Hey all My 8 year old dog had his front leg amputated on Friday.

He’s been doing good and the wound looks good but wondering if it’s normal for like once a day for him to cry out/scream because he bumped the wound or fell on it or something.

Wanted to be sure that wasn’t totally abnormal. He seems fine after like 30 seconds when it happens but it always scares the crap out of me and wanted to make sure I’m not doing something wrong.

In the beginning of February we found out our little lady had an abcess behind her eye. The vet tried to save the eye but it was very rapidly growing so just 2 days after finding out we had to bring her in for emergency surgery to take out the eye and the abcess. She was an absolute champ and recovered from the surgery way faster than anyone expected. Now about 2,5 months later she is all healed up and we are just waiting for her fur to grow back.

She has been having a lot of leg pain and nothing seemed to be working. She went in for an ACL surgery (her 2nd). Instead they found synovial cell sarcoma, a very rare form of cancer. After additional testing and visiting the Oncologists, we decided the best course of action was amputation as it hasn't metastasized yet. Her brother is already a pirate pet (missing an eye) so we've been telling her she gets to join the crew. Will read her all well wishes and give her all the pats on her head that are requested.