So we adopted a dog we named Royal (originally Dennis) from the humane society in March (the day before st. Patrick’s day ironically enough because he’s a lucky dog). He broke his leg in mid November. He freaked out because of a thunderstorm early one morning. When he first came to us he had scars on the back of his neck (he came all the way from the south to Minnesota) that were consistent with a cruel choke collar that had been left on too long the skin had started to grow over and he is terrified of loud noises and sirens. He also has been positive for heartworm. We financed a surgery on recommendation from our spectacular vet (studied in Denmark with a LIFETIME of experience, I’ve gone to the same vet for 20 years and I’m only 24) but unfortunately the rod and pins put in his shoulder didn’t help as much as we had hoped. There was some healing seen but not enough for him to regain full functionality and not have problems with his joint because the break was right above the elbow. So tomorrow they amputate his leg. Mainly I’m creating this page because we personally don’t know anyone who has gone through this. We have done everything we can to try and save his leg so now we just save him I guess. This was a hard hard decision to come to butthe resources I’ve found on this website are so encouraging. So today my fiancée and I are keeping him as comfortable as possible before surgery tomorrow.
