OrthoPets Blog
The Doctor and Her OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog Knee Brace)
The Doctor is a 12 year old female spayed pit bull who works with our wonderful San Francisco area partner clinic, A Well Adjusted Pet. She suffered an acute-on-chronic injury to her left cranial cruciate ligament around April of 2021, and her owners chose a custom stifle orthosis along with conservative management, rather than putting her...
Djembe and Her OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog Knee Brace)
Djembe is a 11-year-old, FS, Malamute from Alaska. She was diagnosed with a CCL (ACL) tear and started rehabilitation in November 2020. Djembe is a very active dog who loves to go on long walks with her owners. OrthoPets fabricated a standard stifle device (dog knee brace) with a tarsal cuff (ankle cuff) for added suspension. The standard stifle...
Arthur and His OrthoPets Bilateral Rear Limb House Slippers
Arthur with Short Noses Only Rescue Team (SNORT) is an 8 month French Bulldog who presented to Dr. McNamara at MVMC with bilateral tarsal (ankle) contracture. Due to Arthur’s age, and the presence of calcaneal sores from bearing weight on the plantar surface of the tarsus, OrthoPets recommended fabrication of bilateral House Slippers. The goal...
OrthoPets and Dassiet Collaboration
Dassiet and OrthoPets collaborate to provide safer and easier orthopedic care for pets. The teams combine Dassiet’s clinically proven medical and material innovations with OrthoPets strong experience in custom pet orthoses to provide human level care for animals. The material innovation company Dassiet, and the leading, US based pet orthosis...
Snowman and His OrthoPets Bilateral Carpus/Hoof (Llama Wrist/Hoof) Prosthetic Devices
Snowman - Before OrthoPets Devices Snowman is a 10 year old, male castrated llama who is under the care of our partner, Dr. Susan Calverley from OrthoPets Vancouver. He presented to OrthoPets for support of bilateral suspensory desmititis with fetlock hyperextension and left carpal (wrist) valgus and osteoarthritis in October of 2020. Both carpi...
Fredo and His OrthoPets Carpus Device (Dog Wrist Brace)
Fredo is a 7 year old neutered male cockapoo who presented with a brachial plexus complex injury following a jump out of the car that landed badly. OrthoPets has several different options for patients with this diagnosis and presentation depending on the level of function and therapeutic goals of the veterinary team. The best guide for if a...
Sadie and Her OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog Knee Brace)
Sadie is a 10-year-old, 67lb, spayed female mixed breed canine. She was diagnosed with external rotation of the stifle (dog knee) post a TPLO surgery with complications. Sadie underwent a TPLO on her right hind limb on 10/21/2020. Following this surgery, she developed a surgical site infection and eventually a lateral patella luxation secondary...
Sydney and Her Bilateral OrthoPets Tarsus Device (Dog Ankle Braces)
Sydney is an 8 ½ year old, Australian Cattle Dog, who presented to Dr. DeTora at Colorado Canine Orthopedics & Rehab in November of 2019 with bilateral (both sides) Achilles tendon ruptures. Sydney loves to go on frequent walks and always has a lot to say when she is at the vet. Dr. DeTora prescribed custom tarsal orthoses (dog ankle braces)...
Audrey and Her Bilateral OrthoPets Above Tarsus Prosthetic Devices (Dog Above Ankle Prosthetic Devices)
Audrey before she received her devices Audrey is approximately 1.5 year old spayed female American Staffordshire Terrier who was found in an abandoned house with both of her hindlimbs severed at the tarsi (ankles). To make matters slightly more complicated, her left limb is longer than her right. Audrey also has fecal and urinary...
Brycen and His OrthoPets Stifle Device (Dog Knee Brace)
Brycen is a 4-year-old, 160lb, neutered male Great Dane from Washington state. He was diagnosed with a partial cranial cruciate ligament (CCL/ACL) tear in his right pelvic limb in late September 2020. History for Brycen includes acute onset right hind limb lameness in early August 2020. X-rays on 8/19/2020 indicated right stifle (dog knee)...