![]() ![]() And she said, "My dog needs a prosthesis."Īnd I kind of looked at her weird, because I never saw a dog with a prosthesis. One day, a veterinarian actually brought her black Lab named Charles into my office. I started doing this field to help these people. ![]() I went to Penn State for kinesiology biomechanics, and then I went to Northwestern Medical School for human prosthetics. It all began with one dog, as Campana recalls: I'm making about 75 to 100 almost every single week here in my shop in Sterling, Virginia. I don't only make prosthetics for The Wizard of Paws show. When talking custom, I'm talking from the tiniest of animals, Chihuahua legs, to the largest of animals, five, six-ton bull elephants. We're talking technology, thermoplastics, 3D printing for flexibility, custom to the animals, even some carbon-fiber technology. We're talking little cranial helmets for Chihuahuas, cow legs, custom carts. We get these molds, and I hand-sculpt them and turn them into prosthetic and orthotic devices for all different species of animals. ![]() WIZARD OF PAWS TVSaid Campana at a recent TV Critics Association press tour: He's also the star of The Wizard of Paws, currently airing its second season on BYUtv and social-media network The Dodo, and its first season on Nat Geo Wild. If a critter needs a new leg or needs other help to get around, the man they most want to meet is Derrick Campana, a k a The Wizard of Paws.įounder of the companies Animal Ortho Care and Bionic Pets, Campana moved from creating prosthetics and movement aids for people to making them for animals of all sizes, from lapdogs to elephants.
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