TRIPAWDS: Home to 25152 Members and 2176 Blogs.
HOME » NEWS » BLOGS » FORUMS » CHAT » YOUR PRIVACY » RANDOM BLOG

Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat

Tripawds is your home to learn how to care for a three legged dog or cat, with answers about dog leg amputation, and cat amputation recovery from many years of member experiences.

JUMP TO FORUMS

Join The Tripawds Community

Learn how to help three legged dogs and cats in the forums below. Browse and search as a guest or register for free and get full member benefits:

Instant post approval.

Private messages to members.

Subscribe to favorite topics.

Live Chat and much more!

Avatar
Please consider registering
Guest
Search
Forum Scope


Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
Register Lost password?
sp_Feed sp_PrintTopic sp_TopicIcon-c
Merry Myrtle & her SnowBaby...Frankie snuggling w/me..Myrtle snuggling too!
sp_NewTopic Add Topic
Avatar
Virginia



Member Since:
22 February 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
1
15 February 2016 - 11:55 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_EditHistory sp_QuotePost

Jist some warm fuzzies for those of us who've been in freezing temperatures!

Merry Myrtle loves her great big stuffy and likes to take it with her when she goes outside. She'll bring me one of hernother stuffies and I'll say, "Go get your "BIG BABY" and she'll go find this big bear and bring itnto me. I'll have to video it...so cute.

Merry Myrtle & her Snow Baby: http://youtu.be.....fzvFvahoAc

Frankie snuggling with me, but only after he dries his face off on me first (wet from playing in the snow).

Frankie snuggling: http://youtu.be.....toIbY_p1LY

20160215_174925_zpsooubnha7.jpgImage Enlarger

20160215_174822_zpsshogqwru.jpgImage Enlarger

2016-02-16-01.16.41_zpskxsjp76o.jpgImage Enlarger

20160215_174730_zpsmgi9elsp.jpgImage Enlarger

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!

Avatar
Virginia



Member Since:
22 February 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
2
16 February 2016 - 12:17 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_EditHistory sp_QuotePost

20160215_161111_zpsgjys59ei.jpgImage Enlarger

Okay, okay, since you insist! One more! Wait! You did jnsist, right? Surely someone insisted...surely!!

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!

Avatar
Idaho
Member Since:
12 March 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
3
16 February 2016 - 6:26 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

We insisted!

So glad the log in is working properly again. I have been lurking, but not bothering to log in. The other bonus is that I can actually open more than one video in a post. Before this changed, I had to try all of them and only one would work.

Kathi and the Turbotail April Angel...and the Labradork

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!

Avatar

Member Since:
16 October 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
4
16 February 2016 - 6:50 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

I love it.  That big bear is almost is as big as she is.  🙂   I think both of those sweet babies hit the jackpot when they came home with you Sally.  Merry Myrtle since she was a baby & when you adopted Frankie.  Minus a few escapades (like getting loose) the jackpot I am telling you.  You can see the love written on both of their faces and yours too.  🙂   Hannah did a good job sending them to you (oh she sent Frankie just to keep you on your toes hahahaha). 

I love love all the pictures

xoxoxxo

Michelle & Angel Sassy

sassymichelle-sm.jpg

Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
sassysugarbear.tripawds.com
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."

Avatar
Livermore, CA


Member Since:
18 October 2009
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
5
16 February 2016 - 9:21 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

Now that is a stuffy!

Is she gentle with then or does she tear them up? 

I have a video showing what Elly does to stuffies- I'll be posting it today or tomorrow.

And Frankie!!!!  Quite the snuggler.  I hate to break it to you but it is far to warm to snuggle here.  I'm hoping we get back to rain soon but I have to admit the weather has been pretty wonderful this past week or so.

And please know that the 'insist' is ALWAYS there big-grin

Karen

Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.

1999 to 2010

 

              Maggie's Story                  Amputation and Chemo

Avatar
Los Angeles, CA
Member Since:
13 June 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
6
16 February 2016 - 10:10 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

WOW... that is one BIG bear!!!! I can't even imagine what that would look like next to Jasper!

And look at all that snow... it seems so surreal to me since it has been 85+ where I am that people are still in winter! LOL 

I love each photo ... cuddles are the best and the pure love you can see in each one .... that is one lucky and happy family pack! 

Much love!

alison with spirit shelby in her heart (and little jasper too) 

Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.

October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014

Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife

Avatar
Norene, TN
Member Since:
21 October 2014
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
7
16 February 2016 - 11:47 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

OMD!!! ADORABLE!!!!

