Her Leg Amputation Surgery

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Her Leg Amputation Surgery

what should i do for my golden retriever?

I have a 9 yr old golden retriever that has developed cancer in her right front leg. She is a big girl. She weighs roughly 85 pounds and care about her dearly. My concern with a front leg amputation on a 9yr old dog that is overweight is that she won't recover from this surgery and will be miserable. But is also hard to make the decision to not do anything. The vet originally wanted to take some time to take some weight off her and then amputate but she had surgery to try and remove the tumor which was unsuccessful and now the wound will not heal correctly and turns out the tumor is growing at a faster rate. I guess i am after input from some other stories like this.

You might be surprised at how well she does with three legs. Dogs are resilient.

It's unfortunately you let her get overweight, so after the surgery, make sure she gets regular exercise to get the extra weight off.

Good luck to you and your baby.

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