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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

I'm with you Sage.  In fact, it is usually cheaper to simply have the leg 
amputated.  Most dogs, even older ones, are up and figuring out how to run 
around within a few days.  I'd just get it done and be done with it.

Lynda
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so we can identify their corporate sponsors.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sage Austin | Eureka! Design" <eureka AT hctc.net>

> Well, I don't see why you'd have to put him down if the 50/50 didn't
> work out, in that case couldn't they just take off the leg? I've known
> several 3-legged dogs that get around like they had four.  Most people's
> bones heal in casts unless they are compound or located on an elbow or
> moving joint where they have to have pins.
>
> There are several herbs, like boneset, and homeopathics, like silica,
> used internally to help bones knit back together. Maybe a cast plus
> these would do the trick?
>
> I am a sucker for my animals. When my Dachshund broke his back at 11
> years of age and lost the use of his back legs I paid $3,000 (I didn't
> really have the money to spare either, had to scrape it together) for
> the surgery and he lived another seven walking normally. Those were
> happy years and I do not regret a dime of it.