Yeah, stuffies don't last long at all around here. I wish they did. We'd have a whole house full.

xoxo

Harmony became a Tripawd on 10/21/14 (MCT). She left us way too soon on 11/1/14.

"We miss you so much; our love, our heart, our Harmony."

- Pam, Ron and Melody, Meesha, Doublestuff and Mariah Carey

Avatar
Michigan
Member Since:
2 April 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
8
16 February 2016 - 1:03 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

Max tries to take babies outside sometimes but we don't usually let him lol

So adorable!!!

Donna

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

Donna.png

Avatar
On The Road


Member Since:
24 September 2009
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
9
16 February 2016 - 1:25 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

Awwwww! These are soooo sweet! Now that's the way to spend a cold day. LOVE IT!

Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet

Avatar
Schofield, WI
Member Since:
13 August 2015
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
10
16 February 2016 - 1:33 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

While I know you love those two to the moon and back Sally, its very obvious that they also love YOU to the moon and back!  What you share with those two is really mystical.   I'm sure Happy Hannah is well pleased at herself for picking those two out for you.   Such snow fun with stuffies, and sweet snuggles!  LOVE them all and you too sweet Sally!

Linda, Ollie, Riley & Spirit Mighty Max

Avatar

Member Since:
27 July 2014
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
11
16 February 2016 - 8:36 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

Oh Sally, you have the luckiest dogs! I love the videos and photos. Happy, happy, happy dogs!

Kerren and Tripawd Kitty Mona

Avatar
Virginia



Member Since:
22 February 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
12
16 February 2016 - 9:15 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

Kathi! Geez, you really have had a rough go with those computer "challenges"! And thanks for "insisting"!

Michell! Yeah, that Happy Hannah must be laughing her wagging butt off at all the antics that crazy Frankie pulls!

Karen! Can't wait to see Elly and her stuffies! No, Merry Myrtle doesn't tear her stuffies up...but crazy Frankie likes to give em a rip every now and then.

Alison! You ought to get Jasper a big stuffy and see what she does! Maybe a bear in a California bikini!

Pam! You KNOW we need a cideo of Meesha ripping up her stuffies!

Donna! Clearly you have a well behaved dog!

Jerry! They wrap me up just like a heated blanket...doesn't get any better than that!

Linda! Aww...thank you! The love...that's what it's all about!

Kerren! I AM the lucky one!

THANK YOU, EACH OF YOU, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHSRE IN MY JOY!

Love and light!

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!

Avatar
Westminster, MD
Member Since:
31 August 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
13
16 February 2016 - 9:21 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

Oh my Sally, snowballs, snuggle bears, and snuggly pups...... The sweetness makes my heart melt !! Seeing Myrtle with her big bear, and Frankie snuggling up to you is so precious for words, they are very lucky pups to have you, and you them !!

Seeing Myrtle with the snowballs reminds me so much of my funny and sweet Maggie, she would try to catch snowballs in her mouth, and if she missed, she would dig and dig in the snow to try and find that one snowball, lol!!

Much Love to you,

Bonnie, Angel Polly, Pearl, and Zuzu 🐾💜 

Avatar
Orrtanna Pa.
Member Since:
25 January 2014
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
14
17 February 2016 - 6:53 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

Love these!!! So darn cute! I wish we could have stuffs here, but Lucy is the stuffy destroyer. That poor Teddy would last about 15 minutes here. I bought poor Daryl a tug toy as he seems to think that is what pillows are for. It is out of L's reach unless we ar using it. I agree with the others, those 2 hit the. Jackpot when they came to you! Great job Hannah!!! Lori, Ty and Gang

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. 

Avatar
Virginia



Member Since:
22 February 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
15
17 February 2016 - 7:12 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

Aww Bonnie, that Maggie had such a good time with you!

Lori, stories about your crew keep me laughing all the time! Merry Myrtle always cherishes her stuffies and never, ever thought of "hurting" one by tearing it to shreds.....Frankie sees them as something to be destroyed quickly!

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!

Forum Timezone: America/Denver
Most Users Ever Online: 946
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 194
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 1290
Members: 18619
Moderators: 6
Admins: 3
Forum Stats:
Groups: 4
Forums: 24
Topics: 18904
Posts: 259315
Administrators: admin, jerry, Tripawds
Tripawds is brought to you by Tripawds.
HOME » NEWS » BLOGS » FORUMS » CHAT » YOUR PRIVACY » RANDOM BLOG