What is Burly's Story ...
May 2007 - it came to our attention of a short hair St. Bernard that needed adopting, he was found as a stray by the Seattle Humane Society. He was six months old at the time, and had a severely deformed right hind leg (x-rays showed it being a femur fracture that healed badly). Since it was useless, it was amputated by the Humane Society. He then went to a foster family, who cared for him post operation. It is through the foster family that we became aware of Burly. We met him, and fell in love with the big guy and adopted him. Our Vet tells us that having a missing hind leg, is a much preferred limb to be missing in a large breed as you know they carry so much more of their body weight in the front. He is fortunate to be able to lead a very normal life with our other dogs, and mobility seems not to be an issue for the big guy (except on smooth surfaces his hind foot will lose traction). He runs in the yard, rough houses with the other dogs, navigates stairs with no problem. We just love him so much, he is like a big cuddly bear.
This is my other sister, here name is Chani (though we like to call her Chanster Monster). She is 7 1/2 years old, and is a Rhodesian Ridgeback / Terrier Mix. If you do not like to be kissed by a dog, then avoid her ... for she LOVES to give out kisses! She also had the TPLO (Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy) surgery done a couple of years ago, and is doing just fine (she loves to run and play in the yard with the rest of us.
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