My boxer girl had her left, front leg amputated in March of this year due to cancer.  I certainly hope that's not the case with Ajay.  I just love boxers.  I must see pics!

Leslie

Thanks for the nice welcome, I am trying to figure out the photo thing, not doing so well   but I will work on it again later.  AJay came into rescue with huge growths on his front paw/foreleg called hammertomas. They were B-9 but extremely aggresive and invasive. I felt like I could sit and watch them grow before my eyes.  The biggest issue with hammertomas is the high potential for regrowth. We fought hard to save the leg but after 18 months and several more surgeries to remove re-growth we had to face the difficult but inevitable reality that we lost the battle against regrowth.  I didn't want to subject him to anymore procedures and painful recoveries when the outcome was inevitable….it broke my heart after such a long hard fought effort to save the leg but I realize now that it was so much harder on me than on Ajay. He was up and around in less than 24 hours and is finally free of the hammertomas, cones, bandage wraps, special shoes etc. once and for all. He is doing GREAT.

I watched the three vidoes and thought they were very informative and will probably watch them over and over. Thanks for being here and for caring enough to help people with questions and concerns. I will post pics as soon as I figure it out.

BTW I live up in Nevada City, kinda in between Sacramento and Reno…in the foothills.

Thank you for posting that video, it made me smile and giggle just like watching Ajay play though he chases other dogs instead of chasing a ball. Sometimes he tries to take a corner too fast and tumbles. I have noticed that he seems to know how to just roll with it hardly skipping a beat, he rolls once or twice and is back up running without losing any momentum at all. It doesn't seem to bother him a bit. I do worry about how quickly he gets tired out.  He wants to go and go and go.  Our walks are much shorter and I call them power walks because he does want to move right along except for the thousands of pee stops.  So it is go go go stop stop stop….Every tree, bush, stick, shrub, rock, weed, pebble, piece of paper, anything real or imagined has to be sniffed and peed on.

Hi Lorilynn,

What a great home Ajay has found!  I love that you tried to do what you could for the leg & then just moved on.. I was blown away at how well my dog, Zak, has done as a tripawd. It sounds a little nutty to some but there's times I don't even notice he's missing a leg! I see his reflection in a mirror & be like .. wow – its really obvious his leg is missing but to me he's just my sweet boy.

It is normal for them to get tired more quickly.. it harder work for them w/ 3 legs. I just kinda let Zak set the pace & follow his lead.

Welcome from a fellow Californian.. just WAY down south from you.. :)

Jenna & Zak

12 yr old Rtvr

Dx front leg 1/24/09

Amp 1/29/09

Wohooooo I managed to add the avatar (browse button works now) but still can't figure out inserting a photo from photobucket. I will keep trying. Anyway thanks for the nice welcome, I am thrilled to be here and can't wait to get more settled in and get to know you and your puppers.