Izzy is a 2 1/2 year old Golden Retriever whose owner Dave Johnson said is a "total love dog" and who has an unusual behavior. She meditates.

"She'll splay her back legs so her belly is flat on the ground, she'll grab one of her plush toys and she'll lay it between her front legs and just lay like that with her eyes open for 15 minutes at a time." While Johnson himself mediates he swears she did not learn this calming practice from him, "She did it all by herself, she sure didn't pick up the splayed legs and belly on the ground from me," he said laughing.
She loves plush toys and she "Likes to make little sticks out of big ones," Johnson said as he watched her gnawing on a fallen branch. "We like to go to Lincoln Park and get some soft driftwood for her once in a while, she uses it for her toothbrushes" Johnson explained.
Izzy has a preference for the Park or Alki as walking destinations and enjoys swimming when she can.

Izzy is a squirrel chaser, "Anything else she just wants to play with," Johnson said.

Johnson acquired Izzy from a breeder in Snohomish, and she is his second from the same breeder. He likes the breed because of "Their behavior, their attitude, they are fun loving, really sweet disposition, really good companions."

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