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[Image Can Not Be Found]Our Koda lost his front right leg in an horrible dog fight. After weeks (and thousands of dollars) of trying to save his leg we accepted the fact that it wasn't going to happen and made the decision to have his leg amputated. Changing bandages everyday (sometimes more than once a day) can be a frustrating and emotional task. We were using baby diapers with first aid tape and then wrapping it with vet wrap. It was hard to do, especially in the beginning.

While at the vets for a wound check and drain removal, our vet went to use an adult disposable diaper (pull-up style) as a bandage. She hesitated and looked at the diaper and then slid his good leg thru a leg hole and the pulled the waist band over his head and then put his head through the remaining leg hole. She he wrapped it a couple of times with gauze and viola' a bandaged dog with the open drain area completely and securely covered. We also found putting a childs t-shirt on him kept him from trying to rip the bandages off without resorting to the cone collar. I can't begin to tell you how much easier this is than the traditional tape and wrap bandage. I wish we came up with it earlier.