Believe me I know just what you are going through.  My 9 mo old puppy lost his front left leg within the last month, also due to an auto accident.  It was much tougher on me than it appears that it has been for him..and he still is recovering as two of his other legs, right front and left rear were also broken. 

His attitude was amazing when I picked him up to bring him back home.  He was much more his normal self after the amputation, I think it was a relief for him to not have to be in pain and be dragging a useless leg around. 

I have, fortunately, not had any problems with his incision site and he goes back this coming Monday to have his sutures removed.

This site, and the kind canine loving people here have helped me a great deal through this process, and another thing has has helped me was to see videos of happy, successful tripawds just loving and living their lives!  So know that Pinot will be fine, he'll no doubt surprise you with his resilience!  There are lots of tips here that will make life easier for Pinot, such as runners for slick floors, harnesses to help support him for difficult terrain or help getting in an out of vehicles or up and down stairs. 

Good luck to you and to Pinot!  We'll be thinking of you and will look forward to an update!

Hugs, Rangersmom

Hi Laurie,

I truly think you'll be amazed.  Here's some pics of my girl (BIG GIRL) and she's doing great, she'll be celebrating her 5 months post op and cancer diagonsis in a few weeks.

This is 9 days after her surgery, enjoying the snow.  (We have her off almost all pain meds by this time because she wasn't doing well with them)

This next pic, I was surprised when I checked the date because I thought it was taken more recently, but it was taken January 31st, not quite 2 months post op, and she had 2 chemo sessions by this time.

We went for a walk today, back to where you see her here, right by our house, she and my other dog just LOVE it.  My allergies were causing my asthma to act up and, here she is, cancer doggie, kicking my butt, saying, you are a big wuss.

I have had computer issues, but they are getting straightened out, I am transferring my doggie diary to a 'dog blog' and will let everybody know when I have it all transferred over.  It will be very candid thoughts, pics, etc of our experiences.

I won't say what you are about to go through will be easy, it will not. However, you will be surprised, even stunned on how your baby will recover and endure.  Our girl went for a visit through my work place and a few other friends businesses yesterday and it was funny how many people didn't realize she was actually missing a leg!

Good luck, hang tight, if it gets hard, jump online and sob on this site's collective cyber-shoulders. It has helped me immensely!

–Kim and Tika the Tri-mala-pawd.