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6:25 pm
13 March 2013
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Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
7:09 pm
24 October 2012
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murphsmom said
So glad to see Fang. I loved your picture in last year's calendar!I have taken several pictures of Murphy and actually posted them on FB and asked his friends to weigh in. We still have not come to a consensus, so I will put two of them in here and see if we come to a decision. Otherwise I guess I will just have to forward both of them and have Rene choose which would be best.
Kathi and Murphy
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The second one of Murphy is the best, methinks - look at that smile! :3
"You aren't doing it TO him, you are doing it FOR him. Give him a chance at life."
Check out Fang's blog at http://cldavis......pawds.com/
7:12 pm
26 January 2014
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Kathi, I vote the 2nd one! He looks like he's smiling big for the camera
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22 February 2013
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Darn Murph....you just don't take a bad picture!!!
After foing back and forth, I, with mich hesitation, eliminated the first phot. Now, for me, it's between the second one with his adorable happy smile and cocked head...and the third one with his glorious eyes and the red flowers in the background....the orange flowers really complemented his golden auburn eyes in the first phot, but red is really his color.
That's the best I could do!!!
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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17 October 2012
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I told her on FB I loved them all and good luck choosing lol. He takes very good pictures.
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07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
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25 September 2009
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Pawesome! More beautiful photos...
Chantal/Fang: Perfect! Nice big file size, great resolution.
Kathi/Murphy: Any way you can send us a larger image? 1024x728 will appear about 3" wide in print.
Thank you!
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8:50 pm
25 January 2014
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Definitely number 2. So precious!!
TY GUY, Best Black Lab ever! Diagnosed and had amp in January, 2014. Kicked MRSA's butt. Earned his angel wings on April 16, 2014. Run Free my boy and don't forget a shoe. Ty is a proud member of the " April Angels". Ty sent us Daryl, a Tripawd rescue in Sept. of 2016. Daryl is 5 +or -. We are also Pawrents to Chandler, a Border Collie mix who is 15 and 1/2, Lucy, a Corgi who is 7, 2 minis, 2 horses, and a feisty cat named Zoe. Zoe had a non skeletal Osteosarcoma removed in July 2015. No Chemo, she was at least 16. She is going strong although she is now completely blind. She is now close to 20 and her hobbies are eating and sleeping in front of her personal heater.
9:17 pm
13 March 2013
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Not a problem with the bigger image. I will send it direct, rather than through Photobucket. These are actually pretty big files. I guess that the "smiling" one is it! Can you let me know if it arrived large enough? The original shows that it is 3648 x 2736.
Kathi and Murphy
Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
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22 February 2013
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Yeah, that ine really does embody who Murphy is....a happy happy fun guy who makes everybody smile!!!
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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25 September 2009
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Kathi that photo size sounds great. Feel free to email it to us. Thanks!
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10:14 pm
13 March 2013
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It's in the mail.
Kathi
Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
1:55 pm
3 April 2013
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Murphy was 7 years old when he was diagnosed with histiocytic sarcoma and had to have his right front leg amputated. We were told if we were lucky that we would get 12-18 months with him. So far, we've had 18 months and he's still hopping around! His lungs are clear and he can run, jump, chase squirrels and dig for mice under the wood pile just like before. 
Donna, Glenn & Murphy
Murphy had his right front leg amputated due to histiocytic sarcoma at 7 years old. He survived 4 years, 2 months & 1 week, only to be taken by hemangiosarcoma at 11 1/2 years 6/12/17
Read about Murphy's Life on Three Legs
1:57 pm
3 April 2013
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please let me know if Murphy's picture didn't show up right and I'll email it.
Thanks so much for all that you do!
Donna, Glenn & Murphy
Murphy had his right front leg amputated due to histiocytic sarcoma at 7 years old. He survived 4 years, 2 months & 1 week, only to be taken by hemangiosarcoma at 11 1/2 years 6/12/17
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3:36 pm
13 March 2013
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How fun to see another Murphy! He's beautiful.
Kathi and Murphy
Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
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midnighter94 said
let me know if Murphy's picture didn't show up right...
Nope! FYI: Others cannot access a user's private docs on Google Drive. To embed photos in the forums, the filename must end in a valid image file extension (.jpg, .png, .gif, etc.) and it must be publicly viewable. Feel free to email your photo.
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