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geardaddy

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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 01:41 PM Apr 2012

Vespa the dog

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Instead of front legs, Vespa was born with little “chicken wings” that allow her to army crawl or hop, but only on soft grass or carpet. I wanted her world to be bigger, so I researched front wheels for dogs (she was not a candidate for prosthesis). I tracked down OrthoPets out of Denver, Colorado, a wonderful group that specializes in making animals more mobile, and there the door to that bigger world was immediately opened.
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Vespa the dog (Original Post) geardaddy Apr 2012 OP
She Would Not Consider Herself Disabled grilled onions Apr 2012 #1
Here's Vespa before and after getting her wheels (video) marzipanni Apr 2012 #2
Thank you for the video siligut Apr 2012 #4
She looks a lot like our dog geardaddy Apr 2012 #3
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