First...I am so glad I found this group.  My husband and I are long time foster parents and foster-failed on a tri-pod late last year (official adoption on Dec. 24th).  Wrigley came to us after he was hit by a car and his family could not afford the repair so they surrendered him to a rescue group.  The rescue was able to raise enough money to get Wrigley in to an orthopedic vet to try to pin his leg.  Ultimately, he developed a bacterial infection, was rushed to an ICU Vet about 2 hours away from us.  He spent the weekend in ICU and his leg was amputated 3 days later on November 9th.  He has since fully recovered and has no clue he only has 3 legs (hind leg was amputated).  Wrigley will be a year old around May 1st.  Currently we are working with a scent work trainer and he absolutely loves it!  He also loves to run so we checked into getting him involved with FASTCAT through the AKC - All American Breed.  At this time the AKC does not allow physically challenged dogs to run 🙁  I am just starting to do research on how to petition the AKC to allow healthy tri-pods to run.  If anyone has any information or experience petitioning the AKC please reach out!  The only way I can describe our bundle of energy to people is to say that Wrigs has a "hold my beer" attitude.

Thank you for allowing us to be a part of this special community!

Lori Moes