Last, but certainly not least, is Willow. She is our dog, but thinks she is 100% human. Some day we will break the news to her that she is only a dog! We finally got the kids to stop coming in and getting in bed with us and then we purchased this totally cute, chocolatey, ball of fluff and named her Willow who conviniently calls our bed, HER bed. She is a bigger bed hog and blanket hog than the kids use to be! But she does keep my feet warm at night, so I guess there are advantages to that! This poor puppy has been in 2 car accidents. The first one 2 days after we bought her when Shawn wrecked our little red Honda. Both were OK, both required a trip to the hospital and both eventually came home the same day. Shawn ended up having to have surgery to repair a laceration of his bottom lip and to attempt to place his front teeth back in the correct positions, what was left of them. Our doc did a great job and he is still very hansome! Then in September of 2004 (it was her and Shawn again), she ran out in front of our van when Shawn was coming home and he thought she went clear across the driveway. WRONG! So off to the vet again and this time she had to stay the night and have surgery! She had 6 pins in her leg and had them there for 4 months!! Finally, January 3, 2006 we got all the pins out!!! We were very thankful as they were really smelly! So, before she did like to go outside and explore and sit out in the shop while Shawn worked. NOT ANY MORE!! She is a total house dog now. She is by far the sweetest and smartest dog we have ever owned. In fact, most of the time she listens and minds better than the kids do! So here is our precious sweet Willow.