Hi there! So sorry about the accident. What's your doggie's name?

Yeah, it's a tough call when you are dealing with such a young dog, but young or old, each will have unique challenges and advantages when adapting to life on three. Our Tripawds Spokesdog Wyatt Ray lost his leg at eight months old and he is now eight and doing well overall. Currently he's experiencing some mobility challenges that we are addressing with rehab therapy, which you can read about in the Tripawds News blog .

Many of our members lost a limb at a young age for something other than cancer. Rest assured the dogs do well. As long as you are proactive about keeping your pup's weight down, ensuring he gets the right kind of physical activity and maintain a working relationship with a good rehab therapist if possible, he really can do great. 

It sounds like you've done your homework in talking to experts about this major decision. Congratulate yourself on that, you're a great advocate! I'm curious if the subject of a prosthetic has been discussed. It sounds like your pup might have a long enough limb left to attach a prosthetic and if you are willing to devote the time and financial resources to training him to use it, that would be his best bet at a long life with less mobility issues.

I also understand your concern about the high price of surgery. Unfortunately we've had many members join us because their surgery to fix a broken leg failed. Has the ortho vet discussed the odds of surgical success for the type of fracture your dog experienced? If you can't afford the surgery, please don't beat yourself up OK?

I hope this helps. Stay tuned, others will chime in soon.