Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat
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Ari is on to a new sport! GO TRIPAWDS!
Love this, thank you for capturing a very special moment and sharing it with us.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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That is one determined and Happy Pup! Thanks for sharing...
My Beautiful Beloved Brownie was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma on February 26, 2019. With all odds against him he lived an additional one year and eight days with amputation, love, and prayer. I was honored to be his mom, and I have never been so proud! He will live forever in my Heart!
04/01/2007 - 03/05/2020
"March Saint"
I love this video, everyone who is considering whether it is kind to amputate a pets limb should see it.
When the vet told me that the best course of action for my cat was amputation I was so upset, I even considered whether it was right to allow for the amputation and whether it was better to euthanise, what quality of life can a three legged pet have?
My vet advised me to look at videos of three legged pets and I am so glad I did, I am now horrified to read that some people do euthanise pets that would otherwise be healthy just because it would lose a leg.
That dog is just being happy being a dog, my cat is happy just being a cat, they really do not care how many legs they have.
Of course often there are other complications, but having one less leg is actually, by itself, just a number not a meaningful disability.
- "what shall be done for these innocents? I have been warned not even to raise the question of animal immortality, lest I find myself “in company with all the old maids”. I have no objection to the company" - C S Lewis (The Problem of Pain)
- "Mr Toplady was touched by the cruelty of the scene, and exclaimed, ' Who could bear to see that sight, if there were not to be some compensation for these poor suffering animals in a future state' 'I certainly hope,' said my grandfather, ' that all the bulls will go to heaven; but do you think this will be the case with all the animal creation' 'Yes, certainly,' replied Mr Toplady, with great emphasis, ' all, all!" - Josiah Bull (recording a meeting with the great A. M. Toplady, author of "Rock of Ages" in "Memorials of the Rev. William Bull of Newport, Pagnel")
- "Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God" Luke 12:6
gnosis said
That dog is just being happy being a dog, my cat is happy just being a cat, they really do not care how many legs they have.
Well said! 
I'm so glad you shared your perspective, thank you! 
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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