I was looking through the forums and apologize if I missed where someone else has posted about this topic and I just couldn't find it.

This past Friday marked the 2 week post-amputation mark for our Daisy girl and so far she has amazed us…..and the whole staff at our vet's office, our vet, friends and family (I am a very proud mom, can you tell??) ;) She's slowly weaned off almost all of her meds except the occasional Tramadol and Deramaxx every day. She's doing great with walking, stairs, etc….even gave me a small heart attack the other day when she decided to jump on our bed!

The only area she is NOT doing well in is with her 'brother and sister', our other 2 dogs, who until her surgery were her inseparable best friends. Daisy (who now has her own blog on here with her whole story at Daisy's tripawd diva spot) is a 5 year old American Bulldog and we also have Mason our 2 year old Pit Bull and Grace our 3 year old Am Staff….they weigh in at 78, 83 & 45 pound respectively.

They were each other's constant companions…..never any 2 against 1 issues or aggression amongst them, their biggest huffs were always who got up earliest in the morning and ruined it for the others ;) We adopted Grace when she was 3 months old, but had been separated from her mom since she was only 3 weeks old. Her, her mother and litter mates were surrendered to a kennel that sadly did not re-home bully breeds so their mother was put to sleep before the rescue group we got Grace from had a chance to step in.

From the minute we brought Grace home, Daisy thought Grace was her responsibility. She taught her everything, even housebreaking! There was nowhere Daisy went without her shadow, she even slept in Daisy's bed during storms and fireworks. Adding Mason to the mix wasn't much different except that he was already 1 and had come from pretty rough beginnings. She never showed any resentment towards either of them and trust me, Daisy always let's you know what she's thinking!!

This is why I am so puzzled with her post-amputation attitude towards them. All they want to do is be by her like always before and she wants nothing to do with them, she even snarled at Mason the other day for trying to give her a kiss. She won't let either snuggle up by her and if they walk near her in the house she goes the opposite direction.

I am hoping someone out there has had a similar situation and could give me some insight. I am really hoping it is just a phase that will pass but in the meantime I am looking at the faces of 2 very sad and confused dogs.

Sorry this turned out so lengthy but I thought the background info was needed. Hope for some great Tripawd feedback, I could use it!

Time is a great healer of all wounds, and I guess this is  no different. Our two took awhile to be themselves around each other again and I think it is just a adjustment period and lets face it the last thing you want when you hurt is someone hanging around. I'm sure they will be back to  thier usual closeness soon.

This is the best and only place for all those question serious or not.

Hope her recovery continues well.

Sarah, Kayla and Sarge

We are a 3-paw house but we are in NYC and for the first month or so after his surgery Ajax would give a warning growl/rumble to other dogs he passed on the street – something he NEVER did before.  Then he gradually stopped growling, started approaching small dogs, then bigger dogs he knew well, and now he is romping around lilke nothing happened.  I do think they feel a little vulnerable at first. 

That being said, I don't have a "pack" at home so my input is limited.