Help my Injured Puppy?

Truthfully, just amputate the leg...it is much cheaper and dogs go on to live a very full life on 3 legs.

No kill shelters don't need to be spending their money over and over on surgery, and the odds someone will want to adopt a dog with such a gnarly injury are unfortunately low. You may find the shelters won't take him, unfortunately. In this crapped-out economy, their funding is suffering desperately!

Maybe you could ask the vet about amputating the leg. If it's going to hinder him more than help him, he'd be better off without it. My aunt has a 14 year old "tripod" dog and he gets around fine, and he got hit by a car and lost his FRONT leg! :o

Back leg amputations are actually easier for dogs to get used to. Since the dog is young, it should be able to adjust to the surgery much easier than an older dog. Adjusting to a new home, or bouncing from foster to foster or staying in a shelter cage are much harder for a dog to adjust to then a missing leg! :O

I know I sound like a nutcase saying, "Chop it off!!1!" lol, but just talk to your vet about it.

Best of luck to you and your pet. Sorry he got injured.

First of all, it is unlikely that the mix is Scotty and Aussie, there is too much difference in size for the genitalia to line up in order to breed.

Second, a spiral fracture is from the leg being twisted. And if, in fact it IS fractured, and it is set correctly, it will NOT be prone to fracture again. I don't think setting and casting a leg is normally that expensive, I would check the whole thing out w/another vet, Hopefully one who stayed awake during class.

Here is a list of organizations who can help owners that cannot

afford vet

care. A couple are for rescue organizations and homeless pets.

American Animal Hospital Association

http://www.aahahelpingpets.org/home/

The heartbreak happens all too often ? a pet owner is unable to

afford

treatment and their sick or injured companion animal pays the price.

If the

owner is elderly, disabled or on a fixed income, the cost of care may

be too

much of a stretch for their pocketbook. Perhaps they have been

victimized by

crime, property loss or a job layoff and are experiencing a temporary

financial hardship making it too difficult to afford pet care.

And some animals, brought to clinics by Good Samaritans, don't have

an owner

to pay for treatment. Whatever the situation, the fact remains the

same:

When sick or injured animals are unable to receive veterinary care,

they

suffer. Through the AAHA Helping Pets Fund, veterinary care is

possible for

sick or injured pets even if they have been abandoned or if their

owner is

experiencing financial hardship.

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Angels 4 Animals

http://www.angels4animals.org/

Angels4Animals, a non-profit organization and a program of Inner

Voice

Community Services, has a mission to serve as the guardian angel of

animals

whose caretakers find themselves in difficult financial situations.

At

Angels4Animals we believe that animal owners should not have to say

goodbye

to the animals that they love. Our work is accomplished in

conjunction with

veterinary clinics across the country, eager to assist as many

animals, and

their owners, as possible.Our services range from financial aid to

complete

treatment to those pets and pet owners in need.

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Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance (FVEAP)

http://www.fveap.org/sys-tmpl/door/

The NEED & The HELP: Seniors, People with disabilities, People who

have lost

their job, Good Samaritans who rescue a cat or kitten - any of these

folks

may need financial assistance to save a beloved companion. The Feline

Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3)

organization that provides financial assistance to cat and kitten

guardians

who are unable to afford veterinary services to save their companions

when

life-threatening illness or injury strikes.

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Help-A-Pet

http://www.help-a-pet.org/home.html

Our efforts focus on serving the elderly, the disabled, and the

working

poor. For lonely seniors, physically/mentally challenged individuals

and

children of working parents, pets represent much more than a

diversion.

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IMOM

http://www.imom.org/

Mission Statement: Helping people help pets. To better the lives of

sick,

injured and abused companion animals. We are dedicated to insure that

no

companion animal has to be euthanized simply because their caretaker

is

financially challenged.

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The Pet Fund

http://thepetfund.com/

The Pet Fund is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit association that

provides

financial assistance to owners of domestic animals who need urgent

veterinary care. Often animals are put down or suffer needlessly

because

their owners cannot afford expensive surgery or emergency vet visits.

Companion animal owners must often make the difficult decision to put

an

animal down or neglect urgent medical needs because of the costs

involved.

The purpose of the Pet Fund is to work towards a future where

decisions

about companion animal medical care need never be made on the basis

of cost.

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United Animal Nations

http://www.uan.org/lifeline/index.html

The mission of LifeLine is to help homeless or recently rescued

animals

suffering from life-threatening conditions that require specific and

immediate emergency veterinary care. We strive to serve Good

Samaritans and

rescue groups who take in sick or injured animals. In certain cases,

LifeLine can also assist senior citizens and low-income families pay

for

immediate emergency veterinary care.

Call your veterinarian and they should be able to come up with a list of places. Also, I like the first person's answer best.

Go to the Lake Humane Society in Mentor, OH on Tyler Blvd. My sister works there and they take in injured animals and help them.

It could be a good idea (like Coley said) to just have the leg amputated.

If you can't pay the bills, in one go - shouldn't you ask your vets to pay it monthly?

awwww,I feel for ya,may just have to put em down,sorry its just a dog.I know crul but in the old days thats what happened people made adult decissions, not heart felt ones. My dog has 3 weeks to go befor we make a decission,so sad liver problems...and he is 9 years old,it will kill me to take him for his last walk,and come home witk him,hurts just writing about it.

You NEED to advertise in your local newspaper, there will be someone who can help.

oh my god. i dont live anywhere near you so i cant help you but oh my gosh! i feel soooooooooooo bad for you. ill keep you in my prayers, oh my gosh! tell your puppy to hang in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(((((((((((((((((((((