first danzig let me say i love it every time you post because I get a kick out of your avatar every time. but as far as tyson, sounds like 3 kind of freak accidents in 1 year. If it were me, I would put all my faith in "a string of bad luck" and/or "bad things come in 3's", and try to be as careful as I could and hope nothing else happens. I know thats a crappy answer, but injuries are a lot different than a disease or cancer or something. If it were my dog, an expensive operation to fix a health condition or a disease or something is much different than broken bones. But like you said, he still could have 10-12 years left so if it were me, I would probably keep forking out the dough. A few questions: How old is your daughter? If she is still real young, I might be leary about letting her pick up tyson while he is outside and could suddenly jump out of her arms and she may not be able to control him. My fiance has a 6 year old daughter, and she wants to hold and carry around our cat every chance she gets. But too often enough, she drops him or mishandles him because she really doesn't understand yet both her strength and what you can/can't do to a pet when you are playing with it or carrying it.