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alsame

(7,784 posts)
Sat Jun 22, 2013, 05:54 PM Jun 2013

Jon Stewart on the Joys of Three-Legged Dogs

This is a few weeks old, but I just saw it

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Jon Stewart Opens Up on the Joys of Three-Legged Dogs

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When we entered the hotel room to meet Stewart, it was a full house with his wife Tracey and children ― Nathan, 8, and Maggie, 7 ― among the revelers. There were also puppies, which would later appear at the party, and the adorable little furballs were named after pop stars.

Stewart is a true animal lover ― mostly of dogs, but "cats will do in a pinch," he jokes. He and the fam currently have three pooches (none of which are named after celebrities), the latest addition being Little Dipper, a three-legged pit bull mix who is a fixture behind the scenes at "The Daily Show" … and the New York City streets.

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"I was a fan of 'The Little Rascals' and Petey was a pit, so maybe that was in the inherent," Stewart, who has had three pits, says of his fondness for the breed, which gets a bad rap. "If you would go to the store and buy the generic 'dog,' they're the dog. That little block head and that little dog body, and so energetic and playful. They're meaty and muscular and fun."

And spoiled ― at least at chez Stewart. When asked if Little Dipper and the gang get any over-the-top treatment at home, he gives us a you've-gotta-to-be-kidding-me look, and talks about their sleeping situation.

More:
http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/jon-stewart-opens-joys-three-legged-dogs-223742952.html

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Jon Stewart on the Joys of Three-Legged Dogs (Original Post) alsame Jun 2013 OP
My vet has a couple three-legged, and a two-legged Chihuahuas..... meti57b Jun 2013 #1
Your vet is my hero DainBramaged Jun 2013 #2
He's a KC Jun 2013 #3
My Sugar lost his right front leg to cancer last December. sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #4
I hope he's doing okay. I've seen a few alsame Jun 2013 #5

meti57b

(3,584 posts)
1. My vet has a couple three-legged, and a two-legged Chihuahuas.....
Sat Jun 22, 2013, 11:06 PM
Jun 2013

The two-legged pooch takes about two or three steps on his two back legs, and then lowers himself to the floor onto what would be his front shoulders. He then gets up again and repeats all this, until he has arrived at where ever he is going. He doesn't appear to think he has any problem getting around, ... and actually he doesn't.

My vet is a cats-only vet, but she has a small herd of these non-handicapped "handicapped" Chihuahuas.

DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
2. Your vet is my hero
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 01:22 AM
Jun 2013




This is Cash, rescued heartworm positive, now free after an untensive operation 7 years ago.


One of the smartest dogs I've ever known


alsame

(7,784 posts)
5. I hope he's doing okay. I've seen a few
Mon Jun 24, 2013, 11:49 AM
Jun 2013

3 legged dogs and they seem to adjust very well, I hope Sugar is too.

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