Meet a few of our happy clients
from all around the world.
Stifle Orthoses
Sterling
When our 10 year old Siberian Husky, Sterling, started limping on her hind leg, we were devastated and saddened knowing she was in terrible pain. After spending $1,000 on veterinary bills while trying to get answers, we reached out to OrthoPets to see if they could...
Shia and her OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
I want to sincerely thank OrthoPets for their amazing work and expertise with animal orthotics. My 6 yo Carolina Dog, Shia, suffered a partial CCL tear after some play. I was advised to proceed with surgery. After reviewing studies and alternative options, I decided...
Levi and his OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
Hello LiLen and all of the wonderful OrthoPets team, I spoke to Lilen this morning about my dog Levi who two years ago was suffering from a cruciate tear in his left rear leg. OrthoPets fitted him with a stifle brace and the whole process was so positive. At that time...
Jasmine and her OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
Martin, Amy, Dr. Patsy, and OrthoPets staff, On behalf of our family and Jasmine, we would like to thank you so much for all you have done for our 7 year old German Short-haired pointer. Jasmine keeps improving daily. When she tore her ACL we really didn’t want to do...
Merlin and his OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
Jake and his OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
Codi and his OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
Theo – NYC and his OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
Theo is a 13 year old golden with bad arthritis in his left back knee (he will turn 14 on Sept 9). Without the brace he has a very noticeable limp, he is doing very well with the brace.
Kimiko and his OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
I have 20 months old 68 kg tosa inu female. My Kimiko torn her ACL around 6 months ago and for the last 5 months, we have been using an OrthoPets stifle brace. I am Polish so I would like to apologize to everyone for my mistakes in English. I am also a veterinarian...
Riley and his OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog knee brace)
Dear ortho pets team, I have been meaning to send this email for quite sometime now, but what do you say to the people who gave your dog his life back? Riley was only 20 months old when he tore his CCL. I chose stem cells, rest and rehab over surgery, but keeping a...
Carpal Orthoses
Duke
Our American Mastiff, Duke, suffered a serious spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed initially on his left side. As he recovered he began to overuse his right carpus (wrist) and began to injure it. Our vet recommended a custom orthotic from OrthoPets. From our...
Keeper
Dear OrthoPets Just a quick note to tell you what a huge fan of OrthoPets I am!! When we first got the carpus brace for Keeper, we needed it right away following an unexpected follow-up surgery. LiLen worked with me to get it delivered super fast. The product is...
Pretzel
Pretzel and I wanted to thank all of the kind people at OrthoPets who have helped him regain mobility and enjoy pain-free exercise. Due to the unique shape of his legs (broken as a puppy), only a completely custom-made device would fit him. Within a week he had...
Dave
Theo and his OrthoPets Prosthetic Device
This is my Golden Retriever, Theo. Theo is now almost 2 years old. He was born perfect, but, his left paw was inadvertently damaged during the process. Theo was given up for adoption. I was lucky enough to get him at only 28 days old. He started to grow big and strong...
Cooper
Hello Shawna, I work with a lot of search and rescue dogs and their handlers and blown ACL/CCLS are ridiculously common. Most of my colleagues bite the big bullet and pay for the surgery on their working dogs but for senior dogs or non-working dogs, your brace...
Willy
Dear Martin and Amy, I really can't say enough about your Company and the quality of service you offer. It is so unusual in this day and age to find a quality meticulous craftsman, in any trade. Your personal attention and wonderful braces are well worth the...
Scarlett
Dear Martin: We are writing to whole-heartedly endorse your company, your products and you. As you know Scarlett, our 10-year old Weimaraner, ruptured her carpus tendon in June of 2007. After unsuccessful surgery to reconstruct her tendon she was left in a cast with...
Big
I have to fill you in... We went for our first "walk" in over 2 months!! He did so great. Two ~ half mile walks on our long driveway. Just a little redness at top of dewclaw, but I didn't restrict him, because he was so EXCITED. I am over the moon excited. He was so...
George
Hi, It's me, George, swimming in my orthotic. Still have lots of snow but the river is open! My mom has worked me up to two hours of running in the snow. I absolutely love my orthotic and I sit like a good boy when mom puts it on. So far no problems, I do lick my...
Elbow Orthoses
Lucy and her OrthoPets Elbow Devices
Lucy is a 1-year-old hound mix from Massachusetts. Lucy's mom is a veterinary technician and she was worried about Lucy's elbows. Lucy had been diagnosed with bilateral elbow dysplasia and arthrosis. Lucy's mom decided to contact OrthoPets to see if elbow devices...
Jonah and his OrthoPets Carpus Device
Jonah is a 2-year-old male neutered Bernese Mountain Dog. He had his left front 2nd digit amputated over a year ago due to recurring antibiotic-resistant infection. Unfortunately, following the amputation, he developed a non-healing pressure sore on his remaining 3rd...
