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The Tripawds community played a huge part in helping our family navigate Whiskey’s (aka Wish the Fish) amputation journey. When the 2025 Tripawds Marathon was announced, it was the perfect opportunity to pay it forward. We had several awesome friends join Team Wish the Fish as Whiskey TRI-d to raise money for the Tripawds Foundation, which is a 501c3 charity established to help amputee pets and their people. The foundation assists families facing a cancer diagnosis and/or amputation for their pets by Toll-free Support Helpline , maintaining the public Tripawds Community, Reimbursement for certified rehab consultations, providing free vet patient outreach materials, Amputation Surgery Assistance Program , Tripawds Rescue Fund, Kaiserin Cancer Care Package , Get a Harness Give a Harness …and MORE!

Thank you to our friends who joined us on this trek, and to all of you who generously donated!

Team Wish the Fish Total Fundraising for the Tripawds Foundation

The marathon was able to raise a total of $6,094 for the Tripawds Foundation!

Team Wish the Fish was the second highest fundraising team!

Marathon Completion

Team Wish the Fish came in second place with a total of 268.8 miles!

Whiskey’s Trek on the Pacific Crest Trail

Whiskey completed a total of 48.8 earned miles! Thanks to the Racery app that the Marathon used to track miles, all of our activities were easily converted into miles. We also got a glimpse of what it would look like on the trail at each mile marker when we submitted our entries.

May 9, 2025

5.0 miles of walking = 5.0 miles

May 10, 2025

3.14 miles of walking = 3.14 miles

0.25 miles of walking = 0.25 miles

0.5 hours of swimming = 2.5 miles

May 11, 2025

30.0 minutes of swimming = 2.5 miles

(not sure why this one didn’t give us our virtual trail photo)

30.0 minutes of running in the yard = 3.4 miles

May 15, 2025

2.5 miles of walking = 2.5 miles

May 16, 2025

0.5 miles of walking = 0.5 miles

1.0 hour of dock diving = 6.8 mile

0.32 miles of walking = 0.32 miles

May 17, 2025

0.33 miles of walking = 0.33 miles

0.32 miles of walking = 0.32 miles

May 18, 2025

1.0 hour of dock diving = 6.8 mile

1.0 hour of dock divinb = 6.8 mile

0.25 miles of walking = 0.25 miles

0.25 miles of walking = 0.25 miles

May 19, 2025

0.33 miles of walking = 0.33 miles

May 23, 2025

1.0 hour of dock diving = 6.8 mile

May 24, 2025

0.25 miles of walking = 0.25 miles

A HUGE thank you to our friends who joined us on this trek, and to all of you who generously donated!

March 3rd is “Triday” (3/3)!

International Tripawd Awareness Day was created by the Tripawds Community to honor 3-legged heroes and angels, and to raise awareness about limb amputation for fur kids. Amputation is sometimes the best … or only…way to improve quality of life for dogs and cats with cancer, congenital challenges, abuse, neglect, or chronic injury. Although amputation is an extremely difficult choice, it can reduce pain, as well as extend and improve your fur-kid’s quality of life.

Today is devoted to highlighting the excellent quality of life canine and feline amputees can enjoy. It is also a special day to recognize the incredible efforts of veterinarians, vet techs, oncologists, and rehab therapists who help triPAWds thrive.

I don’t have many photos or videos of Whiskey (aka Wish the Fish) as a tripod since she it is only 18 days post-surgery. Included is a short video of Whiskey – now a Tripawd- doing every-day things that I once took for granted in a 4-legged dog: running, jumping on the couch, navigating stairs, laying down, getting up, etc. …My Tri is truly inspiring!

The Tripawds Community was a key component in helping us prepare for Whiskey’s amputation and recovery.

Whiskey’s first Tripawd workout on National Tripawd Awareness Day! Today was just an intro to getting on/off unstable surfaces … and she did great! She kicked Tripawd butt on the donut (front leg only) , Bosu ball (front leg only), and wobble board (all 3 paws on!)

Whiskey will be performing PT exercises at home as long as she seems to be doing well and we don’t hit any roadblocks along the way.