Sadie had to have a toe removed because of a mast cell tumor (front left paw), and she walked just fine on one less toe. Sending vibes and hugs to everyone, human and canine.
I am assuming that is Sadie in the picture. She is very pretty. I am not too worried about the toe. Lucy has already lost the nail on that toe from a previous accident. It is her back left paw, the outside toe. I am sure she will get along fine with one less toe and the vet assures me that toe amputations are fairly routine.
Yeah, she was fine, too - after she healed, you could barely even tell it was missing unless you looked. I have to admit that carrying a 70 lb. wriggling dog up to a 2nd floor apartment for a week after her surgery was Not Much Fun. ;-)
(yes, that's her - she was a real sweetie, and I miss her terribly to this day; its been 11 years (this month) since she died)
I can imagine carrying 70 lb. Sadie was not easy. My kids don't weigh that much yet but it's getting harder for me to carry them. Carrying Lucy (16 lbs.) is fine because she likes to be carried. Our other Jack Russell, Brandy, (13 lbs.) is a wiggler. She will let one of our neighbor's sons hold her like a baby though (tummy-up) so maybe she has a special place in her heart for him.
Sadie was a beauty. I was sitting her trying to write my next sentence and I almost wrote, "Dogs are such special people." Ours are truly like our daughters and I am sure you felt the same about Sadie.
Thank you so much - she *was* a special person! :-) She's the only dog my mother ever really liked (I never had pets growing up) - she could charm the pants off of just about everyone. And to think she was a shelter dog ... I was really, really lucky to have found her.
I have seen this picture before. We always had cats and dogs growing up. Cindy was a Beagle we had when I was young and still lived in NJ. After Cindy there was Theodore Marcel Behr (or Teddy Behr as we called him). He was an apricot colored mini poodle that acted like a German Shepherd. He was a great dog. He lived a long and happy life.
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Thanks for the vibes.
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(yes, that's her - she was a real sweetie, and I miss her terribly to this day; its been 11 years (this month) since she died)
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Sadie was a beauty. I was sitting her trying to write my next sentence and I almost wrote, "Dogs are such special people." Ours are truly like our daughters and I am sure you felt the same about Sadie.
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Thank you so much - she *was* a special person! :-) She's the only dog my mother ever really liked (I never had pets growing up) - she could charm the pants off of just about everyone. And to think she was a shelter dog ... I was really, really lucky to have found her.
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