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vercetti2021

(10,402 posts)
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 10:30 PM Sep 2022

Dealing with amputee aftercare

We had to have one of our dogs hind legs removed due to cancer before it could spread. We have no idea what to do and we are getting angry at each other pretty badly over this since we are all conflicted on this now. We regret we did this because now we feel he is in pain and this was inhumane to do. But if we didn't the cancer would have spread. I'm a wreck. I don't know what to do.

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Dealing with amputee aftercare (Original Post) vercetti2021 Sep 2022 OP
Very sorry you feel so bad; seems to me you had little choice. elleng Sep 2022 #1
Animals do fine on three legs. I know several three-legged cats Ocelot II Sep 2022 #2
It doesn't help vercetti2021 Sep 2022 #3
this is heartbreaking. It is so hard. Can you call the Vet to get better pain medicine? CharleyDog Sep 2022 #4
I cried for days after my dog's right front leg was amputated. sinkingfeeling Sep 2022 #5
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elleng

(136,071 posts)
1. Very sorry you feel so bad; seems to me you had little choice.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 10:34 PM
Sep 2022

Have seen numerous instances of animals with various devices, to give them mobility, so after recovery from surgery, I suspect you can find suitable devices.

Ocelot II

(120,858 posts)
2. Animals do fine on three legs. I know several three-legged cats
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 10:41 PM
Sep 2022

and one with only two legs. You saved him from cancer, and once the incision heals he will feel much better - the cancer would have been much worse. See if the vet will give you some pain pills for him. It will be OK.

CharleyDog

(769 posts)
4. this is heartbreaking. It is so hard. Can you call the Vet to get better pain medicine?
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 01:30 AM
Sep 2022

My dog has serious health problems, and when we went to a different Vet (because emergency) we found out
that better pain medicine (a synthetic opioid) helped so much.

It should just be for a short time.

sinkingfeeling

(52,993 posts)
5. I cried for days after my dog's right front leg was amputated.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 09:21 AM
Sep 2022

He didn't seem to mind much. He went up 17 stairs to my bedroom the day he came home from surgery. He only fell when he attempted to heist his right back leg .

Vet said most owners go through more mental pain than the dogs. He lived another 5 years to age 15.

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