I would suggest that the dog should be a large heavy one, maybe a mastiff-type or a wolfhound (maybe someone got it for Finduilas as protection, after the whole Celegorm/Luthien Incident, which you'd think would be a great advert for Dogs as Elf-maiden protection... )
Small dogs usually cope pretty well with amputation, but for large dogs it's much more difficult, I think a big dog would be more likely to need a prosthetic. I can't see any reason why Celebrimbor wouldnt' be able to make one.
Dog DNA is so plastic, after a few hundred years in Middle Earth even if they only started out with Huan and some sort of Sindar-hound they could easily have bred everything from bassets to chihuahuas...
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Date: 2015-07-01 08:04 am (UTC)I would suggest that the dog should be a large heavy one, maybe a mastiff-type or a wolfhound (maybe someone got it for Finduilas as protection, after the whole Celegorm/Luthien Incident, which you'd think would be a great advert for Dogs as Elf-maiden protection... )
Small dogs usually cope pretty well with amputation, but for large dogs it's much more difficult, I think a big dog would be more likely to need a prosthetic. I can't see any reason why Celebrimbor wouldnt' be able to make one.
Dog DNA is so plastic, after a few hundred years in Middle Earth even if they only started out with Huan and some sort of Sindar-hound they could easily have bred everything from bassets to chihuahuas...