Saturday, July 2, 2011

Bionic Dog Gets 4 Prosthetic Paws



An amazing story. This pup had severe frostbite on all four paws and was struggling to walk. Then he had them replaced with prosthetic ones. As you can see, he's back on his feet--all four of them.

We once had a dog who had frostbite on the pads of his feet (a result of one of his "outward bound" adventures in a blizzard) and it was no fun. He hated the snow and cold weather made him tiptoe. Clearly not as bad a case as this one, but frozen tooties in dogs can hamper their mobility forever.

Of course, better not to get it in the first place, but isn't it amazing how far veterinary medicine has come?

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