Awww what a great visit! You can't go wrong with those Cheesehead Badgers! Yay! Seriously, you are getting the very best care at UW, those vets rock. You will find that some services cost less and some cost more (usually anesthesia), but there's no comparison, university teaching hospitals provide the best care you can get. See this blog post for details.

And yes, the onco is correct; pain from a disintegrating bone is worse than anything we can imagine. Dogs are indeed very stoic, they do a great job hiding the pain until it's horrible.

Tell your son to look at our blog for Tripawds Spokesdog Wyatt Ray (see link). He's a six year old right rear leg Tripawd (due to someone's neglect, not cancer), and he does fantastic. I think once your son sees more examples of larger dogs on 3 he'll come to grips with the idea. It's a great life lesson, as tough as it is to experience, to see how animals handle adversity so much better than we do. They don't even see it as "adversity," they just see it as living life and enjoying every second they're here. Life is always good to an animal, no matter how many legs they have!

Aww you bet. Well our Tripawds Videos Page is here. You can also peruse our entire YouTube Channel.

Yes, Tripawds can do the things they always loved, but within limits and supervision. We can talk about that later but for now, here's a fun video of our Wyatt, this will make you smile:

Awwwww. Well let him know if he has any questions or whatever he is more than welcome here.

He's a lurker! That's OK though, whatever works, just glad to know the community could be there for you guys. Everyone here makes this so special.