Grizzly and his OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog Knee Brace)
Grizzly is a 14-year-old, Labrador Retriever. He presented to his veterinarian in November 2019 favoring his left hindlimb and skipping while running. Upon examination, an audible click was heard in the knee, radiographs were taken that showed moderate arthritic...
Nugget and Her OrthoPets Prosthetic Device
Nugget is a 2-year-old Chilean Flamingo born with a congenital deformity of her left limb. The deformity resulted in a partial amputation performed at Santa Barbra Zoo, where she resides. Before perusing an OrthoPets Prosthetic, Nugget was getting used to wearing a...
Zeke and his OrthoPets Tarsus Brace (Dog Back Leg- Ankle Brace)
Zeke is a 3-year-old, MN, Australian Cattle Dog that presented to his veterinarian in July of this year with a chronic calcaneal tendon rupture of the left pelvic limb. Zeke had been limping for about 10 months before being diagnosed. He had a dropped tarsus and his...
Hope and her OrthoPets Hind Leg Prosthetic Device “Chevy Prosthetic”
Hope is one of the happiest dogs you’ll ever meet despite her difficult past! Hope is a beautiful 7-year-old American Staffordshire Terrier who was adopted into a loving home from a rescue, who rescued her from a pit bull fighting ring! Her new family adopted Hope...
Clawdia and her OrthoPets Forelimb Prosthetic
Clawdia is an 8-year-old service dog who works with veterans with PTSD who suffers from right forelimb meromelia, a birth defect where part of the leg is missing. She is no longer comfortable walking on hard surfaces. When a good Samaritan saw Clawdia’s owner pulling...
Shou Azami and his OrthoPets Tarsus Brace- OrthoPets Japan
Shou is a 6.5-year-old MN American Shorthair, who suffered a traumatic fracture and displacement of his right tarsal bones (among other injuries to his pelvic limbs and hips) in 2017. He was initially treated with arthrodesis, but in early 2019 the implant broke....
Seela Gets Her Legs! Bilateral OrthoPets Hindlimb Prosthetic Devices
Seela is a 2.5 year old FS Golden Retriever who was rescued in Egypt by a Golden Retriever rescue organization in Maine. She was found with extensive injuries to her pelvic limbs with severe bilateral tarsal hyperextension and digital hyperflexion and severe muscle...
Achilles and his OrthoPets Tarsus Device (Dog ankle brace)
Achilles' initial tibial fibula fracture Achilles is a 1-year old Doberman who presented to Paws for Rehabilitation with a healed tibial fibula fracture and mild DJD in left tarsus. Achilles has had two surgeries on his tibia and fibula with the first surgery to...
Prostheses
Honey and her OrthoPets Prosthetic Leg
Samson and his OrthoPets Prosthetic Device
Samson (approximately 5 year old male neutered GSD) was being fostered by a rescue group when he was first brought to TheraVet Acres Rehabilitation and Fitness on 6/22/11 for an initial exam. His right hindlimb is slightly shorter due to his malformed distal limb...
Arlow and his OrthoPets Prosthetic Device
Theo and his OrthoPets Prosthetic Device
This is my Golden Retriever, Theo. Theo is now almost 2 years old. He was born perfect, but, his left paw was inadvertently damaged during the process. Theo was given up for adoption. I was lucky enough to get him at only 28 days old. He started to grow big and strong...
Tarsal Orthoses
Jane and her OrthoPets Tarsal Device (Dog Ankle Brace)
Jane is a 5-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer who was referred to OrthoPets because of a previous Achilles tendon rupture surgery that had failed. About one year post-operatively, Jane was out pheasant hunting with her owner and unfortunately reinjured herself....
Pirate, the PIG, and his OrthoPets Tarsus Device
Pirate, a Landrace cross pig, was rescued by a sanctuary in Canada. He had suffered either an unknown trauma or birth defect resulting in his tarsus being fused in a flexed position. Landrace pigs can grow to an estimated weight of 450-600 pounds for sows and 500-700...
Jonesy
When my boxer, Jonesy, severed his Achilles tendon on a machete that I inadvertently left out in the garden, I blamed myself for my carelessness. After it happened, I felt that his way of living as a very active, social dog was over. I rushed him into surgery and he...
Molly
Our experience with OrthoPets has been flawless. Living in the Caribbean we assumed it would be difficult to get our disabled dog 'Molly' a proper fitting device, well it wasn't. We have a remarkable case worker named Shawna. She has consistently kept us informed,...
Cazzie
Martin, Martin, Martin, Where do I begin? You have given me my spirit and active lifestyle back! Let me start my story from the beginning. A hunter adopted me because I was named after my grandmother who had earned the honor of being one of the top 5 hunting dogs in...
Chico
I just wanted to write and let you know how fantastic it has been since we got the brace for Chicos leg. She adapted to it extremely quickly and she has been to the beach and in the sea, things we never thought she would do again. I think the products you provide are...