Hey all. My three year old Brittany just had left front leg amputated due to trauma. She hopped the fence and before we could find her someone hit her with their car. I think it has been tougher on me emotionally than her. We are 4 days out and she seems to be doing quite well. The main problem we are having is keeping her calm when we take her out. Today she actually ran around the house and up the back fairs before we could stop her. I bird hunt and she is my best bird dog by far, I hope she gets to hunt again she loves it. Her name is Turner's Christmas Bell and we call her Bell.

Hi Bell and family

Sorry to hear about your Bells injury. Sounds just like our girl Kayla after her amputation we had more problems keeping her calm than anything else :-) It is incrediably hard on us mere humans where as the dogs just seem to take it in thier stride, it doesn't seem to phase them after a while.

Hope her recovery continues to go well. These forums are a brilliant source of info and encouragement espescially all those little questions.

Good luck

Sarah and Kayla

Welcome to the gang, Bell! So sorry you needed to find us but so happy you did. It's hard to keep a Brittany down, but you need to chill out a little and heal. You'll get a little better and stronger each day, and pretty soon you'll be out there working your tail off again. Make sure to post some pictures of yourself so we can see your pretty face. I'll bet you have freckles!

Shari

Welcome– sounds like Bell is doing marvelously, although I'm so sorry about her accident.  I bet she'll be back to birding once she fully recovers.  Our surgeon told us about several dogs he's performed amputations on that went on to be successful bird dogs, and our own tripawd loved to swim.

Thank you all for the kind words. As of this morning she is doing great! She should get the drain tube removed tomorrow.