Meet Flipper

Yesterday after Andrew got home from work we went to take some pictures of kittens to put on Petfinder. We also picked up Flipper, our newest foster dog.

Vicky has had Flipper for almost three weeks. She got him from the Shelter. He was born with a deformed leg. As he walked it would scrape along the ground and get cut up. In order for it not to get infected Vicky decided to have it amputated.

A little over two weeks ago his front leg was removed. He has been doing well ever since. He's now off medication and the staples were removed last Friday.

Although he only has three legs he still gets around. He runs, plays, and doesn't seem to mind or know that he's missing a leg. He's not as fast as other dogs and he gets tired faster but that's it.

Flipper is about a year and a half old. We wonder if he's got some hound in him. His ears are rounded rather than pointed at the ends like our dogs. His bark also sounds a little like a hound. He's also got shorter legs, which could come from having some hound in him.

He slept well in the crate last night. Hopefully today he'll start to get on a schedule with us. There was one family interested in him last week but that fell through. Hopefully it won't take too long to have someone else want to take a look at him.