Good morning,  I just found this forum so I thought I would share about our Cody.  Sorry if it gets a bit long but my heart is heavy today...  maybe some writing will help.

We had just lost our Sasha Dog to old age.  My heart was so broken.  While I wasn't ready for a new dog I was looking through available rescues.  I found it healing to know that I would give a dog a forever home one day.  With my heart shut down I looked through many  pictures of homeless dogs.  Then I saw the the sweetest face I had ever seen.  His eyes looked right at me and I knew in that second that he would be a part of our family.  I clicked on his picture and read about Cody's life. 

Cody was found on the living on streets of Jaurez,  Mexico.  A rescue named Compassion Without Borders had found him.  He was in poor shape. His front left leg was badly broken and infected.  They took him in and amputated his leg.  After he was all healed he was sent to a rescue in California for adoption.  That's when we found each other. 

We had to go through quite a process to bring Cody home.  We had visits, home visits,  contracts,  waiting periods,  etc.  On March 14,  2011 Cody officially joined our family.  Cody is such a source of joy to us and everyone who meets him.  He is always a hit at BBQs and the beach.  People truly gravitate to him.  His smile and joyful spirit are contagious.  He gets along just fine.  Often at the beach people will say "whoa that dog is fast,  I had no idea he had only 3 legs"

Four weeks ago our worst fear became reality.  Cody was running in a field and injured his right front leg.  I'm not quite sure what happened,  I'm guessing his foot went in a gopher hole.  We rushed him to the Vet.  There were no fractures or breaks (although they did find many old healed fractures from his days on the streets).  He had soft tissue damage.  The vet prescribed pain meds and rest.  After a week he was not getting better.  He was getting round on his hind legs and would not put any weight on his front.  To help in healing we went to a new vet that offered laser treatments.  When that didn't help we went to a joint specialist and he put a splint on for 10 days.  We had high hopes the day we removed the splint but no luck.  He isn't in pain but he still wont use his front leg.  We are now considering a custom splint or possibly a bone fusion surgery. 

I am so sad for him.  He seems quite depressed.  I don't know what we'll do if he can never run at the beach again.  I need to keep the faith that this chapter in Cody's life will have a happy ending too.

Thank you for taking the time to get to know Cody.  I hope to find some advice here on Tripawd that might help us.  Have a great day!