Jenny, Cooper developed a hole near his incision early on after his amp. The vet didnt seem extremely worried about it and put a wrap on it. A few days into that it was obvious infection had set in, so just keep close tabs with your vet and really watch it daily, I would think from what we experienced you will know it if infection does set in. This whole amputation thing seems kind of tricky from one day to the next.. it seems like you can worry both too much and not enough. I hope your dane heals ok ! Keep us posted!

Coopsdad

Ok Cool. Loved the story of Moose in the parade. Moose is a tripawd that became a wobbler and Zane is a wobbbler that became a tripawd. Moose had such a late onset of spinal problems that I am curious to know what areas were affected. I'll try to contact Joel. Generally danes develop wobblers in their growing years (before 2) whereas Dobies do in their middle age (5-8). Dobe wobblers is called late age onset and their form of the disease is totally different than the early onset Dane style. I have investigating to do..woohoo! I own the yahoo group 'neurdogs' for dogs with wobbler syndrome and degenerative myelopathy.

Zane has been a wobbler since he was 10 months old. He has never had the joy of a normal gait or the normal strenth of a typical Dane. He is very tall but due to a fusion of 3 vertebrae in his neck, he holds his head a little lower. Zane has always had challenges walking and making turns however he runs with the best of them. He has neuro deficits in his front right leg making it turn under often when he walks or bends down to sniff the ground. Now with a rear right leg gone, he is quite compromised and falls when the wind blows. He's not letting that hold him back though!

It was a hell of a leap of faith to do the amputation but after seeing him hobble around when his leg was infected and never letting it touch the ground, I figured he had a chance. He had his acl repaired in his rear left leg in 2008 so we are hoping that and his spine hold out. We ordered an EW cart but so far, it's not working out well for him at all. He prefers to hop along, Tigger style.

I shot some video of him this week so I'll post that soon.