Acclimating Your Newly 3 Legged Companion To A Life Of Hopping Around
My wife and I adopted a poor dog from a local shelter. We aren’t aware of its breed, and it doesn’t really matter. It was very friendly and even though it only had three legs, he needed a good home and so we got him.
The dog we adopted had to be amputated since it had its leg badly injured after a car accident. The vet decided that it should have an amputation. We actually hesitated since we didn’t have prior knowledge on how to deal with a dog who lost a leg. But that didn’t become a hindrance for us to love the poor dog. We thoroughly researched and asked our vet to learn how to deal with the newest member of our family.
The first question that kept coming up during our research was why do amputations happen in the first place? What we found was that dogs are rarely born this way. It’s almost always the result of a disease or a violent accident. The most common disease that can lead to amputation is typically bone cancer. Bone cancer can be very painful, and amputation can be the only thing that will bring some relief to the dog. Even though the prospect of surgery and amputation can break a dog owners heart, more often then not it really is the best option for the dog.
Learning that your dog might need a surgery or amputation can be difficult and stressful, it can be a relief to know that three legged dogs can have quite normal lives too. During the end of the rehabilitation period they will get used to their new life and it will be as if they never encountered such problem in the first place.
It will not take a long time for your dog to be rehabilitated. Dogs are better than us humans in this case. They cope faster and are capable of accepting the situation better than us.
The dogs are tougher and are capable of assimilating the situation in a better light than us. They will need about a week or two to be completely finished with their rehabilitation program.
Don’t worry too much about your dog who might get an amputation in the future, he will always remain the same happy dog you always knew.
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