What a wonderful resource to have here!
I wish I had known of such a place when my bitvh, Willow had her leg amputated a year ago.Brief history:
we adopted her from the local vets at about 6-7 months old. She had been found wandering the streets with a broken leg. When handed into the vtes they operated and reckoned the leg was broken for about a month before hand. We had her about a week when the splint was due to come off and she got an xray. They realised there was no healing taking place and decided to try external fixators. I wasn't keen, but decided to give it a try. A week on from this op and Willow was in a lot of pain and not putting any weight on it. At this point we decided the best thing to do was amputate.
It was distressing to see her following the op with drains sticking out, esp for my two young kids. But Willow's strengh of character and determination to get on with life and enjoy it to the full was/is an inspiration to us all.
One year on she has never looked back. She out runs most of the dogs at the park (being a whippet x) and enjoys lots of rough in tumble with her partner in crime, a jrt called Archie.
Her is her story;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0gF3c5Efg
