Three legged dogs

[2LaneCruzer]

Found this old ad; brought back a lot of memories. When I was a young country boy, I recall seeing 3 legged farm dogs occasionally; my Dad told me in those days, it wasn't unusual for farm dogs to lose a leg in a sickle bar mower. I can see how it could happen.

Sickle Bar Mower (3 legged dog maker) - Yesterday's Tractors

 

[drssg]

We had a three legged dog when I was a kid. IIRC, it got tangled up in wire fencing somehow. By the time we found it, the leg couldn't be saved.

It was a back leg, and he got around fine.

 

[Jstpssng]

I've seen several dogs which are missing a leg, usually after getting hit by a car. You notice something isn't right, but it takes a minute to figure out what.
One pup still chased every car that went past. I guess he thought one of them might be whoever stole his leg.

 

[KennyG]

When I was a kid, we had a beagle rabbit dog that lost a leg to a sickle. She was the best tracker we had. She was a little slower but when the other dogs lost the scent she could find it.

 

[Jstpssng]

When I was a kid, we had a beagle rabbit dog that lost a leg to a sickle. She was the best tracker we had. She was a little slower but when the other dogs lost the scent she could find it.

Beagles are all heart.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Interesting video.

 

[Jstpssng]

Gentle dog.

 

[Willman]

I once knew a elderly couple who lived next to where I worked, they had a 65 lb. English bulldog named Megan.
We would often play ball with her at lunch time.
One day out with the owners she chased a car and got run over, they came to the shop and got me to pick her up to place in their car.
I was somewhat concerned about getting bit since she was in extreme pain, but she knew me and let me lift her up and place her in.
She lost all of one back leg but after her compete recovery she still played ball and was still almost as fast on three legs.

 

[Jstpssng]

Not quite the same, but when Ruger was about 4 years old we were both crawling over a big blowdown. As he jumped both hind feet caught and he was dangling from them, completely off the ground. If I hadn't been right there he'd have died where he hung. He completely ruined both knees and could barely walk
I got prices of $6-8000 per knee. I loved my dog, but not that much. My regular vet felt he could do the same for less. I told him that he just needed to be pain free; Ruger could stay home and be a couch potato. It took a while, but by the next spring he was going in the woods with me again. My favorite picture was of him standing in a stream the next summer, a mile from the truck. It was a big milestone of his recovery. The only thing he couldn't do was jump. That was rather convenient as I could put him in the back of the truck and go into the store at the end of a hot summer day, and not worry about him jumping out.

 

[dougtrr2]

We had a toy poodle mutt that quit using a back leg after being spayed. It was pretty atrophied and she barely used it. I measured her tracks going full speed in the snow and they were 3' apart. Not bad for an 11 pound three legged mutt.

Doug in SW IA