Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm hoping Tigger and I will become regulars. Is it wrong of me to teach her to be exceptionally cute to the boyfriend? Already she hops over to him and puts her head on his knee and just cute's him to death until he rubs her belly and tells her how cute and sweet she is. *evil grin*

I have noticed ever since taking in the tripod that they (tripods) don't appear to be as "adoptable" as other dogs on the rescue website. The group we work with, SaveUnderDogs, currently has three tripods and one crippled pup, and people just don't seem to be as interested in "handicapped" dogs. Am I correct in this line of thinking? Tigger has been listed on the website (it uses petfinder.com) for over a month, and not a single inquiry. The four-legged dogs seem to get regular inquiries. I suppose I should also factor in the current state of the economy and the fact that more people are without jobs and homes. It does seem a bit sad though, especially now that I am enamored with our foster tripod. If they are all as sweet and smart as Tigger, then I can only say that people don't know what they are missing out on.

Oh! Milestone! Tigger has learned to get in and out of the truck all by herself now. I have been taking her around to meet people from my office and dogs of other friends and was lifting her in and out of the truck, but now she wants to be a big girl and do it all by herself. 🙂 When we take our daily bounce through the woods, she's taking to bounding over fallen logs in an amazing steeplechase fashion. She sizes up the jump, contracts, and springs over it. And to think when she first came here I was so worried about her having difficulty learning how to adapt. I guess it's a good thing that if she had to lose a leg, that it happened to her at such a young age.

Bev

Hello there Jerry! I am honored to meet you! Yes, Tigger's are a very wonderful thing. When she came to us, her name was "Triumph." Doesn't quite flow off the tongue. My boyfriend, Kris, immediately changed her name to Tigger, because not only is she quite bouncy, but as you pointed out, "Tigger's are wonderful things."  🙂

My article link is: caring for a three legged dog

I'm hoping to do more articles on tripods in the future. I hope you don't mind that I embedded a link back to your web site. In all of my research, I kept gravitating back to this website and all of the wonderful information you've gathered.  

Once I get into the swing of things and teach Tigger her alphabet, I'll let her post a message or two. She'll probably tell you how much she loves launching a full frontal assault on our Great Pyranese, Freya, (talk about size difference and she's also another rescue dog). In addition we also have a 13 yr old wolf hybrid, Kodiak, who Tigger delights in giving ear kisses and trying to take food away from. Apparently he's mellowed in his old age and tolerates her antics with a couple of grains salt. My own pound puppy, Dakota, a Finnish Spitz mix, is an 8 year old bundle of energy who is exceptionally jealous of all the attention that Tigger steals away from him. Freya and Tigger are best buddies and Freya will actually lay down on the floor to get to Tigger's level so she can play better. Rescue dogs are awesome. 

I'm currently uploading some videos to my flickr account and I'll come back and post a link to a video of all the dogs playing in the backyard. Tigger's the little dark blur racing around at about Mach 3... chasing the Great Pyranese.  😉  

P.S.

When we first got Tigger home, she stole every dog toy in the house and hid it in her crate. *snicker* 

Excellent! I hadn't even thought about embedding the video. Let's see how I do.