My Lab's 1st Retrieve After Amputation

[sakoshooter]

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]

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

[Timberstalker]

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

[sakoshooter]

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

[WapitiTalk1]

Choked up, awesome.

[hollymaster]

Nice! 

[Knocker of rocks]

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

[bod]

Your a good man to your best friend.

[Karl Blanchard]

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

[bowhunterforever]

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

[DaveMonti]

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

[GurrCentral]

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

[bobcat]

Amazing!

[Curly]

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

[jackelope]

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.