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Poor Baby Fritz

My tiny baby who won a Toy Group Two in the Beginner Puppy Class competition last Saturday took a tumble down a flight of stairs on Sunday night and broke his front front left leg.

He goes into surgery today at 2pm with one of the best veterinary orthopedic surgeons around, Dr. Randy Willer. Dr. Willer does not own his own practice these days, rather he travels around to different practices performing surgery with the two techs that travel with him. Such expertise is not cheap, but he comes highly recommended. The vet that recommended him noted that if he broke any bones in his own body, he would go to Dr. Willer and not anyone else!

If you've ever had a conversation with me about the rising cost of vet care, you might have heard me say "I would NEVER spend over X amount on a dog." Ha! I am pretty big until it comes to my dogs, I guess. I will say though that Fritz's quality of life will most likely not be diminished by this surgery, nor will he be in pain once it is all said and done - fingers crossed that Dr. Willer can work this magic!

Onto the photos of the unfortunate baby tiffit. The ER vet and techs were amazed at how stoic the Fritz was - he hardly cried at all and was a good boy for them. It was a good thing that one of us was calm, because I was a crying wreck. Many thanks to my friend Tracey who got us to the vet's office very quickly and who did her best to calm me down!




Poor Fritzel in his splint that the ER vet put him in.






The break - ouch!

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