More: Faithful beyond words. We rescued him. He had been abused. Was kicked in his left hind leg by his previous owner. The wound got infected and the owner did nothing about it. The Humane Society took him in and had to amputate the ball from his left rear femur. The leg was attached to his hip with muscle. He adjusted to it and for all intents and purpose, he runs like a gazelle with his brother another rescued Black Lab we rescued.