Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat
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She's doing great! I think she's as good or better on 3 legs. Thanks for eveyone's support and great advice through all of this. She gets her stitches out Friday. However, I can't see them, so I wonder how they take them out???
Here's a little video/photo montage I put together from this weekend. As you can see, she isn't missing that leg at all!
what a great video! She looks remarkable and I dont know how she moved on 4 but she certainly seems at ease on 3 legs! Keep up the great work! And we look forward to hearing many more good reports!
Cooper
Coopsdad/ Kenneth Blackburn
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the monkeydogs only THINK they have invaded the tripawd state
Thanks. The ony thing holding her back is me and that leash!
Today is day #12. So I am very happy with her progress. I'm sure the fact that she isn't having to deal with cancer or anything else, just the leg, makes her recovery easier.
She looks great!
I know for me these past few weeks I've really had to stay on top of Cocoa's activity level. She would go-go-go too if I let her. We've been visiting the dog park every other day, with walks around the block on other days. She loves playing with the other dogs at the park, although they give her an extra long sniff-over, trying to figure out where her other leg is!
Kelly, I think your videos prove what I suspected: Maddie hurt before the surgery. You took away the pain. The fact that she's getting around so well indicates to me that she hurt like hell. Now she's free to be who she was underneath the pain. I think she's a very grateful dog.
Shari
From abandoned puppy to Tripawd Warrior Dude, Dakota became one of the 2011 February Furballs due to STS. Our incredibly sweet friend lived with grace and dignity till he impulsively raced over the Bridge on 12-15-12.
Dakota's thoughtful and erudite blog is at http://shari.tr.....pawds.com/
She looks so great- that useless fourth leg was really holding her back!
You did a great thing adopting her and giving her this chance. And yea- you are really holding her back now!! Can't wait to see her full tilt when the stitches are out.
Karen and the pugapalooza
Maddie is amazing! For someone that has watched a three legged dog for 12 years, Maddie amazes me how well she hops on three! She is such a natural!
Comet - 1999 to 2011
She departed us unexpectedly January 23, 2011 at the age of 12 1/2.
She was born with a deformed front leg and a tripawd all of her life.
Wow, it's hard to believe that you don't even have your stitches out! You make me tired just watching you (but what a great video). Whew! Keep it up pretty girl, we're so proud of you.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Maddie Mae you are AMAZING!!! I think you must've been a three legged dawg in a previous life. It doesn't slow you down one iota. Keep up the great work!!
Laura and Angel Tai
Tai – 9 yr old lab. Diagnosed Osteosarcoma Dec 18/09. Front right leg amputated Dec 21/09. Started chemo Jan 7/10. Lung mets discovered Sept 16/10. Valiant to the end on Oct 26/10 when cancer reappeared in a leg and we made the decision to set her free. Forever in my heart where not even cancer can take her from me.
Holy Moly, for 12 days that is fantastic. What was the reason for the surgery since she didn't have cancer. Like we say, once these guys heal, for most it's pretty much life as usual, they just hop instead of walk, but in Maddie's case, I'd say she glides. By the way, thats not a pesky monkeydog in that video is it, I can already see it won't stand a chance against Maddie!!!, great video, Paws up, Spirit Gus aand Dan
My buddy Gus had a left front amputation on April 7, 2010 and lived a great life until July 26,2010
That IS a pesky Monkey dog! Did you see the way she tried to run out in front of Maddie to trip her? But Maddie easily avoided the scheming Monkeybutt Peanut.
She is a rescue and she had been hit by a car and owners never took her to the Vet, 8 months later she is raising a litter of puppies in a ditch culvert just outside her owners property. That's when a neighbor found her and took her in. When the puppies were weened she contacted a Cattle Dog rescue here in Texas and I took her in to foster. Of course, I'm NOT letting her go! lol
The injury was too severe and old that the Vet's recommendation was to remove the leg. So once she finished heartworm treatment and got a clean bill of health we did the surgery. So she has had practice not using that leg much. Which has most definitely helped in her recovery. She doesn't even miss that leg, or the pain of it.
She is really the best dog. You'd never know she had a rough start. She is very loving and trusting.
Thanks Spirit Gus and Dan 🙂
Go Go Maddie Mae! We all knew you would be flyin' after you got rid of that useless leg! As one who lives with a bionic tripawd girldawg I can see that you could give her a run for her money any day (shhhhh, don't tell her I said that, she'll whup my @#$
).
I sure hope I can meet you someday! I loooove the girldawgz!
xoxox,
Travis Ray
Wow! Great video! She looks like a pro. What a lucky dawg. (and Peanut- you are just adorable!)
Daisy earned her wings on Oct 22, 2011 at 14 years old
She is now the official greeter at the rainbow bridge
Everyone is guaranteed a welcome sniff and Dalmatian smile
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