The Housebound Segment of the Baker's Dozen

A few summers ago, we lost our beloved tuxedo cat, Big Head Todd. He had been a stray, and we were looking for an outdoor cat to help out with moles. Todd was the sweetest, most loving boy, but he was terrified to come in with the dogs. One night, we heard lots of coyotes howling, and we never saw Toddcat again.
The Seattle Shelter was hosting Catapalooza, where you could adopt two cats for the price of one. The kids and I found "Diablo" on the shelter's website and decided to make the big trip over to Seattle. He won us instantly-he is HUGE and loving, and we re-named him Diego.
Then we had to choose a second cat- I remembered the names Mojo and Stanley as gray females, and the shelter workers brought out Mojo first. She was shy and scared, but a beautiful girl. I told the worker we'd like to meet another cat, and the kids started to cry.
So here's Mojo- we never did meet Stanley...
Then a few months later, one of our vet techs heard meowing coming from a dumpster on a nighttime walk. She found a closed box with a mama cat and five kittens inside. The kids fell in love with all the babies (who were only a week or so old), but I liked Lucy. When the kittens were weaned, we took home Lucy. She and the other cats did NOT get along, so a week later, we took her back. She now lives happily with one of my grooming clients. One kitten from the litter was left- the runt and a Tortie. Of course the kids fell for her, as did Diego. Heeere's Turtle:
So we now have three indoor cats and a very secure baby gate. Mojo and Diego had been indoor/ outdoor, but after losing Toddcat, they are inside only. Turtle helped get the dogs over their cat hating tendencies, but the kitties still have their safe haven downstairs. I seriously do not know how someone could be a cat collector. We are maxed out at three! But they are all good natured, kid loving kitties and we couldn't love them more.

A Few More Members of the Elusive "Dozen"

This is Levi- he's an 11 year old Australian Cattle Dog we got from a shelter in Ohio. He just celebrated his 11th Gotcha Day with us. He's our comeback kid- deaf, paralyzed, cancer...
You'll be seeing and hearing a lot about this special boy.
And this is Roper- he's our two year old Cattle Dog. He's healthy as a horse and has an unlimited supply of energy. We got him from a breeder almost a year ago- he was bored and we set out to keep him busy. We're still working on that. Roper is a good boy and Levi's arch-nemesis.

All right, so now you've met five of the thirteen. Maybe that new camera will allow me to get some good pictures of the housebound segment of our population.

What am I Getting Myself Into?

New camera is on the way, so I'm going to try this out.
To compare, I'll post one picture from the old camera....
All right, now I just need someone to tell me how to move the picture and add more. For now, you can look at three members of the baker's dozen.
I'll add more later.