I just wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself and say "Hello!"

In early October, I lost my 13-year-old quadripaw Sheltie, Vallen to a sudden, unexplained illness.  He was my first dog, and I was sure it would take at least a year before I was ready to bring a new dog into my life.  But a few weeks ago, a funny thing happened:  I realized that I had not one, but two empty places in my heart.  The first was for Valen and nothing will ever fill that, the second was the absence of a dog in my life and I was ready to start looking for the right pup to fill that one.

I started looking idly on PetFinder, just get a sense of who was out there when I started to notice the occasional posting for a tripawd looking for their Forever Home and I would think to myself "Poor dear, I'm sure it's going to be very hard for them to find a home."  Suddenly, it dawned on me: Maybe I could adopt a tripawd.  I spoke with my vet and did some research on the 'Net and the common wisdom seemed to be that, once they've adjusted, 3-legged dogs are just like 4-legged dogs!  My vet even said, "I don't actually consider them special needs."  This sounded a little too neat, so I continued looking for information until I found Tripawds, and you folks are exactly what I was looking for!  I've started to learn about PT exercises to develop good muscle tone and proprioception, booties for traction and the importiance of maintaining a healthy weight.  Now I know what challanges I'm likely to face and I'm sure I can meet them!

It only took a day or two for me to find the dog that captured my heart and wouldn't let it go!  Ater dealing with the fact that I would have to pick her up at her Rescue is 13, which is hours away from my home in Central MA, I put in an application to adopt her.  As of today, I am 99.9% approved!  I'm just waiting for the official "Come get her!" email, so please keep your fingers crossed for us.

Well, this is my very long winded way of saying "Hi, it's great to be here.  I look forward to getting to know you all and pestering you with endless questions."

I think everyone would agree- we are delighted to have you and what a great decision!

Yay!!! And welcome to Tripawds!!! We all can't wait to meet and hear about your newly adopted Tripawd!! You must be so super excited!! I am excited for you!! Hoping everything goes through without a hitch and we are all looking forward to chatting with you and answering any questions that you may have. 

How wonderful that you opened your heart to adopting such a special kid!

Congratulations!!! And welcome

Photos when you are ready would be great!

Hugs

Joanne and Lylee

Oh she is just a beauty!

I too adopted my Wyatt as a Tripawd. His paw was crushed (removed) and he was abused.

It will soon be three months he has been with us and I can't imagine life without the love bug!

Crossing fingers and paws that you get her soon!

Some one here said "you don't always get the dog you want, but you always get the dog you need"