Thanks! My dogs name is DJ. She is a rescue and the closest we can say to knowing what breed she would be is, German wire haired pointer/ lab.... maybe. Vet says maybe some bouvier. Who knows. She is around 7years old. She has huge feet, a huge chest and when lying on the bed is almost 6 feet long😳. I have had other pets, ones that I have raised from 6 weeks old. But DJ is special so when she started loosing weight as well as the ligament problem I decided the vet was needed.  This hit me way harder than I ever thought a dog illness would hit me,  so.. we cut the leg off and pray for the best.   Thanks for the welcome. I look forward to reading the blogs and finding out about everyone else’s pets.

Thank you again. As for the ‘stats’. I don’t put a lot of store in them either. My DJ doesn’t realize she’s sick, just that she hurts. I figure that if she knew how sick she was she would likely pass. But she doesn’t, so she still acts like the crazy puppy! . As to answer your questions. The weight loss was from the pain. She’s been on pain killers for 2 days now and I am no longer bribing her with cheese to eat😊.   I live in a smaller town. We have 3 vets in oir town. I actually came to this one for a second opinion on the ruptured ligament. He confirmed it and to fix quoted me 1/2 the price of the original vet. Then gave me the stats on his orthopaedic surgeon, the success and failure rate etc. Then of course he found the cancer, and showed us the xrays.    I don’t think they are 24 hr staffed. I don’t know what they do when they have an animal overnight though. I Will ask on Monday.    I have been researching ( my coping skill) how to help DJ with healing and it looks like some kind of sling or harness is the way to go.    

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Well...l the surgery is set for Tuesday. Hopefully this cancers only in her leg bone.  My vet has been fantastic,  my son had a bone cancer scare a few years ago and his dr didn’t ha e half the beside manner this vet has. I will let you know how it all goes on Tuesday.

Ohh yes, she is persistent that’s for sure. I took my own cone that Velcro’s up but they used their own cone on her. It must not have been  done up tight enough. So she took it off, and just took those pesky stitches out herself. I hope they stapled her shut this t8me. I told them to cover it too, as well as put my cone on her. She chews her feet and skin all the time, she is an itchy dog. The way I stop it is to cover the sore up with tape and socks.

And now we have this second dog who doesn’t know how to dog... she was a show dog so doesn’t sit, has never sat and doesn’t know how to. I think she has been hit so she cowers when I try to teach her most things... poor little dog. So now I will have one I need to teach ‘dog’ and the other I have to guide into Tripawd life.... it will be an interesting next few weeks.