I don't log in or post very often mainly due to time and the fact that my tripawd has bilateral hip dysplasia so I have been spending  more time on those sites! At any rate, over the summer I bought one of the Tripawds t-shirts. I got the women's v-neck with the "Be Pawsitive" across the front. I LOVE IT! It is the best t-shirt ever! The v-neck is very shallow so it is almost like a crew. It is comfortable and fits very nicely. Of course the message on the front is great too. Now my husband wants one and so does my friend who doesn't even have a tripawd! I also bought the personalized sweatshirt but I haven't worn it yet because it hasn't been cold enough. I'm sure I sound like some sort of paid advertisement, but I swear I am not! You never know what you will get when you buy something online and I always feel better when I buy after hearing the product is good. Anyway, thanks for a great shirt!

And on the hip dysplasia note, my dog Cheek was born without a front left leg. At 7 months old we found out he has bilateral hip dysplasia. Last summer we had the worst hip operated on (FHO, head of femur removed). This past June he dislocated the other side and had a second FHO. He is now pain free and at 2 years old can run around and be a crazy dog. The recoveries were hard because of balance due to the missing front leg. However, he pulled through and is doing really well now.

We just ordered shirts for the 2 million dog walk, and can hardly wait to wear them! Still waiting and hoping for the Tripawd Warrior Princess shirts, though! Hint, hint!

Wow. Some excellent memories here. Yes, little Cheek is in Japan. Fortunately far enough away from Fukushima to be safe from nuclear radiation. Still concerned about food contamination so Cheek only eats locally caught fish (from the Japan Sea, not Pacific) and beef from Australia.

As far as his surgeries go, he did really well considering what he had to go through. We have 2 other dogs and Cheek didn't want to miss out on the action. I rigged up an old baby stroller so he could go on long walks with us. He LOVES that stupid stroller and still goes for rides in it off and on. We also have a baby jogger rigged up for him as well. Even with the hips pain free he still tires out way before the other guys do. Both operations were around summer time so I took him to the river everyday to swim and build muscle and flexibility. Never in a million years did I expect hip dysplasia in a toy poodle. And yes, pet insurance is a good thing!

Due to his surgeries we had him X-rayed head to tail. Both my local vet and the orthopedic surgeon think Cheek was born with 4 legs and that the missing leg was "cut" off. Either by humans (really?) or by the mother dog chewing it off. When he was surrendered to the shelter the owner said he was born with the missing leg. However, the X-rays show a piece of elbow in the stump. The vets said if it was a short leg due to growth deformity that elbow wouldn't be there. Also, the end of the stump is too clean of a cut to have grown like that. Mystery.