Wow where to begin, buddy will be 9 years old in February and he is a Lab/Golden mix of about 95lbs right now.  My husband has had him since he was just a few weeks old and he's been a wonderful dog.  We found out right after Thanksgiving 2008 buddy had bone cancer in his front left leg and they gave us 4 to 5 months with no treatment.  With limb amputation and chemo they said greater chance of 10 to 24 months.  After getting opinions from 3 Dr's and after much research about the cancer and limp amputation, we decided to go through with the surgery.  We just couldn't stand the thoughts of the pain that they say he was in or would be in very shortly.  He was using his leg to walk but when he stood he would hold it up and he just laid around not very activie like he normally is. 

Buddy had his surgery today and per the Surgeon he said Buddy did very well and it looks like we caught the cancer pretty early as there was a lot of muscle tissue around the bone.  We have elected to go with Chemo after to help with the cancer.  We are hoping to bring Buddy home tomorrow afternoon pending he has a good night and can stand and try to walk tomorrow.  My husband and I are very hopeful of his recovery and will do everything to help him along and get back to himself.  We know we will have a rough couple of days ahead of us but we will stay positive for him.

This site is great to read others stories and see just how well the dogs did with an amputation. Thanks to everyone for sharing your story and I will keep you posted with his recovery in hopes of helping others.