Hi everybody! Thanks for the great website. My name is Lynn. I have a 12 year old son named Patrick. I rescued a collie/retriever mix puppy at the end of December. He was dumped along a stretch of road with very little traffic. The poor guy was scared but came to me when I called to him. He was dehdryated and starving. I took him home and we fell in love with him. In January he was running around and injured his ankle. We took him to the vet and theory was splinted. After a week the splint was removed and Munchkin seemed to be doing ok. But as time went on he began limping again. So back to the vet we went. After doing X-ray of ankle Doc discovered that radius kept growing but wrist bone stopped. He gave him some Meds and said call me Monday. We contacted our vet back because Munchkin would no longer put any weight on the leg so we had to sedate Munchkin to get X-ray of entire leg. It seems the bones in his elbow are disintegrating. Doc is amputating the leg this Thursday. I am trying to make sure that I have all the things I will be needing when he comes home. Your website is very helpful. I am glad he is just 6 months old and only weighs 28 pounds. I am hoping it will make things a bit easier on him as to adjusting to the three legs. Do you guys think that will be a plus in his favor?