This is our sweet little Border Collie- Australian Shepherd puppy, Leon. He was a Christmas present from Nick!-- The best Christmas present ever! He was such a cute puppy, when we first saw him it only took about .25 seconds to tell the breeder "We'll take him!" I think you can see why :)

















Fast forward 2 months...Our poor little guy had to be in a cast! At 10:45 pm I was sitting on the couch finishing up studying for my Anthropology midterm while Nick played with Leon. He really loves this little fox toy we got him, and got SO excited that Nick was playing with him that he jumped in the air and was just spinning around like a crazy dog. When he landed he immediately started crying and whimpering. It was the saddest thing ever! We thought his hip was dislocated but after doing some prodding discovered it was actually the lower part of his leg that was hurting. So, we drove over to the Emergency Vet office and spent 2 hours waiting and hoping nothing was broken. However, after looking at the X-rays it was easy to see that his leg was broken in two places. Surgery was the only option I would consider (the Vet told us she could just cast it, but he probably would never walk normally again) for our 4 month old puppy. So, 2 days and a LOT of money later we had our super drugged puppy home. He got so sick when he got home, I felt so bad for him! He was in the cast for 6 weeks and despite our best efforts was still as active as ever. He was never supposed to run, but there is no stopping this dog! He's now out of the cast and still always going, going, going but we LOVE HIM! Now, I just have to find the camera charger so I can post new pictures! He's SO BIG now!