Tripawds is the largest support community for amputee pets and their people. The Tripawds Foundation serves as an educational and community support forum, providing resources and assistance programs for individuals and organizations seeking information related to companion animal amputation and related health conditions.

Current assistance programs include:

• Free community forum with live chat,

• Toll-free helpline,

• Free Vet clinic client education materials,

• Veterinary financial aid for amputation surgeries,

• Free rehab evaluation, and more.

Why Support the Tripawds Foundation?

For many pet parents across America, amputation is the only way to save a dog or cat from a crippling accident, neglect, abuse, debilitating limb difference, attacks from other animals, or, most commonly, an invasive limb cancer. When faced with a veterinarian’s recommendation to amputate a painful limb, pet parents are shocked and uncertain about whether it’s is the right treatment for their beloved animal. What many do not know is that amputation can dramatically reduce or eliminate pain, and extend the animal’s life by months–sometimes years! Unfortunately, amputation and follow-up care is not only frightening but costly. And it’s always tougher on the humans than it is for their beloved pets.

In early 2014, the creators of Tripawds incorporated the Tripawds Foundation (the “Foundation”) as a Texas nonprofit corporation, and simultaneously launched Tripawds.org, the charitable arm of the Tripawds Community. The primary goal of the Foundation is to maintain the infrastructure required to host and manage the ever growing public-benefit Tripawds Community—the leading online resource center for guardians of amputee pets to find guidance, veterinary information, and support, at no cost. As an online support community, Tripawds specifically provides free resources to individuals whose dogs or cats are facing amputation and/or cancer.