Izzy, a 2-year-old basset hound/lab mix, was a strong candidate When we last heard from A Dog Named Christmas author Greg Kincaid, he and his wife Michale Ann had decided to adopt a shelter dog — then realized they had very different ideas about what makes the ideal dog. Read …

Greg was drawn to Ginger Spice, a redbone coonhound up for adoption at Heart of America Humane Society in Kansas City, KS. His wife was not. Greg Kincaid wrote about shelter dogs in his novel A Dog Named Christmas, and after researching the book, was inspired to adopt one himself. …