First, there was tripawds.com, where my people shared the story of my own osteosarcoma survival for nearly two years.

Then came the Tripawd Discussion Forums, which offered even more support and resources for those coping with canine amputation and bone cancer from our growing number of members. Next we introduced the Live Tripawds Chat.

Today, we are hoppy to announce the new and improved Tripawds Blogs community – a special place where anyone can share tails about their own three legged dog adventures!

Whether your pup is three legged from birth, by accident, or because of bone cancer, we hope you will come join our community of Tripawds Blogs to share his or her story today. Simply sign up for your Tripawds Blog now and you'll be dog-blogging in no time!

Tripawds Blogs are an easy way to share your amazing dog's story and photos with the world. And best of all, it's free!

In just a few minutes you can start your own blog which will appear at yourblogname.tripawds.com. Just sign up and select the blog name of your choice and give it a title. Or, just type your desired blog name into your browser and see what happens!

Existing Tripawds users are already a member of this blog. Just be sure to log in before signing up and you will be automatically recognized and asked to create another blog.

The upcoming series of posts here in the main Tripawds News blog will cover all the new Tripawds Blogs features and discuss avatars, plugins, widgets, upload space, Supporter blogs, and much, much more. For now, you may find our WordPress tutorial videos helpful in getting started and making the most of your new blog. Please post any questions in the Tripawds Technical Support forum.

My people have been working extremely hard behind the scenes here for the past few months to make this happen. But this exciting new community wouldn't be pawsible without the generous support of our Tripawds pack. Earlier this year, they helped us acquire the hosting resources needed to maintain this new and improved website. Thanks to their kindness, your inspawrational stories can now help us show the world that … It's better to hop on three legs than limp on four!

I hope to get into much more detail someday about how we migrated Tripawds to WordPress MU and developed the new Tripawds Blogs community. But the wonderful folks at WPMU DEV Premium Plugins, Themes and Support are having a little contest which, if we won, might mean a little less fundraising next year.

By linking to this Countdown to 100 WPMU DEV Premium Plugins, Themes, Videos and More at wpmu.org, we might just be selected to receive another year of premium membership. A service which enabled us to make our dream of the new and improved Tripawds Blogs come true. And that would mean a bit less money we will need to raise in our next campaign to keep Tripawds online.

So wish us luck, and check out these links if you're interested in the WPMU DEV Countdown to 100 or the Premium Plugins, Videos and Support that helped the new make Tripawds Blogs possible.

We simply could not have done it without the support I received in the WPMU DEV Premium Support Forums. And we would not have our comprehensive WordPress help videos without our Premium membership. And when it comes to things like avatars, feeds, widgets, invites, supporters, and other Tripwads features and functionaity; well … these things are only possible, thanks to our WPMU DEV plugins …

• Admin Ads* (For Quick Links and Maintenance Notices in Dashboard)
• Avatars* (User & Blog)
• Comment Indexer*
• Custom Content Dashboard Widget*
• Dashboard Feeds*
• First Comment*
• Global Header
• Google Sitemaps*
• Invite*
• List All (Tripawds Blogs Community Listing)
• Logout Redirect*
• Personal Welcomes
• Post Indexer*
• Supporters* (And Supporter Widgets plus Blog Ad Removal)
• Widget Recent Global Comments*
• Widget Recent Global Comments Feed*
• Widget Recent Global Posts*
• Widget Recent Global Posts Feed*

* Premium Plugins