Frida is a 4 year old bull dog who was seen on the weekend at the local ER for run over by her owner’s truck. She was, and still is, a fan of chasing and biting at tires. We saw her for a consultation for an amputation because the damage was so severe to her hind paw. She had a bandage on her paw. Upon removing the bandage, I saw extensive soft tissue damage, dirt contamination, all of the bones of her foot (metatarsals) were broken, some were sticking out of the skin and the bottom of her paw was mangled as well. We decided the damage was too severe, I performed extensive cleaning and wound care and scheduled amputation later in the week. She returned for amputation and upon admit, I removed the bandage. Miraculously the wound was much cleaner, the tissue healthier. After discussed this improvement with the owner and with Frida being a heavily muscled and slightly overweight dog, I didn’t think she would do well with an amputation and neither did the owner. He elected to give surgery a try in order to give her a chance to keep her limb. Surgery was long and difficult as much of the bones had been fragmented extensively. After plating the bones and repairing the extensive soft tissue damage, she headed into recovery and home. She returned for many bandage changes. And due to her tenacious pursuit of the tire, or jumping on the couch, she had some set backs in her recovery. Over about 3 months her skin healed and her bones healed in a very unusual fashion due to the extensive trauma. Despite this she walks or rather runs with a slight limp and is a very happy little bull dog.