9/3/2004: Two-legged dog walks upright

jane_says · 09-04-2004, 10:57 PM

Wow. That's freakin' amazing. And it was slightly disturbing, for some reason. But shes otherwise a very cute dog, and seemed very lovable.

Leah · 09-05-2004, 06:05 PM

I hope they have made her a little buggy device with wheels, so they can place it under the front of her body (legs) and then she can push herself around. Gives those hard working back legs a rest.

I also am in two minds, I feel so very sorry for her but on the otherhand, at least she had a chance at life and not just destroyed at birth.

windhund · 09-07-2004, 02:00 PM

Dogs are amazing about stuff like this - they are very adaptable and they don't spend much, if any, time feeling sorry for themselves.

When one of our greyhounds was diagnosed with bone cancer, the alternatives were to amputate the leg it showed up in or just let the disease run its course until the pain was too great. We decided to do the amputation and JC did marvelously well. He didn't spend a minute mourning the loss and was able to do everything he did before. People would watch him run and not even realize he was a tripod until we said something about it. We had him for three years after that and I think he was very happy.

09-04-2004, 10:57 PM	#1
jane_says Colonist Extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SW VA Posts: 200	Wow. That's freakin' amazing. And it was slightly disturbing, for some reason. But shes otherwise a very cute dog, and seemed very lovable.

09-05-2004, 06:05 PM	#2
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	I hope they have made her a little buggy device with wheels, so they can place it under the front of her body (legs) and then she can push herself around. Gives those hard working back legs a rest. I also am in two minds, I feel so very sorry for her but on the otherhand, at least she had a chance at life and not just destroyed at birth.

09-07-2004, 02:00 PM	#3
windhund lost in space Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: over there Posts: 66	Dogs are amazing about stuff like this - they are very adaptable and they don't spend much, if any, time feeling sorry for themselves. When one of our greyhounds was diagnosed with bone cancer, the alternatives were to amputate the leg it showed up in or just let the disease run its course until the pain was too great. We decided to do the amputation and JC did marvelously well. He didn't spend a minute mourning the loss and was able to do everything he did before. People would watch him run and not even realize he was a tripod until we said something about it. We had him for three years after that and I think he was very happy.

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