Yea! Oh gosh! I get so nervous ALLL the time! So it's common, obviously, to have slips and falls?! I feel like she's gonna break a leg or something and I just get terrified! 

Thank you guys so much! Before we brought home the quadpaw puppy, Eva never ever slipped and / or fell. But now that we have this puppy, they get tangled and slip together and she falls like a bunch and it always makes my heart stop. She's never cried out, and she gets right back up to play. It just scares the heck out of me and I LOVE the reassurance I get here!!!!!!

jerry said
We used to call Jerry "Mister Stumbles" when he would do a face plant. It made me cry at first, but then I finally realized it hurt me more than him, he didn't care. As long as he was being safe, that's all that mattered.  To help me stay calm I would repeat this mantra "Let him be a dog...let him be a dog...."

There's a fine line between protecting our pets from injury and harm, to constricting them so much their quality of life is lessened because we're not letting them do the things they love most. Watch Eva, make her take breaks, and know that even when she falls, she is getting a ton of joy from this little puppy, that alone will really give her such an awesome quality of life that will keep her spirits high and her health strong.

This helps a lot. The first time she fell, we both cried. She barely slipped, three days after surgery or so, and she wouldn't stand back up and she cried and cried in my arms for about 2 minutes before she crawled into bed and looked at me like I betrayed her for letting her slip. That was before our tripawd convert came in lol. Now we don't have so many mishaps like that, but when all three legs go out from under her and she smacks the floor because of the puppy, I can't help but to have my heart stop! I'm trying to let her do her own thing lately, I think you're really right about the fine line thing. Eva's always been SO hyper and happy and to completely restrict her from hyperactivity wouldn't be any better than her having the cancer and being sick as she was before. Honestly I'm thrilled that she has so much energy all over again, I'm just a paranoid mama haha.

neka03 said
glad to hear other ones are anxious over that too. My girl is Front leg amputation with a hind leg TPLO 4yrs ago.. So I get supper nervous, mostly on hard floors. In the grass i let her romp, but I just cant handle the thought of slipping and breaking that knee or tearing that other one. .

I love winter because the falls are softer.. via if we have lots of snow.. but ice and slickness gets me just as nervous as hard slippery floors.. Oh well...Its a balance. everyone thinks im crazy...

Steph & Neka

Eva has her rear right leg amputated, but prior to amputation we thought she was having problems in her knees and when we x-rayed them, the right CCL was pretty fine but the left showed some damage.... of course, the remaining leg. So I get that for sure. I would be way more nervous if Eva was a front leg amp though because the thought of her hitting her little face would make my heart stop. 

We haven't made it to winter yet, as this is our first full finished month of three legged life, but I'm hoping I feel better with some good lake effect snow on the ground lol.