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Buddy is a new member to this site. After limping around for a few weeks a startling diagnosis of osteosarcoma was made on this beautiful 7 1/2 year old golden retriever. I traveled 4 hours for his surgery at Fox Valley Animal Referral Center. His right back leg was amputated the day after Thanksgiving, and he WALKED out of the hospital the next day to go home. He 's met many challenges, such as learning to squat on his remaining back leg to have a BM, learning how to back himself out of a corner, and navigating the house with the big "lampshade" on his head! It has been 6 weeks and Buddy has had 2 chemo treatments so far (Carboplatin) and I'm happy to report he is doing awesome. He is back to playing with his 1 1/2 year old golden sister Bella and taking cold winter walks. He adores car rides but I need help getting him into the car. He will run down a set of steps but really won't attempt to go UP steps until my daughter lifts his back leg to the first step --- then he does the military crawl the rest of the way while I stand at the top of the steps cheering him on. It's great to know this website exists!
Welcome, and thank you for sharing Buddy's story, Sounds like he's doing great! Please keep us posted on his progress.
FYI: You'll find lots of recovery and care tips in Jerry's Required Reading List, and for immediate answers to the most common dog amputation questions download the new Tripawds e-book Three Legs and A Spare.
NOTE: We moved your post to this new topic so it didn't get buried in Lo's thread. Follow the link from your Forums Profile (see button at top right) to upload an Avatar so we can all see your beautiful Buddy.
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Welcome Buddy and family. If you need help getting Buddy in and out of the car, you may want to consider the Ruffwear Webmaster harness . We got one for our Max after his amputation, and it proved invaluable.
http://gear.tri.....r-harness/
Please post some photos when you get a chance, and keep us updated on Buddy's recovery and treatment.
welcome buddy and family. we are sorry for the diagnosis for buddy, but glad that you are doing everything you can to help him out. And finding this site should be a huge help to you too. maximutt is right too, the ruffwear harness just cant be beat for aiding in getting dogs up and in and out of the car and up and down stairs. It seems to be extremely durable, I have supported Coopers entire weight with it and he weighs in at 117 pounds. Im sure if you have any other questions some one here will chime in and be of help or point you in the right direction. We will look forward to seeing pictures of Buddy!!
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Sorry about the osteosarcoma diagnosis. I'm so glad that Buddy's doing so well. I second the Ruffwear harness idea. It worked great for us, especially useful for stairs and car rides. Keep us posted, can't wait to see some pictures!
Sadie is my 9yr old Rott/Shepherd mix. Diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her right scapula 1/28/10. Our brave girl had her amputation 2/13/10 and her last chemotherapy on 6/6/10. Unfortunately, a tumor appeared in her back right leg and on 10/7/2010 Sadie's earthly journey came to an end. On 10/24/2010 we adopted Ranger, a handsome Rott/Lab mix tripawd (got hit by a car) I think Sadie sent him to us.
http://ranger.t.....pawds.com/
Welcome Buddy and Family - I, too, have a golden diagnosed with osteosarcoma. He too, is a rear leg amp (left, however). He too, will bound down the stairs, as well as off of the bed or sofa, but can't or won't comfortably go up the stairs. He HATED the harness. We tried everything, and he simply wouldn't buy into it. Sort of passive aggressive, if you know what I mean. He wouldn't outright defy us, but it became very clear he did not prefer the harness. Hence, he doesn't wear one. We scoop under his belly and help him up the few stairs he is required to navigate. That being said, I know the harness has been a miracle for many.
The website to Lincoln's blog is included in our signature block, if you want to check him out. He's done amazingly well, and did well from the start; much like Buddy. He swims, runs (check out the calendar http://www.cafe.....28304612 ), and pretty much lives just about the same as he used to.
Good luck. Keep us posted. You'll find lots of support and a wealth of knowledge here.
Lincoln's Mom
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