>> I DESCRIBE MYSELF PASSIONATE AND TRYING TO STAY BUSY.

>> TO COMBINE PASSION OF BUILDING AND HELPING ANIMALS IS AN AWESOME THING.

I CREATED MY OWN INDUSTRY HERE.

JUST KIND OF LIVING THE DREAM.

WITH ANIMALS, IT'S SO MANY DIFFERENT BREEDS, SHAPES, SIZES.

IT'S FUN WHAT COMES BY MY DESK.

I'M ALWAYS INTERESTING.

NEVER BORING.

I'M CONSTANTLY LEARNING.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A WHOLE NEW SET AND HOPEFULLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE SHE'S RUNNING AND WALKING COMFORTABLY AND ACT LIKE A NORMAL DOG AGAIN.

TODAY I'M GOING TO BE SEEING COUPLE OF PATIENTS.

EITHER WE'RE CASTING A PATIENT OR SITTING A DEVICE ON A PATIENT.

THE MOLDING PROCESS IS WHERE A PATIENT COMES IN.

I TAKE A FIBERGLASS AND PRESS A NEGATIVE MOLD.

I TAKE THAT TO THE LAB IN THE BACK AND FILL THAT AND MAKE A POSITIVE MOLD.

HAND SCULPT EVERY SINGLE HOLD.

THIS IS MORE ART THAN ANYTHING REALLY.

I HAND SCULPT THESE AND GET READY TO VACUUM THE FOAM AND PLASTICS OVER.

WE FINISH THEM UP AND SHIP THEM OUT OR HAVE THE PATIENT DO THE FITTING HERE AND ADJUSTMENTS WHILE THEY WAIT.

IT'S GREAT WHEN WE CAN SEE THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THE HARDEST PART ABOUT THIS FIELD, I NEVER SEE THE ANIMAL, WE SHIP CASTING KITS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I HAVE TO TAKE A MOLD THAT SOMEONE ELSE DID, NOT ME PERSONALLY WHICH I LOVE TO DO, TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR THEM.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST BECAUSE OF THAT DISCONNECT.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO UNCOMMON.

IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THE BRACES, HIS LEGS PHYSICALLY WILL NOT SUPPORT HIM >> I DID THAT HUMP BACK CAMEL FEW MONTHS AGO.

JUST THE CAST I GOT BACK, SUPER LONG AND SKINNY.

THAT'S A FUN FIELD FOR ME.

YOU CAN SEE BEFORE AND AFTER WAS JUST TREMENDOUS.

I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THAILAND ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO TO FIT TWO ASIAN ELEPHANTS WITH PROSTHETICS.

I WAS VERSED HELPING ELEPHANTS.

WHEN I WENT TO AFRICA AND I SAW HOW JABU WAS MASSIVE HE WAS.

I KNEW WHAT A UNDERTAKING THIS WOULD BE TO BUILD A BRACE FOR AN ELEPHANT.

IT WAS JUST THE COOLEST EXPERIENCE I EVER HAD.

I DID SOMETHING FOR A BALD EAGLE, FEW MONTHS AGO HE WAS MISSING TALENT.

WITH THESE TINY ONES I HAVE TO CUSTOM MAKE THEM.

IT CAN BE VERY TOUGH.

I REMEMBER ANOTHER BLACK LAB, HER NAME WAS EBONY.

SHE HAD A VERY HIGH LEVEL AMPUTATION.

MOST OF HER LEG HAS BEEN MISSING.

I NEVER MADE A PROSTHESIS LIKE THAT BEFORE.

IT TOOK ME TEN DIFFERENT TRIES.

WHEN I DID, IT OPENED UP MY EYES.

I'M ABLE TO SEE A BROADER ARRAY OF CASES.

I MADE SOMETHING WORK FOR THAT CASE AND THERE'S THROWS OF OTHER -- THOUSANDS OF OTHER DOGS WITH AMPUTATION LEVELS.

THERE'S BEEN FEW OF MOMENTS JUST WHERE I SAID WOW, I CAN DO THIS NOW.

DOG NEEDS AN AM MUTATION.

IF A VET CALLS ME PRIOR TO SURGERY, I CAN SAY, HOW ABOUT DOING AN AMPUTATION WITH A PROSTHESIS IN MIND.

THEY WOULD TAKE THE ENTIRE LEG OFF.

THAT'S WHAT THEY LEARNED IN COLLEGE.

I GO AROUND THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AND I LECTURE TO VETS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.

I DID SOMETHING WHAT'S CALLED POST OPERATIVE PROSTHESIS.

I MAKE IMMEDIATE PROSTHESIS WHICH IS PUT UP ON IMMEDIATELY.

THERE'S NO DOWN TIME AND IT HELPS WITH THE TRANSITION INTO THE PROSTHESIS.

LOT A TIMES -- THEY'LL SAYER YOU NEED SURGERY RIGHT AWAY.

THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE.

LOT OF THESE ANIMALS BENEFIT FROM A GREAT SERVICE.

THERE'S THINGS THAT SHE'S JUST ABOUT AWARENESS VETS DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO.

THEY ARE TAUGHT A CERTAIN WAY AND IF I CAN TEACH THESE VETS AND CARETAKERS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO HERE, WE DON'T ONLY SAVE THEM MONEY, WE GIVE THESE ANIMALS A LONGER LIFE.

FITTING THAT FIRST DOG CHARLES WITH HIS PROSTHESIS AND GOING TO HOME TO MY SMALL APARTMENT.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.

I KNEW I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

I KNEW I WAS GOING TO GROW.

I GOT SO MUCH PUSH BACK BECAUSE I WAS CHANGING THE FIELD OF THE MEDICINE.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN THERE PREVIOUSLY.

I WENT TO MY FIRST BIG VETERINARY CONVENTION CONFERENCE.

I REMEMBER THE LINE BEING SO LONG SO MANY QUESTIONS FROM VETERINARIANS.

HOW DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THIS.

WHAT DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL FOR?

IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

I HAD TO CONVINCE VETERINARIANS OVERTIME TO TRUST IN THESE DIFFERENT FORMS OF THERAPIES.

I FINALLY AT THAT POINT, 15 YEARS LATER, VETERINARIANS ARE NOW LECTURING ABOUT THE PROSTHETICS IT'S IN THE TEXT BOOKS.

THAT MOMENT MEANING THEY HAVEN'T WATCHED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OR THEY NEVER WALKED BEFORE IN THEIR LIVES.

YOU SEE THEM JUST RUN AND GET UP.

THAT'S WHY I DO WHAT I DO.

YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT FEELING.

IT'S ADDICTIVE.

I NEVER THOUGHT IN MY WILDEST DREAMS I'D BE HELPING ANIMALS ALL OVER THE WORLD OR HELPING ANIMALS IN GENERAL.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU THINK OF AS A CHILD BECAUSE IT NEVER EXISTED.

IF YOU HAVE THAT IDEA AND GO FOR IT AND IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, GO AS HARD AS YOU CAN FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN AND YOU CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND THE LIFE OF SO MANY.

>> LOOK AT HIM GO.

DR.

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