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.
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!
Register
Log In
Members
Add Topic
Offline
Oh no! So sorry to hear this, my heart breaks for you! There are no words to express how sad I am for you....Jynx is running pain free at the bridge with all the other Tripawd Angels - she knew she was loved, have no doubt about this. Wishing you peace.
Paula and Nitro
Nitro 11 1/2 yr old Doberman; right front amp June 2014. Had 6 doses carboplatin, followed by metronomic therapy. Rocked it on 3 legs for over 3 years! My Warrior beat cancer, but couldn't beat old age. He crossed the Bridge peacefully on July 25, 2017, with dignity and on his terms. Follow his blog entitled "Doberman's journey"
"Be good, mama loves you".....run free my beautiful Warrior
Dear Jynx's Momma...
Please don't beat yourself up. There is nothing easy about having a fur baby with cancer. You love Jynx and she knows that. I had a really long paragraph written to you and realized how when the day comes for Bandit now words will be helpful. She loves you and would not want you to hurt. Love her in heaven as much as you loved her here on earth. She will always be in your heart. Big Hug, Deb and Bandit.
while my husband was digging her grave they delivered her harness I bought from Amazon for Jynx. I could return it but I would rather donate to someone who cant afford it. How would I go about doing that?
Oh noooooo, nooooo!! This is unbearable news, shocking and unbearable. I'm so very sorry.
There is NO fault here. This is a vicious, brutal, evil disease that makes up it's own rules. It does what it wants when it wants and there is NOTHING...NOTHING...that could have been done to change the course.
There are no words...nothing any ofnus can do or say...we are all heartbroken with you. It is MAJOR surgery and, just like humans, all ssurgery has risks. We make these "forced choices" because this piece of crap disease puts us in that horrible position. We do what we must ro give our dogs and cats a chance. We know there are risks, but we plow through the fear and the unknown and proceed with surgery because it eliminates pain. You did what you had ro do!! You did what we all would have done. We all would delay a decision while we check out options. Sometimes our "delay"' is because our pets are treated for months for arthritis or sprains first.
You have to trust that unfortunately, that piece of crap disease had already chartered it's course. It already was doing irreversible damage.
I keep writing as though some words of comfort will miraculously appear. I know that's impossible right now though.
For now, all we can do is hold you in our hearts and try and hold you up and help you breath until you can do it o your own. Jimx wants us to be here fornyou. Jinx brought you here for a reason. Jinx will always be with you...ALWAYS. She's at the Bridge right nkw telling everyone what a great time she had with you...telling everyone how loved and spoiled she was...how she wouldn't change her time with you for anything!
With love from the bottom of my heart
Sally and My Eternal Light Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie
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!
I am so so sorry for your loss today! I know how much hurt and grief you are feeling right now. Nothing anybody says can take that pain away
This site is absolutely amazing for comforting and lifting up during this time. Stay in touch it does help.
Your sweet jinx is no longer suffering and is playing with all the other angels in heaven. Loving a pet for me especially a dog is such an honor but comes with great emotional cost
I wish you comfort and peace in the coming days and send you lots of love during this very hard time. Summer & Patchy
Oooohhhh no! We are all so very, very sorry. This is a heartbreaker and one that nobody could have predicted. You did your very best, it's not your fault, no way.
There is no real way to ease the shock or heartbreak of such an awful day, but I hope that in time you can see that even this tragedy doesn't define her, you or your time together. Death cannot steal all of the happy memories you shared. The love that you gave her, and vice versa, is so much stronger than that.
In time, your heart will feel more uplifted than sad when you think of her. And for now, then and always, we will be here for you OK? Please post a tribute in another topic, tell us more about your life together. Talking about her, sharing photos and memories can be very healing.
I'm really, really sorry though. I can't imagine how difficult this is.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
I am so so sorry to hear about Jynx. My heart breaks for you. Do not beat yourself up. It will take time to heal but please post a tribute like Rene suggested so that we all can read about your girl and share lots of pictures we love them
Run Free Sweet Jynx. Until your family meets you again.
hugs
Michelle & Angel Sassy
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."
