Author Topic: My Lab's 1st Retrieve After Amputation (Read 7510 times)

sakoshooter · « **on:** January 03, 2018, 08:19:55 PM »

Cancer. Firgrove Vet(Puyallup) offered an incredible price and did a great job with Widgeon's left front leg/shoulder amputation. His hair is growing back slowly from having it shaved but his heart is strong as always for hunting. He's 8.5 yrs old. 2 wks of R&R in the house and then we started playing fetch again every day. 1st pics are of him swimming(1st retrieve after surgery - 4wks) and the third pic is of him with a limit at 5 wks. He's got over 30 retrieves to his credit as of now including a couple doubles. He tires faster and is much more careful trekking around the marsh but is still doing great.

sakoshooter · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2018, 08:21:25 PM »

Oops, here's the limit plus my son with a few.

Timberstalker · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2018, 08:22:02 PM »

Damn, that’s serious heart. What a warrior.

sakoshooter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2018, 08:22:51 PM »

My wife remodeled his vest with a piece from an older, worn out vest. Custom!!!

WapitiTalk1 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2018, 08:25:03 PM »

Choked up, awesome.

hollymaster · « **Reply #5 on:** January 03, 2018, 08:25:23 PM »

Nice!

Knocker of rocks · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2018, 08:50:26 PM »

I feel so bad for the little fellow, just glad he can do what nature intends for him.

bod · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2018, 08:53:08 PM »

Your a good man to your best friend.

Karl Blanchard · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2018, 08:59:26 PM »

This made my night sir! Solid work the both of you

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2018, 09:27:36 PM »

Quote from: Timberstalker on January 03, 2018, 08:22:02 PM

Damn, that’s serious heart. What a warrior.

DaveMonti · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2018, 09:41:55 PM »

Great update! That makes me feel good inside! Keep taking great care of that great hunting partner!

GurrCentral · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2018, 10:31:12 PM »

This made my night as well! Glad to hear he is doing great! Hard to beat a darn good lab!

bobcat · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2018, 10:34:15 PM »

Amazing!

Curly · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2018, 10:35:56 PM »

Great pics. Thanks for sharing. I wish I could give him a hug.

jackelope · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2018, 11:11:12 PM »

Man. That is amazing. He’s so proud of himself. You can see it in his eyes. Happy for all of you. That dog is a warrior as someone else said.

Skillet · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2018, 11:44:57 PM »

They may have taken his leg, but not his heart.

Great share, thanks sakoshooter.

Blacktail Sniper · « **Reply #16 on:** January 04, 2018, 12:31:43 AM »

Great to see him getting it done!

TVHunts · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2018, 03:38:02 AM »

Wow, that’s amazing! How great that you gave him the chance to hunt again. He’s a special dog no doubt !

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2018, 05:31:00 AM »

That's awesome your dog is a true trooper and shows his desire for what he loves to do runs deep.

Emptyhanded · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2018, 07:54:51 AM »

That’s awesome! Good to see him doing well and still out hunting! It’s hard to beat a good lab!

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h20hunter · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2018, 08:33:49 AM »

As many have said, amazing. Thanks for sharing.

quadrafire · « **Reply #21 on:** January 04, 2018, 08:57:34 AM »

Quote from: h20hunter on January 04, 2018, 08:33:49 AM

As many have said, amazing. Thanks for sharing.

cavemann · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2018, 09:35:59 AM »

that is awesome!!! and I will give a second testimony to Firgrove in Puyallup. Dr. Shirley is as good as they get. Great lady and great vet.

lokidog · « **Reply #23 on:** January 04, 2018, 01:57:44 PM »

Awesome!

DOUBLELUNG · « **Reply #24 on:** January 04, 2018, 02:44:16 PM »

Love it. Wish that had been an option for my 4 year old yellow male, had to put him down with cancer in his nose and sinuses.

HaydenHunter · « **Reply #25 on:** January 05, 2018, 08:20:15 AM »

Very cool. What a dog!

Birdguy · « **Reply #26 on:** January 05, 2018, 12:11:05 PM »

That is so freaking cool

. Absolutely awesome!!

sakoshooter · « **Reply #27 on:** January 05, 2018, 07:53:19 PM »

Quote from: cavemann on January 04, 2018, 09:35:59 AM

that is awesome!!! and I will give a second testimony to Firgrove in Puyallup. Dr. Shirley is as good as they get. Great lady and great vet.

Dr Susan Shirley did the surgery herself. Great lady.

sakoshooter · « **Reply #28 on:** January 05, 2018, 08:04:15 PM »

Here's a pic of him in his kennel at the vet the day after the surgery.

sakoshooter · « **Reply #29 on:** January 05, 2018, 08:06:09 PM »

Also, thanx for all the nice comments. Sorry to hear about your lab's cancer Doublelung

Whitenuckles · « **Reply #30 on:** January 06, 2018, 07:48:20 PM »

your aa good man! That's Awesome

jackmaster · « **Reply #31 on:** January 06, 2018, 08:00:21 PM »

Widgeon is truly something that is awesome news mark and congrats on widgeons return to the feild !! It had to be a stirring sight !!

gasman · « **Reply #32 on:** January 07, 2018, 12:37:40 PM »

Labs are amazing dogs, they got so much drive in them.....

Go Blue · « **Reply #33 on:** January 07, 2018, 07:07:10 PM »

Thats awesome!

Gonehuntin01 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 07, 2018, 08:13:29 PM »

I had a chocolate that lost her front leg/shoulder at 5 years old. She hunted til she was 12 and never missed a beat. She almost always out swam my partners dog on long retreives. She was an amazing dog. You have many years left with him. Don't think he can't do anything...they can.

bronczilla · « **Reply #35 on:** January 09, 2018, 08:26:51 PM »

That is awesome!

ian_padron · « **Reply #36 on:** January 10, 2018, 01:12:13 PM »

Boy I'll tell you what there is nothing on God's green earth better than a duck dog. Give that boy some belly rubs from me and tell him he is a beast!

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Rudy · « **Reply #37 on:** January 15, 2018, 09:41:37 AM »

This is just too cool!

bush_beater · « **Reply #38 on:** January 18, 2018, 07:27:27 PM »

Thats just AWESOME!

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