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Zeus lost his battle yesterday....
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Virginia







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12 February 2016 - 8:24 pm
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Awww, thanks for letting us know Zeus is home with you where he belongs. Like Michelle, I felt comforted having my Happy Hannah back home with me.

There hasn't been a day that has gone by since Zeus transitioned you haven't been in my heart. The losses so far in February have been taki g us all to our knees. It just breaks our heart. And add the fact that Zeus was so young...jist awful.

I believe it was Alison who posted this for us one time...it may have been Sahana. I apologize for not being sure. But I saved it for those times when I needed to believe Happy Hannah and I would unite again. I hope it brings you comfort.

All Pets Go To Heaven
Can you imagine a heaven without pets?

There is a very special place where beloved pets go after they die. This is only a temporary location. But there are trees and grass and lakes, and everything they love. Here they can play and eat and sleep, even better than they did, before they died. Now, there are no aches or worries or dangers of any kind to trouble or threaten them. The only joy missing is their beloved human companion, you.

All health is restored completely, and all injuries are healed. Dogs and cats play with each other like youngsters, and they do not have time to feel lonely for you. They miss you, and with the special wisdom that animals have, they trust that this condition will get better. And they confidently wait as they frolic.

A wonderful day will come for each of them, when in the middle of playing they will suddenly feel something is different. And all their senses will be at the height of excitement and exuberance. They will sniff the air and look off in the distance where they recognize that dearly loved special presence. Then they will call out in elation, and with eyes shining and tail going wild, tear off at a full gallop, almost flying over the green grass.

Your expected arrival has been sensed, and now there is nothing that can keep the two of you apart, ever again. As you run toward each other the tears flow from your eyes. Your pet leaps into your arms, and you cling together in jubilant reunion. The joyous kisses are all over your face, and you kiss back, just as ecstatically. Your hands so lovingly caress once more the beloved fur, the head and neck and body you knew so well. And you look into each other’s loving eyes, and all those old, wonderful shared feelings are back, again.

And then something will call the both of you on, to a different field of warmth and nurture, where all the love you knew now comes to fruition. With your pet, you leave that special waiting area, walk into the main part of heaven, and begin a new existence there, together.

If you accept that pets can love us as much as we do them, then the logic is clear and cannot be denied. If you believe that there is a heaven for people, then they must be there, waiting for us, when we cross over. Heaven is love, and pets always share that with us.

Sending you love and surrounding you with Zeus's eternal love

Sally and My Chunky Spiritual Being Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie

Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!

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12 February 2016 - 8:35 pm
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Thank you Sally!

Just beautiful and what I needed to hear. This community has been LIFE SAVING! I love you all for your support and although my loss is fresh I have started to give support to others and its helped.

I wish everyone couldve met Zeus, he was awesome!

XO

Deb

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12 February 2016 - 8:43 pm
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I too am glad your Zeus is back home with you, it is like the epilogue in this journey, and it seems like the needed closure comes with it..... But I, as well as everyone else here knows, the pain goes on for quite awhile. It is important to take all the time you need to grieve, and don't let anyone tell you to move on before you are ready. Sometimes it feels like it can take forever for the pain to subside, and that is completely ok.

I don't have words of comfort like all the amazing friends here do, but I do want you to know you will never be alone here and can post everything you are feeling to help ease you heartache and heartbreak. We all really do understand ❤️ 

Sending healing hugs,

Bonnie, Angel Polly, Pearl, and Zuzu

P.S. Sally, your words of healing are such an incredible comfort to everyone always 😘💜

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12 February 2016 - 8:50 pm
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Thank you Bonnie and your pack!

I have real bad moments of crying like a baby, coming from anger which Im trying to let go of...

I miss the cute noises he would make trying to get my attention, UGH!

I love you all!

XOXOXO

Virginia







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12 February 2016 - 9:24 pm
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Don't try and rush it sweet Deb. Feelmit...the anger...the sadness...the void...the despair. You think you've worked through it only to have it come back over you, twice as hard! And you wonder how is that possible? It's possible because plain and simple, you love Zeus and miss his earthly presence.

Everyone of us can PROMISE you it will get better. We can PROMISE you the happier times will take hold more and more. And we can also PROMISE you Zeusy will make his presence known! It took Happy Hannah over a year to give me a really ppwerful and "believable" sign. One that had her paws all over it.

So many others have gotten lots of signs a whole lot sooner! Zeus may be like Happy Hannah. They are just too busy having fun! In Happy Hannah's case, she was probably too busy eatingnice cream and deernpoop. In Zeus's case, because he's so darn handsome and charming, he maybe too busy flirting with all the girlie dogs!

We would love to know Zeus even more.

What was he like the first day you brought him home? What did he chew up that he shouldn't have? Did he like to drink out of the toilet? PLEASE share more when you can...and pictures too! Even in our sadness, when we look at Zeus's avatar picture it makes us smile!!

Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!

