Hi guys,

sorry for this delay, but I had sent all of these fantastic questions to the wrong bloomin email! I’m hoping that Leslie will be able to come on and answer your questions directly. I really do find all of this fascinating and helpful! Stewie gets massages at least twice a day now! He’s a hoppy puppy!

Hola Petra,
Yes, I have received a new Password from the Tripawd Admin and will try to log on today to the Forum. I am not sure which Forum we are using - can you help me with finding that? Thank you for sending the entire document thus far - was amazed to see the response which was very gratifying. Would like to get onto the actual site so I can answer these questions on the site which would be less work for you! So yesterday, my dear neighbours from the US arrived for their winter stay and who jumps out of the truck but Lily, a tripawd dog! You can imagine my surprise, so I will have some first hand experience and will be speaking to them at great length as to their experience with her.

In the meantime, please feel free to post this message on the site. In answer to some of the questions, the pain frequency has indeed decreased over the years since the amputation, but it can return with a vengeance, or mildly. I too get muscle spasms but strangely enough in the real leg! I rub the leg vigorously when this happens with homeopathic oil which I get down here from a Mexican Vendor. Indeed, when the pain strikes, I do not want anyone around while I cope with it, so understand that it may be difficult to deal with a Tripawd under these circumstances. I would still persist and massage the site perhaps when there are no indications of the PP. This could set up a pattern which becomes more familiar to the animal.

Hope that helps - until I hear from you again, Petra.
Much love to all the critters,
Leslie

Great news Jackie! I’m sure Leslie will be super pleased to hear that. Good boy Prince Hucklebery, enjoy the Spa moment buddy!

All the best from Stewie and gang 

Thally I agree! And at the very least we need lots of pictures of Lily don’t we?!!! 

Thally, I am very grateful to Leslie aswell for being so open and honest with us. I honestly feel that with this Hooman/furbaby connection, we can get that much closer to our fur kids! (As if that’s possible heh!!!)

Hugs and sloppy kisses from me and Stewie!

Hola Leslie! Yay for getting on site!!! We are super hoppy to see you! 

Leslie said:
My apologies to the group involved - apparently when I lost my leg, I also appear to have lost a portion of my mind!! 

Bahhahaha! Welcome to the Tripawds community!🤪🤯 (sorry admin!) Smiley/emoji’s good!(5 is the most that admin asks us to use...). commonly used emoticons bad!👹 (Spam! Bad Spam!)
We are all familiar with lack of brain cells, otherwise known as ‘grey matter’!

I tried acupuncture before losing the leg and found it to be of no help however, this does not mean it may help for after losing a limb - I simply do not know. 

I find acupuncture to be very helpful to Stewie for a couple of reasons...
He is licking his amp site far less and his flaky skin subsides considerably, showing up again after about a week and a half after his last session. I will be moving his appointments to weekly. (With our friend at Nu Beginnings!)

With regards to massaging your animal, I would suggest that you try massaging the distil end at least on a daily basis  - perhaps this will allow your animal to get used to the action, so that when a shock does occur, you might be able to get at it right away.  It's worth a try. 

This is a fantastic idea Leslie! As with my Dog grooming, I ask that my clients ‘play’ with their puppies feet, even using a metal object when they can, just so the dogs get used to the action for when it comes to nail clipping time.

Also, try using a soft piece of material to make a sling-type arrangement which will gently put pressure on the stump - I use my own hands for this and often when watching TV will massage my residual limb and put gentle pressure on it. 

Another great suggestion Leslie!

I will do my best to answer your questions and hope in even a small way that it will help some.

You have already been a huge help Leslie! Thank you for your time and willingness to expose yourself at a very personal level. We appreciate it!

By the way, let us know if you need help with pictures, we need some good shots of Miss Lily please!

All the very best from your admiring Pack Petra, Stewie, Paul, Spike, Chester & Miss Lily

p.s. i will be posting the picture of you on your surfboard and the other one on the camel if that okay Leslie. So that this wonderful community can see what kind of Spitfire you are!