trip to Disney World this summer. I didn't have it in me to ask someone to watch such a young pup, and Bill's brother Len was more than willing to take in both pups for that week. So until June we'll have to settle for seeing her on the webcam... but at least she gets to spend a bit more time with her brother.

Here is a video of the kids meeting the dogs for the first time and some pics of selecting and then playing with our new family members... enjoy!

Hayden and Lillie playing with pups at the breeder's

Lillie holding Izzy at the breeders

Izzy in the foreground and Eisen in the background at the breeder's

Me and Izzy

Bill and Eisen

Izzy and Eisen (She's got pink, he's got blue)

Izzy chillin' in the back yard

Eisen who'd recently finished chewing on my shoe.