WITHOUT A PAW. 16 WAPT'S BROOKLYN JOYNER HAS THE STORY. THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH A HUMAN TOUCH IS CHANGING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE ACROSS JACKSON INCLUDING THE LIFE OF A BABY GERMAN SHEPARD 4:55 I THINK HE KNEW THAT WE WERE HERE TO HELP HIM AND HE WAS ANXIOUS TO BE APART OF IT 4:59 THIS 6 MONTH GERMAN SHEPHERD WAS BORN WITHOUT HIS BACK RIGHT PAW BUT TODAY HE IS BE STRAPPED INTO HIS NEW BOOT :51 TODAY WAS OUR FIRST FOLLOW UP WITHOUT BRAND NEW LEG AND HE'S DOING JUST WONDERFUL WITH IT :59 JUST WEEKS AGO NEMO FACED THE DARK FATE OF BEING PUT TO SLEEP BY A BREEDER BECAUSE OF HIS DISABILITY BUT CHESHIRE ABBEY, A JACKSON ANIMAL RESCUE BLASTED NEMO'S STORY ON FACEBOOK BUCKNER PROSTHETICS STEPPED IN TO GIVE THE PUPPY SOME SUPPORT....LITERALLY 5:58 I THINK NEMO IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A WONDERFUL PUPPY AND HE WON'T BE DEFINED BY HIS DISABILITY 6:02 THE OWNER OF BUCKNER PROSTHETICS, ZACHARY MYRICK SAYS HAVING NEMO PUT WEIGHT ON HIS NAKED NUB WOULD CAUSE HIP ABNORMALITIES IN THE FUTURE. AFTER EXPERIMENTING IN THEIR PROSTHETIC LAB FOR ABOUT HALF A MONTH THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE NEMO A CHANCE TO RUN FREELY. 1:29 THIS PUPPY IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR PEDIATRIC POPULATION IN THAT WE BUILD A DEVICE AND THERE IS A LOT OF ALIGNMENT CHALLENGES AND AS THIS PUPPY GROWS WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE PROSTHETIC GROWS WITH HIM 1:40 3:37 RAN UP TO ME VERY SWEET DOG, IMMEDIATELY WANTED PETS AND EVERYTHING AND THERE WAS NO KIND OF DELAY IN GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING. I FEEL IN LOVE WITH HIM INSTANTLY 3:48 ALAN COOPER, NEMO'S NEW OWNER CAUGHT SITE OF THE RESCUE'S FACEBOOK POST AND HE SAID BRINGING NEMO HOME FELT LIKE FATE. 4:32 I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO ADOPT HIM AND IF I HAD SEEN IT A DAY LATER I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE PERSON SO I JUST HAPPENED TO BE SCROLLING AND SEEN IT WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO SEE IT AND THEN FELT COMPELLED TO PUT THAT OFFER IN 4:46 NEMO WAS NAMED AFTER THE ICONIC DISNEY CHARACTER OF COURSE. COOPER SAID HE WANTED HIS NAME TO FIT IN WITH HIS NEW DOG BROTHER NAMED SULLY. 2:48 WITH HIM AND MY OTHER DIG BEING BROTHERS AND THEM PLAYING OFF OF EACHOTHER I THINK SULLY IS ALREADY BUCKNER PROSTHETICS SA
‘Wonderful puppy won’t be defined by his disability:’ German shepherd gets prosthetic paw
Nemo adopted after being fitted for prosthetic
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Updated: 2:59 PM CST Feb 4, 2024
A puppy that was born without a foot now has a prosthetic paw and a new home.Cheshire Abbey, a rescue organization, posted pictures of the 6-month-old German Shepherd on social media earlier this month. While they were looking for someone to adopt the pup, Chrissy Cheshire, the founder of the rescue, contacted Buckner Prosthetics in Jackson, Mississippi, to see if they could help. “Nemo was born without his back right paw, and he was trying to put weight on it, but this would lead to hip abnormalities in the future as he grows,” said Zachary Myrick, owner of Buckner Prosthetics. Myrick said they create prosthetics for six to eight animals a year."This puppy is very similar to our pediatric population in that we build a device, and there are a lot of alignment challenges," Myrick said. "As this puppy grows, we’ll have to make sure the prosthetic grows with him."Nemo had his first follow-up with his new foot on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Alan Cooper, who adopted Nemo. Cooper was one of many people who responded to the Cheshire Abbey post, hoping to adopt the puppy, whom he named Nemo. Cooper said he just thought it was a cute puppy who could be a friend for his German Shepherd, Sully."I didn't notice the nub until she messaged me the next day and said I was the chosen one to get him," Cooper said. "Then she referenced that he had a foot deformity, and I was like, 'hold on,' and I went back, and I looked at the picture, and I was just like, 'well, he does.' And I said, 'We're going to get him anyway.'"Cooper got Nemo last Friday and fell in love with him immediately. Next, he introduced him to Sully, and the two dogs took to each other right away."They played constantly, got along, and he’s fitting right in at the house," Cooper said. Cooper said Nemo’s disability may be a little challenging, but his other dog, Sully has already taken a protective role. Cooper and Nemo will continue to return to Buckner Prosthetics so they can check the puppy’s progress and so he can be a support dog for people with prosthetics. "I'm glad that he has the opportunity to bring that to the other people, as well," Cooper said."I think Nemo is going to continue to be a wonderful puppy," Myrick said. "He won't be defined by his disability."
JACKSON, Miss. — A puppy that was born without a foot now has a prosthetic paw and a new home.
Cheshire Abbey, a rescue organization, posted pictures of the 6-month-old German Shepherd on social media earlier this month. While they were looking for someone to adopt the pup, Chrissy Cheshire, the founder of the rescue, contacted Buckner Prosthetics in Jackson, Mississippi, to see if they could help.
“Nemo was born without his back right paw, and he was trying to put weight on it, but this would lead to hip abnormalities in the future as he grows,” said Zachary Myrick, owner of Buckner Prosthetics.
Myrick said they create prosthetics for six to eight animals a year.
"This puppy is very similar to our pediatric population in that we build a device, and there are a lot of alignment challenges," Myrick said. "As this puppy grows, we’ll have to make sure the prosthetic grows with him."
Nemo had his first follow-up with his new foot on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Alan Cooper, who adopted Nemo. Cooper was one of many people who responded to the Cheshire Abbey post, hoping to adopt the puppy, whom he named Nemo. Cooper said he just thought it was a cute puppy who could be a friend for his German Shepherd, Sully.
"I didn't notice the nub until she messaged me the next day and said I was the chosen one to get him," Cooper said. "Then she referenced that he had a foot deformity, and I was like, 'hold on,' and I went back, and I looked at the picture, and I was just like, 'well, he does.' And I said, 'We're going to get him anyway.'"
Cooper got Nemo last Friday and fell in love with him immediately. Next, he introduced him to Sully, and the two dogs took to each other right away.
"They played constantly, got along, and he’s fitting right in at the house," Cooper said.
Cooper said Nemo’s disability may be a little challenging, but his other dog, Sully has already taken a protective role. Cooper and Nemo will continue to return to Buckner Prosthetics so they can check the puppy’s progress and so he can be a support dog for people with prosthetics.
"I'm glad that he has the opportunity to bring that to the other people, as well," Cooper said.
"I think Nemo is going to continue to be a wonderful puppy," Myrick said. "He won't be defined by his disability."
