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.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008


Who's a big boy now!!!! Just got weigh this afternoon, and I am now at 122 pounds (at 15 months). Still looking fit and trim ... my Vet wants to keep the weight off. Still uncertain how much bigger I will get, but time will tell. Burly

1 comment:

louise said...

I love your blog! a neighbor friend of yours recommended it to me after finding my own tripawd blog-
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tripawds do rule!