Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat
Tripawds is your home to learn how to care for a three legged dog or cat, with answers about dog leg amputation, and cat amputation recovery from many years of member experiences.
Join The Tripawds Community
Learn how to help three legged dogs and cats in the forums below. Browse and search as a guest or register for free and get full member benefits:
Instant post approval.
Private messages to members.
Subscribe to favorite topics.
Live Chat and much more!
Register
Log In
Members
Add Topic
Offline
That much loss in anyone's life is certainly hard to cope with, who can blame you for feeling the way you do? I can't imagine, and I'm so sorry you're going through this again. I also think that the fact that you and your son are talking about this is HUGE, so many people can't do it, so that is a perfect opportunity to show him that this isn't bad luck at all, that even though your time together with your loved ones was way too short, each relationship brought blessings that will always be there. Maybe consider putting together a collage of Cookie's life, a shadow box or something like that? Creativity really helps heal and soothe the soul, doing a project like that with Jacob would be a terrific way to focus on the positives. What do you think?
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
I really enjoy do like the idea of a collage or shadow box. Thank you for the idea!
You and y o ur family have been through. sooo much loss, sooomuch sadness, and Iknow the Cookie Monster has brought you more j oy I her fifteen years than you ever even thought possible! And I also know Jacob IS LUCKY....he's lucky to have such an incredible mom for a role model, as well as all the beautiful souls who came into his life to love him and to love you.
I know your world has been shattered....this is not whatyou...any of us...were expecting. The toutines are not l o nger there...the void is suffocating, and you jist walk around in circles with no purpose, no focus. And the coming home and Cookie isn't there for your normal greeting...it's all so heartbreaking. It seems like it will never end...but it will.
Jerry's idea of a collage is a good one. Also check out the Tribute Leash as another project you and Jacob can do to honor your beloved Cookie.
Possibly making her resting place into a little memorial g arden where Jacob can tend to the flowers that he and Cookie will gtprow together.
Someday Cookie will send you another dog...no, not as a replacement, but as an extension of herself so you can open your heart to the love of a dog again..And so a dog can jnow what love feels like, just as you showed her.
Thank yoh for sharing more of your life with Cookie. She melted our hearts with your first post and she becomes even more endearing with each little snip p et of herl life you share with us.
We are all here for you.
Sending love
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Dear Cookies Mom,
My heart goes out to you and yours. Cookie's journey was a ruff one, but find solace in knowing that she knew you were her people and went to the hell and back to help her. She is happy and running at Rainbow Bridge, with all of the other Furbabies. We are here for you!
Laurie
For Cookies mom: you were blessed to have her with you for 15 years, and parting with our beloved friends is very, very hard indeed. Very sorry for your loss, and keeping you and your family in my thoughts.
all the best,
Daniela & Johnnie
Our awesome Golden Boy was diagnosed for OSA in April 2014 in the proximal humerus, front-leg amp on 05/20/2014. Finished chemo (Carbo6) on 07/10/2014. Ongoing treatment: acupuncture + K-9 Immunity Plus ( 3chews) and home-cooked no-grain diet. Stopped Apocaps because of liver issues. Liver issues: controlling altered enzymes with SAM-e and Milk Thistle. October 17: started having seizures. Taking fenobarbital for seizures. April 18: started prednisone.
This is my first visit back since Cookie passed away. Jacob and I are still really heartbroken over losing Cookie. We often talk about her, cry, and often pray for God to let her know we still love her and miss her. It's been 5 months, still really hard to be without her. Our other dog Teddy is doing okay, he doesn't run to the door or windows looking for Cookie as often. He does still miss her, he's a lot more needy than what he was. One of the biggest negatives for Teddy has been him gaining a few extra pounds. Lol. Cookie's not been around to beat him up and run him.
We have talked about getting (adopting) another dog, but it's still too soon. I don't want to replace Cookie, even though no other dog would truly replace her. We would be giving our love for Cookie to another rescued dog, a chance for a loving home. My husband and I found put in September we are expecting a baby! I am now 23 weeks, and we are having another boy. There will be about 15 years between Jacob and this new baby. We decided to wait until the baby is about the same age Jacob was when we first rescued Cookie (about 18 months). We want this new baby to grow up with a best friend like Jacob did. Of course, Teddy will go with us when we do to see how any dog interacts with him too.
I'm excited that we are expecting, it just makes me wonder if Cookie already knew I was before I did. When Cookie passed away, I was probably about 2-3 weeks along. I wonder what Cookie would have been like with the baby, how protective she would have been. I know this baby would have been hers, just like Jacob was, I have no doubt about that. It would have been great to see.....
It's nice to hear from you, thanks for letting us know how things have been going. Although to some folks it might seem like a lot of time has passed, to those of us who had a heart dog like Cookie in our lives, it's really not. Time is what it takes to heal and only You will know when the time is right for bringing a new pup into your family, as it is you'll have your hands full really soon, CONGRATS! That's super cool Jacob will be a big brother!
Did you ever get to make that collage of Cookie's life? Just wonderin.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
So glod to hear from you! And it's wonderful to know we have a new two legger joining our family!
And you better believe Cookie is watching over all of you! She's protecting you and is your special Guardian...just as you were hers all her life!
I know the hurst is still there, the void, the waves of grief thst come out of nowhere. You shsred such a beautiful life with her.
Has she made her presence known to you or Jacob yet? Maybe even Teddy has shown signs that he feels her energy around him.
Can't wait to see who Cookie picks out for you when SHE feels the time is right! So manynof us here have hadnour pups from the Bridge send us someone. My Happy Hannah sent me Merry Myrtle this past June, two months after her transition. And then she sent me a Coon Hound TRIPAWD rescue just the other day! So you have no idea what Cookie has in store for you!
Please stay connected! You and Cookie will always be o u r famiky! She touched us deeply and she will never be forgotten here! Her life mattered!!
LOVE TO ALL!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
1 Guest(s)
