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Re: Interesting episode on PBS regarding pets and prosthetics
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2014, 12:30:25 PM »
And we can't forget Winter the Dolphin. In September, they're supposed to release the sequel to Dolphin Tale:

http://www.seewinter.com/winter/dolphin-tale/sequel

The ways this prosthetic work with animals is helping the soldiers coming home and vice versa is completely amazing!
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Re: Interesting episode on PBS regarding pets and prosthetics
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2014, 01:43:50 PM »
Thank you for that link. That was a really good video. Even Barkly and Vlad were here watching it with me. Not everything fascinates them.
"In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog." Edward Hoagland
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