Well said Bobbie, Johanna's passing truly is the passing of a legend. The pain of her loss will never leave me.

It is with a very heavy heart that I must report Johanna has passed away. She has been an inspiration to all of us, but especially to me. Her spirit was unmatched and will never be duplicated. RIP Johanna 1-5-01 - 2-6-12.

All the dogs are safe. They will not need to go to the shelter now. Kebo is going to New Jersey, Riley and Willy are going to Ontario Canada, and Buddy, Johanna and Pork Chop are going to Rhode Island. Thank you to all that helped, and special thanks to Lisa and Yolanda.

I believe I have things set up now for Johanna and Pork Chop. Thank you for the assistance.

Tomorrow the dogs will all be taken to the shelter and adopted out. The 2 handicapped dogs however still need a home. They will be at the shelter for 3 weeks and that is how long I have to find them a home. If not they will have to be put to sleep. If anyone is interersted in adopting Johanna or Por...

Thank you Lisa, that is very helpful

I am in need of a temporary home for my gang, hopefully just a few weeks to a couple of months. I am going through divorce and a custody battle and I am now unemployed again. I am losing my house and may have to get into a place quickly for some time that will not accept the dogs.

Jojo enjoyed the day in her cart today all day. The vet said she is doing perfect. She has had no pain or complications at all. I think nothing will ever stop her! If she lost all of her legs she would just roll around on the floor happy!

Here is a photo of Johanna after her surgery showing off her stumpy leg.

Johanna, the 2 and a half legged dachshund

OK, so Johanna is home from the vet. She is her usual self, happy and crazy. So, a few things about Jojo's ordeal. First, the vet gave me meds for her pain. I said, "what pain? I mean, if she can be happy with a broken leg, do you think she minds what you did to her?" I took the meds anywa...

Well, Johanna's leg needs to go. The vet said that keeping her leg would only cause the possibility of future infections, so it would be best for her to lose the leg. It really doesn't do much now anyway, and we know she won't care. AT least one thing is certain- she won't get any more leg infection...

Well, it is official that Johanna will need to have her leg amputated, yes. I have already thought about the dragging and I am getting some scoot sacks for her.

Well, it finally happened. Johanna broke her leg tonight. She fought off the infection, the wound was healing, but her leg broke. I spoke with the vet tonight and we have to bring her in to the office on Monday. She is in no pain and has no infection, so the vet said to wait until Monday. As long as...

Johanna is fighting another leg infection like the one she had last year that eventually took her leg. If she can't fight this one off she may have to have her other back leg amputated. Now I know that she can live happily with only 2 legs, but does anyone have any experience with a dog using a cart...

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that we lost our Sadie tonight. She, along with Spartacus, we adopted from the Kennebec Valley Humane Society in June 2007. They have been a wonderful pair, and Spartacus still is, but Sadie over the past several days has been showing her age and she h...