Went to the office yesterday to take care of a few things. At 3:00 my wife calls and tells me that the dog has somehow managed to destroy her front leg in the process of escaping through the fence. Skin split open from paw to just below the shoulder, bone is fractured and partly hanging out. The puppy must have been shock because she was not acting hurt. Wife rushed her to an emergency clinic and I bolted out of work to join her. Waited a couple of hours for them to triage and stabilize her and give us our options and recommendation. For five grand they can amputate it, or for eight grand they can try to repair it with a 30% chance of repair being a success, most likely would still end up an amputation. Ugh. The dog is only 7 months old. Spoke with a good friend that has been a dog trainer for decades and has run animal shelters and she recommended we shop around before the surgery. So I spent part of the morning calling several clinics that she recommended and getting them to review the report from the emergency clinic. They all came back with the same recommendation, but with prices that ranged from 3K to 4K. Only one had availability to do it today. So went to the emergency clinic and it took them an hour to bring the puppy out. Ended up being 15 minutes late to the surgery, but they were cool about it. Ugh.

But, she will survive, and tripods generally are just as happy and active as quadrupeds. So, life is good, even if deeper in debt.