Emily is an five year old poodle schnauzer mix that was rescued after suffering a fracture of her right forleg. She was unable to move and subsequently had lost her paw just below the carpus due to frostbite.

After being rescued, Emily spent several months in a cast to repair her leg and gaining the trust of her new owner. It was almost a year afterwards when we started to work with her. At that point in time Emily was able to walk on soft ground such as carpets, but not on hard floors or outdoors. She did not have surgery to remove the residual carpal bones, but because of her small size and her relative comfort walking on soft surfaces it was determined that we would try to work with her residual limb without further trauma to her.

We molded her leg and fashioned a simple pegleg with a soft liner insert that would cushion her limb. We were especially careful to make sure the distal end of her stump would take as little pressure as possible. Emily did wonderfully! The very first night she had her prosthetic she went for a walk outside. You can see her first few steps on Emily's video.