Leo!

It started with a picture of an adorable puppy on the New Leash rescue site of a puppy named "Billy".  Billy's selling points were that his mother was a black lab (a mutt, but she appeared to be mostly lab) and he had a patch around his eye just like our Lanny has.

 Then, Macey and I went to the PetCo where the adoptable dogs were hanging out for the afternoon and we met the little guy.  He was sweet, soft and most interested it getting back to lay down with his littermates.  But, he curled up in the round bed just like Lanny does and most interestingly, he had a patch around his tail just like Lanny.  Macey and I were sold.  Still, however, had to convince the boys of the family that a) getting a puppy was a good idea b) getting THIS puppy was a good idea and c) that Lanny would not hate us forever if we brought a puppy home.  So...

 The family took a little jaunt down to Cannon Falls to the foster family's house to introduce Lanny to the puppy and to have Jason, Daniel and Josh meet him.  Lanny seemed indifferent, Josh was sold and Daniel much to our surprise was also smitten-though he was still not offering his full support.

Eventually Macey and I wore them down and on Wednesday before Thanksgiving we headed down and picked up our new little guy.  We renamed him Leo and he instantly became part of the family!!