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Dog with No Front Legs Gets Custom Front-End Wheelchair

Posted: 6/25/2008 at 02:36 PM

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Could anything be cuter than a 17 week old Maltese puppy? How about a Maltese puppy on wheels, thanks to "wizard" and Orthotist David Turnbill, who designed a custom wheeled support using model airplane wheels for a puppy named Hope, who was born with no front legs?

 

Here's Hope "off to see the wizards" for a fitting session:

 

 

And here she is taking her first steps on her new wheels:

 

 

Each leg can move up and down independently, allowing Hope to lie down, rise, pivot, and turn. The "wizard" turned Hope into a far more adorable, far less frightening version of these guys from Return to Oz!

 

 

 

 

Filed under: dog, wheelchair, congenital limb deficiency, maltese, hope, animal amputees, cute
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  • KaraSwims wrote on Jun 25, 2008 at 4:34 PM
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    ummm yeah..LOVED the dog story/videos...but am not amused by the now many moons of nightmares I will have from those scary creatures in the last video-LOL!


  • Norma Carroll wrote on Jun 25, 2008 at 9:00 PM
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    I'm with you Kara........doggie story DARLING...............Wizzard of Oz story..........downright SCARY ! ............Makes you feel real warm and fuzzy for the guys that do this kind of stuff......doesn't it ?..........Peace and love.......Norma


  • naomimimi wrote on Jun 30, 2008 at 6:04 PM
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    Going off the "bionic puppy" that was a hit on the internet last week, I found this YouTube


  • naomimimi wrote on Jul 21, 2008 at 1:22 PM
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    We've had a minor flood of cute animals and their take on living with disability over the last few

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