Another boarder came to live with us on St. Patrick's Day in 1999. She weighed one and half pounds and could not use her back legs. My son, now a veterinarian, was working at a clinic during his college vacations. A fuzzy toilet seat cover became her king size bed. With her front legs bowing out and unable to stand on her back legs, she visited Angell Memorial Hospital in Boston. There an orthopedic surgeon corrected her back legs with pins. Yes, the fad to insure your legs for a million dollars began with Betty Grable in the 1940's and continues today with Mary Hart and Mariah Carey. This little canine cannot claim million dollar legs, but she can boast two thousand dollar legs. Was it worth it? Some will say yes, while others will ask, "Are you kidding?"
Today this 5 and 1/2 pound ball of fire manages well on her mishapen front legs and not-very-agile back legs. Take a look. (video coming).
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