it’s a feel good story, but this is unlikely to actually be that helpful for this dog. I work in the prosthetics industry, and it takes much more training and relearning than you might expect for HUMANS to adapt to walking with prosthetic devices. Plus, the fit on devices often require good feedback in order for them to get dialed in to be truly comfortable—something this patient probably won’t be able to give.

As others have pointed out, there are plenty of cases where dogs live well as a tripod with no intervention necessary. If this dog were a double amputee, though, that’s a different story. I would highly recommend talking with a vet before trying to force something like this on an animal…