Wallace!

3/20/10: After living dog-less, more or less, since Wrenny's landmark visit, we started following Petfinder, poring over the heart-tugging stories and faces of dogs who needed families. We even visited a few, and though they really inspired our empathy, we hadn't found a perfect fit. But last week three brothers appeared on the site. Billed as "border collie/Australian shepherd," their faces jumped out of the screen and grabbed our attention. Two had stand-up ears, one had floppy. One had blue eyes. All had a focused stare of earnest innocence. So we visited the adoption event "Just to see." To make a long story short, here is Wallace -- 12 weeks old, 10.1 pounds. We are a bit doubtful about his lineage, given the size of the paws. But once we held him and spent some time with him, there was no turning back.