I got a request for a dog update. My dog is doing great. This morning I was watching her and thinking about how I'd like to do a videotape of her bounding along and offer it to the vet to give to worried pre-amputee pet owners. The hair on her butt where she was shaved for the surgery is not completely back to its pre-surgery length and gloss, but its getting close. The remaining back leg is getting very strong. Still a bit of swaying or the occasional wobble when she takes a turn too fast or when her four-legged buddy, Housemate's boyfriend's big young lab, gets rambunctious in his roughhousing.
I just got a call on my cell phone from the guy who was in the house working on my burner (hot water may be completely restored tonight -- hooray!). He said, "I'm sittin' outside your house thinkin' about it and I wanted to call and tell you not to worry if you get home and your dog's not there any more, it's because I took her home with me." "You liked her, did you?" I asked. Oh yes, he liked her, and went on at great length about just why. It turns out the furnace repair guy has a chihuahua who just gave birth to a puppy with a defective foreleg. I don't generally think of myself as having a lot in common with chihuahua owners, but perhaps I'll have to reexamine that bias. Anyway, my three-legged one-eyed dog charmed him right good, and he wanted to keep her for himself.
I saw a three legged dog at the park Sunday and thought about you. He was a BIG yellow lab missing his front right leg, and he had a really well developed front left shoulder. Kinda weird, but very cute, happy, and pretty fast.
Posted by: Slithery D | May 12, 2004 at 03:12 PM
Do you have a picture of your dog you can post?
Posted by: Sherry | May 12, 2004 at 03:22 PM
What a coincidence, while walking today at noon, I saw a chihuahua missing a right foreleg! and
I come across this particular blog today!
I am originally from MA so I am another New Englander, licensed in MA too, but living in CA
now.
Have a great weekend,
Sheila
Posted by: Sheila | May 28, 2004 at 07:32 PM
Three-legged dogs make the best pets. I have two, missing the same leg (coincidence, I promise) that I got from the Animal Rescue League here in Mississippi. I have pictures of them on the site...if you're interested.
I wouldn't trade them for any four-leggers...the showoffs.
Posted by: Howard | July 12, 2004 at 11:13 PM