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We manufacture a wheelchair for Pepa, a paralyzed cat.

Pepa is a one-year-old kitten weighing 2 kilos. It was a baby that some neighbors were going to sacrifice and Carlos, its caretaker, found out and decided to take care of it.

Pepa grew up surrounded by other animals and always answered Carlos’ call. One day he didn’t come and went out to look for her. He found her lying on the street bleeding. She thought a dog would have attacked her but the next day she took her to the vet, they did an X-ray and saw that she had a lead pellet right in her spine. He had been shot.

Carlos and Pepa live together with another cat and 3 dogs in the mountains, in the province of Barcelona, and used to walk together. A few weeks earlier a neighbor hunter had threatened the animals for having invaded a few seconds an area of the forest without fencing of which he claimed to be the owner. The same neighbor who days before witnesses had heard beating his own dog before it disappeared.

Carlos did not hesitate to denounce the alleged aggressor to the Mossos d’Escuadra and look for some solution for Pepa, who in addition to rehabilitation will have a wheelchair that will help him move.

Thank you Carlos for helping. Thank you for reporting. It is the responsibility of all of us to make this world a place where life is respected.

We hope to see you run very soon Pepa.

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Photography and text: Toni Fernández

17/04/2015/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

Thor, a Carlino breed dog with patella dislocation

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Thor is a nice one-year-old Carlino. A few weeks ago he began to lift his right back leg when running and little by little his caregiver began to notice that he was less and less supporting the weight on this leg.

He went to the vet and was diagnosed with a medial patella dislocation. This means that a bone located in front of the knee joint slips out of its groove in the tibia, causing pain and functional weakness of the limb. The veterinarian informed the caregiver that the only solution was to operate.

Being a breed dog, breeders sometimes guarantee the health of the animal. Patella dislocation is usually a congenital disease so it will depend on whether they can prove that this case is genetic or not for the breeder to take care of the costs of the operation. While this procedure is being solved, your caregiver has decided to protect the knee with an Orthocanis knee protector . This protector will reduce discomfort by keeping the joint warm and delay the possible appearance of osteoarthritis in the knee, since having the optimal working temperature, Thor will exercise more muscles in the affected area. In turn, this musculature will stabilize the joint and also reduce pain.

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07/03/2015/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

Buika, a paralytic dog

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Buika is a beautiful dog of about thirty-seven kilos and eleven years of age.

A year ago he began to have some symptoms of dysfunction in his hind legs. After 5 months he began to lose practically all the mobility of the hindquarters. They visited numerous veterinarians for 6 months, and the conclusion is that a strong contusion in the hip area when she was small, could have injured her marrow and that she had now become inflamed blocking the nerve activity of the back legs and ephincters.

His caregiver tried anti-inflammatories but the result was not very noticeable and he also did not want to abuse their use since he was afraid of damaging other organs, an effect quite common in nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. He also knew of two cases of friends in which the use of anti-inflammatories had had devastating effects on their dogs and did not want to take risks.

He has also tried natural therapies, thermotherapy in addition to practicing massages and stretches to avoid entanglement in the affected limbs. He only had to hold it with a towel the abdominal part, a very widespread practice, although he knew that it must be something temporary since with it he oppresses the entire digestive system and worsened the situation.

Finally, after weeks without finding a solution, and carrying on their backs the almost forty kilos of weight so that Buika could go out and walk a little with her front legs, they decided to look on the internet for some help. And they found the wheelchair self-adjusting. With her, Buika has regained mobility and can go back to walking wherever she wants and as long as she wants.

Text and photos: Toni Fernández Ortocanis

20/02/2015/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

A camouflage wheelchair for Lolo

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Lolo is a 7-year-old French Bulldog. From one day to the next, without his caregivers perceiving any overexertion, fall or trauma, Lolo stopped moving his legs from behind. They observed that he did not want to leave his basket.

The veterinarian did some tests where they verified that he had a herniated in an intervertebral disc. It put pressure on his spinal cord, damaging the nerves. As he still had tenderness in his hind limbs there were possibilities of regaining mobility after surgery.

The operation was carried out, but although the owners and Lolo put all their efforts into rehabilitation, it was not possible to recover mobility. Possibly the spinal cord was already badly damaged or there was another hernia somewhere else in the spine.

