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03-10-2016, 08:17 AM
Three-legged Ziggy the dog is walking again thanks to 3D printing
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Ziggy had a rough start as a puppy, but 3D printing tech**logy and a couple of clever people have helped him get up and running again.
The two-year-old Border Collie was found abandoned in 2014 as a puppy, with a broken front leg that wasn't correctly healing and required amputation. At three months old, Australian couple Rebecca Colvin and Glenn Althor adopted him from the animal protection agency, the RSPCA.*
SEE ALSO: 7-year-old boy with diabetes owes his life to service dog (http://mashable.com/2016/03/09/type-1-diabetes-service-dog/)
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Ziggy as a three-month-old puppy.
Image: university of queensland
They **ticed the pup's handicap didn't get him down.*"He was a happy little puppy and didn’t mind at all that he only had three legs,"*Colvin said in a statement (https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/03/three-legged-ziggy-back-his-paws/). It was this sprightliness that proved to be detrimental for Ziggy, who was limping and seemed to be in pain when walking. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/09/three-legged-dog-3d/)
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Ziggy had a rough start as a puppy, but 3D printing tech**logy and a couple of clever people have helped him get up and running again.
The two-year-old Border Collie was found abandoned in 2014 as a puppy, with a broken front leg that wasn't correctly healing and required amputation. At three months old, Australian couple Rebecca Colvin and Glenn Althor adopted him from the animal protection agency, the RSPCA.*
SEE ALSO: 7-year-old boy with diabetes owes his life to service dog (http://mashable.com/2016/03/09/type-1-diabetes-service-dog/)
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Ziggy as a three-month-old puppy.
Image: university of queensland
They **ticed the pup's handicap didn't get him down.*"He was a happy little puppy and didn’t mind at all that he only had three legs,"*Colvin said in a statement (https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/03/three-legged-ziggy-back-his-paws/). It was this sprightliness that proved to be detrimental for Ziggy, who was limping and seemed to be in pain when walking. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/09/three-legged-dog-3d/)
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