TRACE IS WALKING AND RUNNING!

Trace, the El Paso puppy who needed orthopedic surgery to correct his deformed right front leg, is back home and back to normal. The surgery cost more than we expected: $3,063. But thanks to the generous donations of so many of you during the past few months, we were able to pay every penny of it.

Trace had been looking at a life of increasingly severe pain. Now he's walking and running normally.

Throughout his ordeal -- two surgeries in all, many weeks of wearing a "lampshade" around his neck and enduring a tight splint on his leg -- he was a real trouper, report his soon-to-be-adoptive parents in Ruidoso, Tom and Suzie. After the splint was removed it took him only  a few days to recover, learn to walk with his new leg and foot alignment, and, of course, surf the kitchen counters again.

"We cannot thank everyone enough," write Tom and Suzie. We can't either, but we'll try. THANK YOU, EVERYONE! Collie people are the greatest!

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