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That Golden is Spirit Jake... the name of the dog is to the left bottom corner of the photo.
Welcome to your Tripawd taking full advantage of BEING a Tripawd and having 'selective hearing' 
Tracy, maggie's Mom
Maggie was amputated for soft tissue sarcoma 10-20-09
Maggie lost her battle with kidney disease on 8-24-13
Check out Jake's Blog and his About page for more info about sweet Spirit Jake.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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kazy55 said:
Ps. 2 questions:
1) anyone else's pup lose their hearing along with the leg?
I don't want to pull too much on Ajax, and you hate to speak harshly to your newly 3-legged buddy, but Ajax has clearly recognized this and has decided to ignore all non-essential -- as he deems them -- voice commands. Hence, lady losing her cheese plate last Friday.
I could never be entirely sure- Maggie had chronic ear infections when she was younger and had lost some hearing, and she was an obstinate pug (actually often obstinate is used as a definition for pugs). But I swear when I would call her I could see her deciding if it was worth her time to respond 
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Karen and the pugaplooza
Now I see the name - Ajax will carry on the Pool Edge Position in honor of Jake.
Glad to know I don't have the only Devil Dog who is taking advantage of his situation ...
I'm laughing at your comment about the LIE – you got me there – I can picture it now. Yikes!!
Selective hearing….seems to be a very common trait and in my experience with Mackenzie it only gets worse. I can call her name 10 times in a row and she'll just stand there looking at me as if I had 2 heads. You might notice some other behaviorial changes going on too…like Mackenzie now barks at everything. Before her amputation she hardly ever barked. I guess they're trying to overcompensate for their leg. But I don't mind her loud fierce barking now – makes me feel a little more protected even if she is a golden. 
Kami
My sweet golden Mackenzie. She became my angel on Dec 29, 2010 at the age of 8 1/2 although she was always my angel from the time we brought her home. She was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in Sept 2009 and officially became a tripawd (front leg) on Nov 5, 2009. She will be forever in my heart and now she's running free with all of our other tripawd heroes. I love you Mackenzie!
Hmmm ...protection has not previously been Ajax's strong suit, as he will basically love anyoen with food. Maybe this will be a bonus ...
On the "news" side: Ajax is now laying on his right (amputated leg) side, hooray!!!!!!! He has been lying on the left side only for 3 weeks - so nice to seem him relaxing on the other side ....
Hmmm ...protection has not previously been Ajax's strong suit, as he will basically love anyoen with food. Maybe this will be a bonus ...
On the "news" side: Ajax is now laying on his right (amputated leg) side, hooray!!!!!!! He has been lying on the left side only for 3 weeks - so nice to seem him relaxing on the other side ....
Kazy55,
Don't forget to log on before you post- that's why your last post didn't show up right away, it had to wait for moderation.
Karen
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