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I am an owner of a beautiful 6month old Tripawd Doberman girl named Athena. I able to be home daily as we begin this journey of recovery and a happy healthy life together. We share our love with my husband and two teenage sons.
Athena was let out into the side yard to play and took off out of the yard into another neighborhood. She had done this before and always returned. When she did not return our search began, lasting 5 days of Athena being missing. She was finally heard in her cry of distress by a gentleman I had given a flyer to. He found her not far from home trapped by her paw in a barb wire fence cutting circulation off in her foot.
And so began our battle of trying to save her foot. Never did we imagine it would come down to her loosing her whole front right leg as rot began to set in she had half her foot removed. The rot did not stop there but her foot continued to die off. She already had a Webb foot and the struggle of, "could she have a healthy happy life?", with the council of our wonderful vet & his staff we made the decision to take on this journey with Athena, and I am glad I did! Having her leg removed and keeping her with us was the best decision for our happy puppy girl! She has thrived and endured with such strength and working with her has been one proud moment after another!
I hope to share many more milestones as we go along this journey of Athena's Tripawd life!