Hi everyone, my name is Joelle, and I stumbled across your site tonight after I put into the google search "raising tripod puppy" . Ive been researching raising a tripod puppy because.......I am the lady trying to adopt Remington, and just a few hours ago completed my phone interview with Soi Dog and submitted my deposit towards his flight.

I am so excited, but also nervous...... lol, sort of like a soon to be expecting parent. I have had dogs my entire life, and recently my baby girl Chloe passed away, and while she wasn't a tripod, she had been hit by a car when she was younger, and by the time I adopted her, the Vet said it was too late to do anything about her leg, that it had already set, and to rebreak it and do the surgery required would be incredibly hard on her. She wasn't a tripod, but she never really had full use of her back legs. But I know, that because Remington (soon to be renamed Waan Jai - "Sweetheart" in Thai. I want to honor his Thai roots and all he has survived, but I also want his name to represent his new life and being loved) but I know because he is a true tripod, that there are things I need to learn to help give him the best life possible.

I will be honest, I'm excited and cry every time I think about all he has been through, but I am trying hard not to get too excited, until he actually lands and is safely home with me. You know, he is just so far away, and I'm just worried that if I get too excited, it won't happen.....so, in the meantime I have been reading everything I can about raising a tripod puppy. There's lots of info about adults, but not as much about puppies, and since his bones and body will still be growing and forming, I really want to make sure that I do right by him.

So far I know that I need to get him a ramp to help him get up into my Tahoe, the bed and couch (lol, although more than likely I will just lift him in and up) a raised food and water bowl. That I need to make sure I have rugs on the floor that have mats under them so he doesn't slip and slide.......but what else should I know or do for him?

Are there good exercises for me to do with him to help ensure he has a good core body strength and so that as he grows he won't have swelling in his other legs from the added weight to these legs? Would swimming/water be good exercise for him?

The lady from Soi Dog has also let me know, because of his already traumatic young life, and the fact that he will be traveling such a long distance to be with me, and that he is coming from a shelter, with no real training that I am going to need to take it very slow with him.....that I am really going to need to give him time..... just the fact that someone actually tried to run him over with a lawnmower, makes me just want to love him so much more and really do right by him, so any suggestions, directions, guidance or help would be really appreciated.

Oh yes, it is his back right leg that was amputated. Apparently when they ran over him it was really really bad, and cut straight through the tendon.

PS Are there any good vets that anyone knows in the Atlanta area that specialize in tripod dogs and any tripod groups?

Administrator: I have never posted to this group before, so I don't know how posting works, but if possible, could my email address not be shown? It would be sincerely appreciated .