college professor gary felder lives at the rocky hill cohousing community with his wife and their two young children. he says their social life is built in, unlike other families who don't live in a cohousing arrangement. >> you've got to arrange babysitting, you need to figure out the timing, and then you've got to rush back and so on. and that was just never a big deal for us. we would put our kids down, we would throw in a baby monitor and we would go spend an evening with our friends. every week. >> reporter: cause you're right next door, to the common house? >> yeah, absolutely. and if one of our kids woke up, two minutes later we were in the bedroom. >> reporter: felder admits that this lifestyle isn't for eryone, and about one family a ar decides to leave. >> the biggest challenge is that you're making decisions with 27 other households. that is the definition of hell for some people. >> reporter: but felder says that for his family the benefits they get from an intergenerational community outweigh the difficulties. >> the other thing which our kids get, which is even more rare

take a look at this we have doughy and jeffrey.ffre shannon felder with the rescue group is here.re about these competitors. i have zoe. she is chilling out because shee is resting up before the big game. >> she is about seven months ols and same with jeffrey. let me can you, these guys, will they be competing on the same team? well, you'll have to wait and see the puppy bowl on sunday. i can't give that away. what are the teams. >> rough and fluff. represent all the kind of dogs out there.ere. > i he rough team. >> we have to win this thing. we know what the puppy bowl that all the dogs are looking for forever homes; is that correct. >> yes. found forever homes. >> they have. know that you have other dogs.dogs >> yeah, so with city doingsgs rescue we have a ton of dogs that need their forever homes ranging in pep why yous all the way up to some senior doings. we have big labs, little toy dogs. what's the process, then, like. if someone is watching and they're saying owe, my gosh, these guys are so cute. how do you get down -- what's the process everybody has to go through. >> the