My beautiful dog Flash "smiling" for the camera.

[holtjv]

Originally Posted by 911Rips

Rudy our 2 year old Dane

Rudy is quite the handsome devil with good taste in cars, too! Our Ella (a dane) would love him. The merle is beautiful.

[Jim Richards]

this thread needs a BTT.

[raj911]

here are my 2 sibes, the choc boy, is 3 months old and the wolf grey girl is 9 months old .. they are inseparable

[kconway]

I likes me Beagles

[TerryH]

Beautiful dogs! All of them. We deliberate getting a second dog, but it seems we do more things with one than if we have two. It's a tough decision.

More of Quincy the fox terrier with Sierra the girl (brittany) next door.

[holtjv]

Originally Posted by holtjv

Here's Hank, my rhodie. 7 months, 65lbs, a rowdy rhodie. He's a magnificent dog and our replacement for Tucker, our 11 year old rhodie who died at Christmas. You don't see too many liver-nosed Rhodies and, until he was about 50lbs, folks thought he was a big viszla.

We also took in Ella, a 110lb, 1 year old Dane/Lab mix (we think). She's absolutely awesome and can stand up to Hank's fairly rough play:

At Redbud park. Ella takes Hank in water too deep for him to get an advantage:


But he's like a lion when he plays rough:


And after the play, it's time to hit the sofa:

Sadly, Hank (now 18 mos) had his right rear leg amputated today. Bone cancer. Anyone have a 3 legged dog and can pass along any advice? Doc says he'll be like normal after 2 weeks.

[nynor]

from what i have seen, anecdotally, three legged dogs are happy. i've never seen one that looked sad, unhappy, or less than satisfied with their lot in life.

i am sorry to hear that this was necessary. i hope that all is well with your dog from here on out.

[holtjv]

Originally Posted by nynor

from what i have seen, anecdotally, three legged dogs are happy. i've never seen one that looked sad, unhappy, or less than satisfied with their lot in life.

i am sorry to hear that this was necessary. i hope that all is well with your dog from here on out.

Thanks. Nice looking bonnie, btw.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by holtjv

Thanks. Nice looking bonnie, btw.

thanks. i had it doing the ton just a couple of days ago. good times.

[obrut]

nynor,

just back from the park walking our boxer - who at 10 is really slowing down.

anyway, a 3 legged dog (missing one hind leg) went past on his morning walk also. he seemed happy as larry.

[t951]

I hear that expression a lot...

Who the heck is larry, and why is he happy?

[nynor]

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-happy-as-larry.html

[holtjv]

Well, got Hank this a.m.

He's amazing. He's pooping, tinkling, eating, drinking, and even ran-trotted up to the door. All this less than 18 hours after the surgery. I'd send a pic but it's pretty gruesome.

Biopsy results in a few days. Hoping for 'good' cancer. I'll be happy as Larry.

Thanks,

Jack

[nynor]

post pics, i am terribly curious.

[holtjv]

You asked for it. He's eating, again. Seems almost perfectly normal. Amazing.

[deanp]

Jack - sorry to hear about Hank, he's a beautiful boy. Will keep my fingers crossed that the bone cancer was caught in time and hasn't metastasized further into the body yet. Give him a great big hug and scratch his head for me.

There was a black lab in my neighborhood growing up that had a rear leg amputated and he did fantastic! Don't think he ever knew he was different. Hadn't thought about him in 20 years - his name was Clancy. He was young and was hit by a car, went on to live a long happy life.

We lost our 8yr old Saint Bernard to bone cancer last Sept. If the cancer had been in a hind leg, we would have considered amputation. It was a front leg, Saints carry most of their weight up front, and she was 152lbs. We were only able to keep her comfortable for three weeks after diagnosis.

Will hope for good news, please post back when you hear more. Also, please contact the breeder, I hope they would appreciate the heads up that one of their pups developed bone cancer at such a young age.

-Dean

[deanp]

This is Abby, she was, coincidentally, born on the exact day we rec'd the diagnosis for Chloe. She helped us with the healing process and has become a great friend.

[holtjv]

Originally Posted by deanp

Jack - sorry to hear about Hank, he's a beautiful boy. Will keep my fingers crossed that the bone cancer was caught in time and hasn't metastasized further into the body yet. Give him a great big hug and scratch his head for me.

There was a black lab in my neighborhood growing up that had a rear leg amputated and he did fantastic! Don't think he ever knew he was different. Hadn't thought about him in 20 years - his name was Clancy. He was young and was hit by a car, went on to live a long happy life.

We lost our 8yr old Saint Bernard to bone cancer last Sept. If the cancer had been in a hind leg, we would have considered amputation. It was a front leg, Saints carry most of their weight up front, and she was 152lbs. We were only able to keep her comfortable for three weeks after diagnosis.

Will hope for good news, please post back when you hear more. Also, please contact the breeder, I hope they would appreciate the heads up that one of their pups developed bone cancer at such a young age.

-Dean

Thanks Dean. If it's a osteosarcoma, chances are pretty good that it's spread. If it's chondrosarcoma, great chance he'll live a normal life. He's a good pup.

[holtjv]

Originally Posted by nynor

post pics, i am terribly curious.

Just seeing you're in SLC. I might travel to Miller to take the yamaha champions school--know anyone who's gone through it? Very new--friend of mine knows Nick and Ken and he speaks very highly of them (and he's very fast).

jack

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by holtjv

You asked for it. He's eating, again. Seems almost perfectly normal. Amazing.

They never stop teaching us!!! He's a handsome lad!