Background: the canine amputee

Over the last week or so, I've been getting more e-mail than usual from an older page on my website. It is the story of Jake's accident and subsequent amputation... it's hard to believe that more than four years have passed by since that page went up!

At the time, there were a few people who expressed their concerns that Jake would not adjust well to life as an amputee because he would not be able to live the active sport centered life he was accustomed to. Four years later, I am glad to say that was not the case. He is every bit as happy and well adjusted as many of our correspondents tell us he appears to be in the photos. We didn't get to compete in our sport together, but we have had a blast just getting through everyday life in the big city :D

More on Jake soon. Many of you know that his more recent challenge was bladder cancer. His diagnosis and surgery happened before this blog was born, so I haven't written much about it yet. We are still trying to get his post-surgical incontinence under control (about 80% of his bladder was removed in order to get the whole tumor out) so we'll write about that as well.

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