krun15 said
Hello and welcome.

Congrats on your new pack member!  Do you know why he lost his leg?

My current Tripawd is a little pug mix named Elly.  She lost her right rear leg after being hit by a car when she was 7 months old.  She is over 3 years old now and can do pretty much anything a dog her size and age can do.  I do have to regulate her activity a little- not as much now as when I first adopted her at 10 months old.  Since she will spend her whole life on three I have to balance what she wants to do (you know, be a dog!) with her long term joint heath.

Once the stitches are out he should be able to start playing a little, but build up time and activity slowly.  And since Dougie is so young you want to be sure his body is matured before there it too much impact stuff.  I know it's hard with the youngsters- Elly was 2.5 months past her surgery when I adopted her and completely healed, but not very strong.  She would walk way farther than was good for her if I let her, she was jumping up on everything she could get near, and flying up and down our stairs.  I've worked hard on her core strength through food puzzles and games, obedience and trick training, and balance exercises.  For the past year or so we have been obsessed with the sport of Nose Work which is an excellent activity for Tripawds.

Karen and the Spirit Pug Girls  

He showed up at the shelter with an old injury, it's suspected that he was kicked 🙁 Because the injury wasn't fresh, they couldn't do any reconstruction and had to amputate. Thanks for the advice! I'm learning a lot!