Comments on: Walking with a 3 Legged Dog

By: Judith Briggs

Judith Briggs — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:37:54 +0000

I’m extremely sad & anxious about bringing my 4 y.o. Mix breed large dog home after amputation of her left front limb. Not only am I highly sensitive & able to communicate telepathically with animals her sadness she exchanged with me was relayed as complete confusion & shock! Being a retired nurse I thought ide be prepared for my feelings , but I must admit I’m teary and my empathy is overwhelming me . Please offer guidance and supportive suggestions for the transition period I my canine friend Molly are about to undertake tomorrow 48 hours post surgery as we return to our home. We had very active

By: Caz

Caz — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:31:31 +0000

I recently got a 3 legged dog, I thought she was not socialised. She barks at dogs aspecially small onces and some times pulls to get to the dog could this be because of her missing leg then?

By: shibashake

shibashake — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 05:57:03 +0000

In reply to Tim. Congratulations on your new rescue puppy. He sounds wonderful! As for the walking, it may be best to do some private training sessions with a trainer who has experience with three-legged dogs. It depends so much on the dog and how he reacts to different stimuli. One possibility is to identify what puppy enjoys most. Is your puppy food focused, toy focused, people focused? We can then use that to redirect his attention and help with walk training. Also with a three legged dog, there is this delicate balance of wanting to protect them from over-doing it, but also letting them enjoy being a dog.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:58:52 +0000

I have a 10 month old 3 legged Cavoodle. His front left leg is deformed and stunted but not missing. He can walk and run on his three good legs but when on a harness/lead combination, he pulls strongly and when restrained, stands on his hind legs. Our dog is not as robust as yours. I should mention he is a ‘rescue’ dog and we’ve only had him for 2 months. We don’t know what experience if any, he had before sharing life with us. He is a loving and adorable boy and happily hops around our home and back yard without any obvious stress….just walking on a lead is the issue. I would appreciate an advice you might like to provide.

By: Grant Mauthe

Grant Mauthe — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 13:05:46 +0000

We rescued Molly(wheaton terrier) 4 years ago. She had been abused terribly. This came to light when she was limping more and more last summer. We took her to the vet, xrays were takin, severe bone damage,pelvic damage, and reheal had shown up. Her leg had rehealed in such a way that the misplaced bone was interferring in her knee joint. Amputation of the rear leg was recomended and completed. This was 4 months ago. How long will phantom pain continue. She is on regular doses of arnica along with sierracill. She is doing fantastic

By: shibashake

shibashake — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:55:08 +0000

In reply to Katy. I am so sorry to hear this. Is her pain is due to osteoarthritis? Two things that I tried with my dog's osteoarthritis are pain-killers (Rimadyl) and Adequan. There can be side-effects, especially with the pain-killers, so I did both under the direction of our vet.

By: Katy

Katy — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:52:34 +0000

I am looking for help. My black lab was born with microdevelopment of her right front leg. Her other front leg had been broken and was healing on its own when I rescued her. I couldn’t keep her past the healing and fostering period so my brother adopted her and she lives with him for 7 years. Now she lives with me due to unforseen circumstances. She is getting older now. She is 9 years old and I see her slowing down ALOT. It isn’t easy for her to go out to potty and I let her lay in the grass to rest.
We actually got her a wheelchair from Eddie’s wheels a year or so ago, but she hurts after using it because it forces her to walk “correctly” which she hasn’t done all her life. So I don’t really use it with her. I hate seeing her want to go for a walk and not be able to really go. I am not sure what else to do to ease her pain and make life enjoyable for her as she continues to age. Are there other products that you can suggest? Thank you for this article!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:17:23 +0000

I am so grateful to have stumbled onto this blog. I have been struggling with training my girl, Piper, to walk on a leash. Gentle leash tugs tend to throw her off balance a little. I have had some success with asking her to “check in” with me during walks by looking up at me. When she does that every few steps, she gets reinforced. I just purchased a Ruffwear harness. I’ve worked with three different trainers, and just started target training a few weeks back, so hopefully that is going to help, but she has a hard time only taking one step at a time, so the training has been slow-going. I’ll be sure to read more from your blog.

By: B

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:12:52 +0000

In reply to keith. I had a episode with Bella last night she squealed and ran to me, she lost rear right leg in May my problem is she never tires runs all the time

By: Mistie

Mistie — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 23:51:17 +0000

In reply to eriin!. You know what? I dislike people who judge us who would do anything for our animals. They are just like children to us! We have the awesome stuff, sweetest 12 year old Dorky (dachshund/yorkie) named Bruiser who is a trip and. He is a front leg amputee. He had an injury at about 2 years old. Over the years we have spent about $10,000.00 on him. I have gotten many people ask me how on earth I could spend so much money on a dumb dog. Alot of people say they would've just put him to sleep. Some people are so insensitive. Bruiser is my baby. I would do anything for him!