I just returned from the vet for our Boxer's annual...all was well. Our vet is also a very skilled surgeon and I asked her about osteosarcoma. Her opinion is that amputations are more trouble for the owners than for the dogs, but she cautioned that it may only buy months or a year as this sarcoma will often manifest itself in the lungs. She will prescribe chemo, but her opinion is that is hell on a dog and may also only buy months.

JV--so very sorry about your loss.

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