We have a beautiful 6-year old golden retriever named Duke who is already a tripawd, having lost his right rear leg as the result of being hit by a car. He came to us as a foster than adoptee and I love him to death. Today when I came home my dog walker left a note that sometime between her noon visit and late afternoon visit that Duke seemed to have injured his front left leg and would not walk on it. We think perhaps he might have jumped off the couch and landed wrong, or been rough housing with our other golden, Connor. He did walk gingerly over to his food bowl for dinner and on his vets advise I gave him some Rimadyl that we keep on hand. For the past several hours I've kept the boys quiet and they've been sleeping. My vet said that if he isn't quite improved by morning to bring him in for X-rays.

Having lost two goldens to cancer and with Duke already being a tripawd I'm so scared to death that it could be something worse going with Duke. I know it's early and perhaps irrational, but I needed a place to come where I know people will understand. I can't even begin to think of how to take care of a doggie with only two legs, one front and one rear, one left and one right. I'll do anything, but right now I've worked myself into a worry fit.

Hopefully it's just a sprain or pull and I'm overreacting.