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6:45 pm
26 January 2013
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....but I'm partial...Liberty (Libby) was diagnosed with OSA on 1-22-13. Right front amputation on 1-31-13. No IV Chemo. Metronomic Therapy started 2-19-13 along with supplements and some home cooking. Lungs clear until 1-06-14. She's still her happy, hoppy, bossy self. Living the dog life to the fullest and a proud Winter Warrior. :) RIP my Libby 4-21-03 to 3-19-14
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25 September 2009
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I give her THREE TENS!!!! She's amazing!
Oh Libby, you make us so hoppy to see you having fun in your Float Coat .
Would it be OK Amy if we put your video in a Gear blog post about the Float Coat ? It's so adorable!
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7:51 pm
26 January 2013
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Absolutely! Libby & I would be honored. 
Liberty (Libby) was diagnosed with OSA on 1-22-13. Right front amputation on 1-31-13. No IV Chemo. Metronomic Therapy started 2-19-13 along with supplements and some home cooking. Lungs clear until 1-06-14. She's still her happy, hoppy, bossy self. Living the dog life to the fullest and a proud Winter Warrior. :) RIP my Libby 4-21-03 to 3-19-14
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22 February 2013
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Awwwwwwwwwwww! Made my day!! My werk!! And more!!
Beautiful sight! Everyone who is thinking about am amputation and wondering how a dog will do.......well, Jere she is follow...Miss Olympian LIBERTY,! So heartwarming! So I aspiring! Just plain fun to watch!!
Did you ever see the video of Spirit Rusty surfing in his pool? That's another tripawd who didn't let losing a leg stop him from enjoying life to the fullest!
So happy to see LIbbyt doing so well. Love how she swam over to the side of the pool, walked flight up those steps, did the old "water shake off", didn't miss a beat proudly picked that bal right back up!!
Thanks Libby---and your four legged pool mate---for bringing us smiles today. I'm burst I g with pride at the video and I'm not even your momma!!
You know we expect many more videos now. You know we do!!
Keep lapping up life Libby floating down the river of joy!
Sally and Happy Hannah
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
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26 January 2013
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Thank you Sally & Hannah! Yes, I've see Rusty hang 10! Pretty pawesome stuff and quite an inspawration
Liberty (Libby) was diagnosed with OSA on 1-22-13. Right front amputation on 1-31-13. No IV Chemo. Metronomic Therapy started 2-19-13 along with supplements and some home cooking. Lungs clear until 1-06-14. She's still her happy, hoppy, bossy self. Living the dog life to the fullest and a proud Winter Warrior. :) RIP my Libby 4-21-03 to 3-19-14
10:48 pm
29 November 2008
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Libby, you are awesome! That was an amazing jump! My boy Max didn't do any swimming in our pool, but we had a small inflatable raft he loved to sit in; then we'd move him around the pool. What kind of raft do you have? It looks like a giant piece of styrofoam. We're always looking for new dog pool toys. Way to go Libby!!!
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25 September 2009
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Thanks Amy!
Yeah that raft is pretty cool, is there a name on it?
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3 December 2012
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIBBY THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jill is a 9-year-old tuxedo kitty. She was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in June 2012 on her toe in her right hind leg. Her leg was amputated on 12/12/12 and she completed four rounds of chemo (2 of Carbo, 2 of Doxy) in April 2013. "Like" Jill's facebook page: https://www.fac.....tty?ref=hl Proud member of the WINTER WARRIORS!!!! Her blog can be read at http://jillsjou.....ipawds.com. xoxo
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Way to go Libby! Jumping was cool, and getting out of the pool like a pro!
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17 October 2012
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Way to go Libby. You are doing so awesome. one 10??? Heck we give you 100 over here.
Michelle & Sassy
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05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
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26 January 2013
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Thanks all! There's no name on the raft and we bought it from a marina. It's very sturdy. When both dogs are on it that's about 180 lbs and it stays on top of the water. The sides are a little chewed up because Libby has a habit of standing on the stairs and biting the sides when it floats by her. It makes us chuckle because she looks like a shark attacking..she gives a little growl and then wham! she bites it.
Liberty (Libby) was diagnosed with OSA on 1-22-13. Right front amputation on 1-31-13. No IV Chemo. Metronomic Therapy started 2-19-13 along with supplements and some home cooking. Lungs clear until 1-06-14. She's still her happy, hoppy, bossy self. Living the dog life to the fullest and a proud Winter Warrior. :) RIP my Libby 4-21-03 to 3-19-14
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22 February 2013
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Noyou surely know.......surely know.......that last post (and I know sometimes the order changes...but the n' of Libby biting the raft). Has to be put on video and posted here!!!!!
You KNOW that, right??
Things that make us smile are REAL important around here!!
And the crowd won't leave, he building g u til we see that video.......or even the one with both beautiful labs on the raft would be great!! And the crowd roars for BOTH videos!!
Lots of love, Sally and Happy Hannah
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
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12 February 2013
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Yay LIBBY! Very cute. My girls are jealous that they don't have a pool to play in too.
Adelaide is a young tripawd Husky, from an injury. Her amp was on 10/1/12. She has 4 sisters, Aissa (a senior border collie/chow), Maggie May (a puppy Great Pyrenees), Mathilde and Morrigan and 1 baby brother, Bagheera. We are all watched over by our angel Brendol, who was dx with OSA 1/30/13, amp on 2/6/13, and left us on 8/20/13.
You can read their stories at http://adelaide.tripawds.com and http://brendol.tripawds.com
Ditto for jealous of having a pool! What an inspiration Libby is! So happy to see this today!!!!!
Atlas gives Libby a 100! Woo Hoo!
7:52 pm
26 January 2013
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I would have you all over with your furbabies for a pool pawty if we could! Wouldn't that be fun? Sally, I will try to get more videos of "the girls" on their little iceberg.
Liberty (Libby) was diagnosed with OSA on 1-22-13. Right front amputation on 1-31-13. No IV Chemo. Metronomic Therapy started 2-19-13 along with supplements and some home cooking. Lungs clear until 1-06-14. She's still her happy, hoppy, bossy self. Living the dog life to the fullest and a proud Winter Warrior. :) RIP my Libby 4-21-03 to 3-19-14
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