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Tripawd pawrents understand what it’s like to make difficult medical decisions under pressure. For many of us, the decision to amputate is our introduction to the world of vet specialists and high tech medicine. Oftentimes, the learning curve is steep, and stressful.

You can shorten the learning curve, by reading Vet Confidential: An Insider’s Guide to Protecting Your Pet’s Health,written by Dr. Louise Murray, Director of Medicine at the ASPCA’s Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital in New York City.

Once you read it, you’ll wish you had a copy long before your furry friend came home with you. Dr. Murray’s book approaches subjects that humans don’t want to think about when they bring a new dog home, but this easy, excellent read points out why it’s so important to get informed, before medical care is necessary.

This book is hailed as “a practical road map to modern veterinary medicine,” and it lives up to the promise.

Coping with Loss: Old Time Advice for Humans

December 19, 2008 by betaman

Ben Hur Lampman article of Sept. 11, 1925 indicates the one place where to bury a dog is on one’s heart.

Another way to help spread the word.

December 17, 2008 by betaman

Use tripawd ribbon web images and download fliers to help support canine cancer and three legged dog awareness.

Our Sami Gurl, the 14 year old Senior Tripawd

December 13, 2008 by betaman

The following post was generously written by Tripawd pawrent Stephen Zurek. For a cool Bone Cancer Hero t-shirt like the one Sami is wearing, check out her Mom Michelle’s Bone Cancer Hero store.

We would like to start off by saying thank you to Tripawds, for being such a great source of support and information for us. We are so grateful. All of you guys have really helped us through this! Your posting about The Top Five Questions About Amputation And Coping with Bone Cancer is going to help a lot of folks with this tough decision.

We are so grateful our Sami gurl is still here At the ripe old age of 14, she is going on 11 months as a tripawd and still hanging in there. When we first took her to the vet because of a limp last year, the last thing we were expecting to hear was bone cancer. It hit us like a brick and we thought it was time to say goodbye to our baby. After we got over the initial shock, the vet recommended that we amputate.

Tripawd Adopted: Meet Ku-won, a Korean Dog Farm Survivor

December 11, 2008 by betaman

Three Legged puppy Ku-Wan is saved from Korean dog (meat) farm and ready for adoption

What is Syn-flex?

December 9, 2008 by betaman

There is often talk about glucosamine supplements in the Tripawds Discussion Forums. Since Syn-flex liquid glucosamine was one of my daily supplements, and my people believe it helped with my orthopedic issues, we thought we’d share what we know about it here.

Syn-flex^™ is an all-natural product that is not known to interact with any drugs or medications. It is a premium glucosamine arthritis liquid supplement made in the USA since 1999. The formula for pets is identical to that for humans but includes a tasty beef flavor.

Syn-flex uses only pharmaceutical quality liquid Glucosamine, the highest quality available. It has no fillers like many Glucosamine pills, and as a liquid it delivers maximum absorption and rapid pain relief. Syn-flex has no dangerous side effects such as those with NSAIDs and Cox-2 Inhibitors.