Bone Cancer In Dogs

This is an informational video to help people who want to know what to expect for the first 2 weeks in the unfortunate situation that your dog has to have his leg amputated.

I got the bad news this morning that my Labrador has bone cancer in his rear leg. It came from nowhere. Just a little bump 3 months ago and today, it’s this big whelp on his rear knee. The xrays show massive erosion in the bone. I say cancer, but the vet won’t know for sure until the biopsy returns on Monday. He’s pretty sure it’s cancer, though.

I have a decision to make. If I had all the money in the world, I’d nurse him along to a merry old age. But I don’t, so I cannot. I can have his leg amputated and hope the cancer didn’t spread. And in that, could hope he lives a reasonably healthy existence, otherwise, or I could have him put to sleep. It’s really a tough call for me. I could be throwing money at the problem when the dog would be better off just having been put down.

I hate to think dollars would control this decision, but it just may very well.

Thanks.
Forgot to mention his age and I know how relevant that is.

10 years. 100 lbs.