It’s been sometime since I last saw Amber Horsey. She was one of our amputees, brought in by Joanne Lim from Klang with a bad leg. The leg was amputated and I enlisted my friend, Lydia’s help to rehabilitate Amber Horsey.
Amber Horsey has been with Lydia for many months now, and is as fit, if not fitter than any other able-bodied dogs.
Amber is also good friends with Seven, Lydia’s other rescued tripod.
According to Lydia, the two of them rule her household and even bully the rest of her dogs. Amber is so naughty, she even snatches food from the other dogs’ mouths!
Many people think tripods are difficult to rehabilitate or look after. Of course there is the initial hardwork and lots of loving-care to restore their confidence. Nothing come easy, but once they are well….
Well, take a look….I visited them recently.
Amber’s is the back leg, which is much easier to cope as most of the body weight is supported by the front legs.
You’d notice most of the photos are blurry – that’s because they are SO active and move around SO incredibly fast.
We’re talking about two extremely happy dogs here!
Hello Amber!
There…let me see your pretty face…
Me too, me too, says Seven.
For Seven, it’s her front leg that was amputated. She copes very well too.
The two tripods gang up and bully the rest!
And I’ll bet each one of them can bring me down with one push. They are so strong!
Once a tripod recovers and regains his/her confidence, they are no different from any other four-legged dog (save for one missing limb). To a dog, it probably does not matter as they only want to feel good.
I remember our other amputee case, Jenny. She was brought in by Mei Leng (also rescued by Koo), and Jenny was completely depressed and dull. But right after the bad leg was removed, she was as happy as a lark and as bright as a button. She ate voraciously and wanted to run around the clinic (on her three legs, right after waking up from the anaesthesia). Even the vets were surprised as the surgery had been really bloody and messy (to top it all, there was a power failure DURING the surgery and they had to use emergency torchlight to continue the surgery).
Jenny is currently living in a boarding house and is good friends with a cat.
Tripods make wonderful companion animals. Once they heal, they are as good as any other four-legged animal.
Sometimes, naughtier!
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