Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat
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MADE MY DAY!!! GRINNING EAR TO EAR!!! Just saw the delightful video of Gabbar happily wagging his tail as he plays tug with his new toy! WONDERFUL VIDEO!!
A d look at that smile as you Chauffeur him to the Vet! Such joy!
Thanks for the smiles! 🙂 🙂
Love to all!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie 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!
Those darn fireworks, I'm sorry that was so hard on him and you too I'm sure. Bet you're glad it's over. I hope today his spunk is back like it is in that adorable photo!
There is so much information and many choices to make about diet. I like that you're looking for a holistic vet. I'd love to see what their approach is so do keep us posted. Meanwhile check out the Tripawds Nutrition blog for some ideas.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Gabbar is a perfect example of how much pain osteo can cause, and how happy our dogs are when the painful limb has been removed. Your pictures and videos really bring that home, and will be of such help to others who are in the future faces with this decision.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
Hi everyone
Just thought I'd give you all a Gabbar update. He's been good. Slowly adapting to his new life on three legs. He knows he gets a little extra attention, and has figured out how to abuse it. My parents were visiting. And he had a ball. He'd wake them up in the middle of the night, just so he can sleep on their lap...and gets away with it.
Here's a little video of him playing. This is 16 days post amputation. I'd say he's doing alright. The tests on the harvested lymph nodes came out clear. Now we're just keeping the diet carb-free and high in protein, making sure he gets plenty of golden paste intake, garlic pods etc. Now that he's recovered from the surgery and got his energy back and isn't in pain and done with meds, I'm looking for cannabis oil supplier here to start him on it, just preventive. Just trying to keep it natural.
Again, I cannot thank the members of this group enough for all the support, information and confidence you gave me.
Read about Gabbar's journey from diagnosis to amputation at
He looks great!
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
So happy to see Gabbar happy and pain free! Rosie is doing just as well.
We opted for chemo and she had the first of 5 yesterday. So far no reaction.
What I love the most is seeing how happy she is. When she flies around outside her ears flop up and down and she has a big grin on her face. She's got a new napping position that's hilarious! She lays on her back with her leg straight up in the air and back legs sprawled wide, with a giant grin.
Gabbar looks fantastic! Seeing him jump up on his hind legs brings happy tears!
great job pawrents! Great job Gabbar!!!
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GRINNING EAR TO EAR!! This video is what it's all about!! Gabbar looks soooo happy, well, except when he had to give his toy back after he won the prize! But then he got it again and trotted off carryy securely in his mouth! Sooooo cute!! And then sweet Suzy waiting patiently for her toy...such great dogs!!
OMD and Gabbar looks sooooo ADORABLE in his booties!! 🙂
A d yeah, spoiling a tripawd is a whole new level of spoiling!! They quickly learn how they can get away with anythw!! And it's just as much fun for humans as it is dogs!! Seeing them happy is all that matters!
A d for whatever it's worth, two weeks into recovery is still early! There's srill more sparkling to come!
Thanks so much for the smiles today! And YAY FOR clear nodes! Keep these great updates AND videos and pics coming!!
Hugs to all!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie 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!
I missed your earlier posts, so happy belated Diwali day! Gabbar looks wonderful! 
It's such a relief once you get through that initial recovery phase and onto just living life 
Keep doing what you're doing!
Donna
Donna, Glenn & Murphy
Murphy had his right front leg amputated due to histiocytic sarcoma at 7 years old. He survived 4 years, 2 months & 1 week, only to be taken by hemangiosarcoma at 11 1/2 years 6/12/17
Read about Murphy's Life on Three Legs
Absolutely adorable 💗💗💗💗
Gabbar and his sister are so very, very cute 🐾🐕🐕🐾
Lovely to see how well your boy has adapted to life on 3 and those booties look great on him 👞👞👞
Keep having fun with your cuties 🎉
Big hugs and cuddles going your way 😘😘😘🐾💗🐶🐶
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
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