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13 February 2016 - 1:09 am
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Oh, Deb, I am so, so sorry for your horrible loss. And I can totally relate to your feelings of anger and (totally undeserved) guilt, too, as I had a Yorkie who died under very traumatic circumstances, and I felt that a vet's advice was partly to blame (and I felt guilty for following that advice). Plus, I wasn't allowed to be with him when he was dying. Those kinds of losses are the hardest to bear, but the loss of any beloved dog is absolutely horrendous, anyway.

I hope in time you are able to remember some of the happier moments of your life with your beautiful boy. I know you realize that Zeus was always aware of how much you cared about him, and that every single thing you did, was done with his best interests at heart.

My greatest wish is that I'll be able to see (and be with) all of my departed dogs again after I die. To me, that would be truly heaven.

And the fact that Zeus got so sick so fast means it's very likely that chemo wouldn't have been enough to save him. It probably wouldn't have helped, and Zeus's last months would have been way more stressful.

Please let us all know when (not if) you get a sign from Zeus that he is happy and waiting for you. Until then, be extra good to yourself and give Belle some extra hugs.

Love and ((((hugs))))xxx from Nancy & Susie

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13 February 2016 - 7:56 am
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Deb I wish we could've met Zeus too.  Your love for him shines through every post you write.  I'm glad you have stayed here and can offer support to others too.  What better way to honor Zeus' legacy here than to help others?  You are a strong woman and so loving and giving of yourself and we are so honored to have you here giving support to others that are in that same dark place we were such a short time ago. Zeus is so proud of you!  Much love and many hugs!

Linda & Spirit Mighty Max

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13 February 2016 - 10:36 am
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{{{{hugs}}}}

This part of the journey is a huge step for us humans. I remember when we got Jerry's ashes back and I had them on my lap for miles as we drove across Montana. I cried all the way. Today he still rides with us as we travel. It's comforting to know our co-pilot is still with us, just as Zeus is for you. They're always guiding us.

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13 February 2016 - 1:01 pm
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I don't know if it was me that posted that poem, Sally, but I have posted it other places and it brings me comfort too. I thought of that poem, oddly, today earlier when I was running errands for a friend who's having some personal 'scary' issues and this poem / thought crossed my mind. Odd, I know. And obviously, I am fine.

I do know how much it feels more comforting to have Shelby's ashes home with me .. I remember when I first got them, I sat on the couch with her and cried and cried. This was pre-Jasper so I was able to sit on the couch with Shelby - a lot. 

I remember the first time I opened them up to bring a bit home to Seattle with me to send Shelby to a resting place on the Oregon Coast ... 

But I know that I look at and talk to them daily. As if she can hear me. 

The pain is horrible - as others have said - but you will get through it. You will!!!! If I can do it (and I was beyond a hot mess) so can you! So can everyone ... 

Sending you love and hugs ...and yes, if you are up to it, share some happy memories!!!!

much love,

alison with spirit shelby in her heart (and little jasper too) 

Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.

October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014

Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife

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14 February 2016 - 3:13 pm
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Happy Valentines Day my baby Zeus....We miss you so much but we remind ourselves that youre with your cousins and friends playing; healthy for eternity. Please come say hi to mommy...I love you...[Image Can Not Be Found]

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14 February 2016 - 3:34 pm
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14 February 2016 - 4:34 pm
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And Happy Valentine's Day to you Mom! A special Valentine for you.

I'm always in your heaert and you're always in mine.

Love,

Zeus

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Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!

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14 February 2016 - 4:49 pm
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Awwwww, Thank you my love....

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14 February 2016 - 4:49 pm
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Found this recently. just a random picture I saw, but I think it looks like a dog running to meet his owner. See the rainbow behind? Looks like a Tripawd also. Maybe, they decide they don't need that spare leg anyhow! I am just now seeing these posts about Zeus. I am so very sorry! It does hurt, real bad! There does however, I promise, come a time when you can think about them and a smile will appear on your face. Sometimes, that smile will be accompanied by tears, but it will be a smile non the less. Hugs, Lori, Ty and Gang

TY GUY, Best Black Lab ever! Diagnosed  and had amp in January, 2014. Kicked MRSA's butt. Earned his angel wings on April 16, 2014. Run Free my boy and don't forget a shoe. Ty is a proud member of the " April Angels". Ty sent us Daryl, a Tripawd rescue in Sept. of 2016. Daryl is 5 +or -. We are also Pawrents to Chandler, a Border Collie mix who is 15 and 1/2, Lucy, a Corgi who is 7, 2 minis, 2 horses, and a feisty cat named Zoe. Zoe had a non skeletal Osteosarcoma removed in July 2015. No Chemo, she was at least 16. She is going strong although she is now completely blind. She is now close to 20 and her hobbies are eating and sleeping in front of her personal heater. 

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14 February 2016 - 4:57 pm
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Thank you Lori, Ty and Gang!

What a beautiful picture. I often think about what will be when I see Zeus again? I miss him, there's such an emptiness in the house. Belle feels it too but I distract her with rotisserie chicken, bones and LOVE!

XO

Deb

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