Buddy is a new member to this site. After limping around for a few weeks a startling diagnosis of osteosarcoma was made on this beautiful 7 1/2 year old golden retriever. I traveled 4 hours for his surgery at Fox Valley Animal Referral Center. His right back leg was amputated the day after Thanksgiving, and he WALKED out of the hospital the next day to go home. He 's met many challenges, such as learning to squat on his remaining back leg to have a BM, learning how to back himself out of a corner, and navigating the house with the big "lampshade" on his head! It has been 6 weeks and Buddy has had 2 chemo treatments so far (Carboplatin) and I'm happy to report he is doing awesome. He is back to playing with his 1 1/2 year old golden sister Bella and taking cold winter walks. He adores car rides but I need help getting him into the car. He will run down a set of steps but really won't attempt to go UP steps until my daughter lifts his back leg to the first step — then he does the military crawl the rest of the way while I stand at the top of the steps cheering him on. It's great to know this website exists!

Welcome Buddy and family.  If you need help getting Buddy in and out of the car, you may want to consider the Ruffwear Webmaster harness.  We got one for our Max after his amputation, and it proved invaluable.  

http://gear.tri…..r-harness/

Please post some photos when you get a chance, and keep us updated on Buddy's recovery and treatment.

Sorry about the osteosarcoma diagnosis.  I'm so glad that Buddy's doing so well. I second the Ruffwear harness idea. It worked great for us, especially useful for stairs and car rides. Keep us posted, can't wait to see some pictures!