Oh, I am so very sorry! Please don't blame yourself! You really could never have expected this to have happened so quickly. Jynx would never want you to be angry with yourself. She would want you to know that you did what you could do and that she loved you very much. Donating her harness is a wonderful way to honor her. You can post in the Tripawds Angel Exchange
.
Hugs to you 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
Like everyone here, we are holding you tightly in our hearts and keep checking back here wishing we could help somehow. We can't.
I know Jynx will give you a sign that she is feeling so much better...and a sign letting you know she is with you. Her energy is surrounding you.
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!
I'm so sorry! Please please don't blame yourself. Nothing you did or didn't do caused this. Evil cancer caused this! Cancer has a mind of its own and does what it wants and when it wants. Sometimes it's like a runaway train and you have no way to stop it. Jynx knew she was loved in life. She would want you to know it was her time and she's now running whole, free and happy and out of pain at the bridge with all our warriors. Jynx will remain with you in your heart and soul by your side forever. Know this entire Tripawd nation mourns with you. Sending much love and many hugs at this hardest of times.
Linda, Riley & Spirits Mighty Max &Ollie
Oh, I am so, so, so sorry for your loss
You did absolutely everything you could for her, loved her and only had her best interests at heart, any of us here at Tripawds would have done the same for our babies.
This horrid disease is so unpredictable, nobody can say what will happen next ...
Jinx knew how much you loved her and loved you back in the same measure. She still does and always will.
Think not that just because she is no longer physically here with you she has left you.
Her heart lives in yours, nothing can erase your memories together and you will meet again one day.
A new, beautiful, bright star shines in the sky from now on.
Her name is Jinx.
Your sweet girl.
She is watching over you for ever.
I share your pain, my heart is with yours and beautiful Jinx, you will be together again.
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Everyone on here was so very helpful, encouraging and sympathetic to my situation and the unfortunate outcome that we have had to endure. I have bragged to everyone I know and on Facebook about how fabulous this site is and the people on it but I have not been able to return to the site since August 11th the day after my baby girl passed on. As soon as I logged on I just sat at my desk and cried (gave myself a headache) anyway I had asked how I go about donating the harness I bought her that she never got to wear - Its still in the box it came in. Someone had told me to write a tribute to her and then donate the harness. I still cant bring myself to do the whole tribute thing but I do want to get the harness to someone who can use it. All I do is stare at the box when i see it and it makes me sad. So how do I go about donating the harness?
I am so sorry about Jinx. My Otis passed recently, and I think I must have missed your posts. I started back from the beginning, and can only say how sorry I am that Jinx' story did not have a happier ending.
To donate the harness, go back to the Forums page - the second to the last forum is the Tripawds Angel Exchange . Just start a new topic describing the harness (size, etc.). If someone needs it, they will pm you and you can make arrangements. It is really a wonderful thing to do to donate it. This is a really expensive process, and it will really help someone.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
I know it took unbelievable courage to be able ro get through this post today. It also took an immeasurable amount of unconditional love to be willing to donate this in Jinx's honor.
To get the harness delivered the same day Jinx crossed over to the other side of this life is a cruelty beyond words. For you to be able to transfer that sad reminder to someone who will view it as a tribute of love from your Jinx is auch a selfless act. Jinx would like that!
Many of us intended to write a tribute for our puos who have transitioned. Some do it so beautifully. And then there are some like me who, two years and five months later, still haven't...and that's okay!! There are so many ways to oay tribute without words. If I can bring joy and laughter to someone's day, that honors my Happy Hannah. She brought so much joy and laughter to me everyday. Your generous donation to another dog in need is such a life affirming way to ccontinue Jinx's legacy of love....The love that yiu two shared every moment of every day
PLEASE know that we are here for you in any way possible to help you navigate through this devastating and heartbreaking time. Every single loss of one of our family members breaks our hearts. A loss like this though, deepens our grief in a very different gut wrenching way. The rrealization that we all come to though, is that we TRIED!! Hold onto that. Everyone here HAD to TRY.
Our love for our dogs and cats would not have let us do anything differently...nor would they want us to.
With love,
Sally and My Chunky Spiritual Being Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie
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!
And some of us never do write a tribute, because some kind soul (thanks, Sally) writes one for us. 
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
2 Guest(s)