They didn’t give up. Lolo is a very vital dog, he really wants to move and be self-sufficient. That is why the owners opted for a wheelchair… and no one better than our warrior Lolo to release the new camouflage color model. The following video was filmed a few seconds after putting the chair for the first time…

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17/02/2015/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

The new life of Derby, a dog with prostheses made with a 3D printer

Curiosities, stories, Treatments, vet

The development of 3D printers is allowing very important advances in the field of medicine. Initially, this technology was used to create parts perfectly adapted to the body of each individual, using plastic materials. Medicine is already going further and organs are beginning to be created with biological materials in order to temporarily or permanently replace parts of the body.

Custom prostheses created with 3D printers have been used in humans, but this time the beneficiary has been Derby, a dog. It is an adopted dog, with a birth deformity on its front legs.

The adaptation of the prostheses are perfect, since the “mold” is obtained from Computerized Tomography of the dog’s limbs. The first prostheses used have been of low height so that it can be adapted to them to, in the future, make the definitive ones.

19/12/2014/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

A Mom Firefighter

Curiosities, stories

It happened in Turkey. A passerby sounded the alarm: there were eight puppies trapped in a drainage channel on Kumbahçe beach. The cubs were about to drown as it was slowly filling with seawater.

Firefighters came. They were able to slow down the drain from continuing to fill with water, but it was impossible for them to access the puppies to remove them because the hole was too narrow.

That’s when a firefighter noticed that a dog was nursing a puppy in a nearby building. They realized that the puppy looked like those who remained in the drain… they had found the mother!

They called the dog. She came. They took her down the hole so she could rescue the puppies. And so he did, one by one. Within an hour, all the puppies were nursing with their mother.

Now, the mother is being fed by the neighbors, who are already looking for a way to be able to give the animals up for adoption.

This is called being a brave mom!

05/11/2014/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

Learn to be more of a dog

Animal welfare, Curiosities, stories

In Ortocanis we have the opportunity to meet many dogs (along with their owners) that go through difficult situations. And we increasingly realize that we have a lot to learn from them. Dogs live in the moment and are capable of the best, without the filters or self-imposed worries of humans.

This is a magnificent video of overcoming and positivity. We encourage you to enjoy it and learn a lot from it, learn to be more dog.

08/10/2014/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

How to make a wheelchair for dogs and cats?

Curiosities, stories

A disabled dog or cat can cope more than well with a wheelchair. It gives you back mobility and you can regain your autonomy and physical form. See how to make a wheelchair by following the steps of this video.

Go get a pencil and take note!

If you can not see the video try the following link. Video of how to make a wheelchair for pets.

20/09/2014/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

Gustavo the paralyzed cat

Curiosities, stories

Meet Gustavo the paralyzed cat. It is a docile, affectionate cat… and fighter. Arrived at the Protectora Scooby of Medina del Campo (Valladolid) with an alteration in the back legs that prevented him from flexing them normally, probably due to an injury to the middle part of the spine. He had been picked up by a gentleman on the street and nothing is known about his previous life or the reasons for his disability.

As you can see, Gustavo moved crawling thanks to his front legs. Although from the protector they tried to give him a life as normal as possible, his state made him fear that he would end up with skin lesions, that he would have to spend a lot of time in a cage and, most importantly, that he would never be adopted.

The girls of the protector decided to do everything possible to help him and created an event on Facebook to raise money. Thanks to his effort and the contribution of friends of the Protector, Gustavo has his wheelchair totally tailored to Ortocanis.

Gustavo adapted in just a few days. At first, seeing himself able to move around himself, he wanted to go a little fast and had some scares… but now, this is Gustavo with his chair 🙂

Gustavo’s first day with his chair:

In addition to being able to move, the chair also allowed him to try to exercise his back legs. Thus, a “self-rehabilitation” was done… and this is the magnificent result: as you can see Gustavo begins to walk by himself.

Gustavo continues to rehabilitate himself and plans to travel to Madrid, where the Bichosraros association has offered to take care of his physiotherapy. Now you only need a shelter in the area Anyone cheer up?

Wheelchairs can be a solution for paralyzed animals, but also a great help for rehabilitation.

Orthocanis Team

08/07/2014/0 Comments/by Ortocanis

Glory, a dog with only one leg

Curiosities, stories

Do you remember Glory, a dog with only one leg? We already published a post about Glory the dog with just one paw in case you want to know the beginning of the story.

Glory got her three prostheses thanks to anonymous donations. But its use always requires a period of adaptation and for Glory it was the first contact with an orthopedic device, imagine wearing no less than three of them … Here is the video of his first steps with prostheses:

As you can see, at first it looks weird and it is difficult to control the steps. But with a good motivation like food he manages to forget those sensations and starts walking 

Glory has been impressing owners and veterinarians with her ability to adapt to something so difficult. The rear prosthesis resisted a little more, but nothing is insurmountable. This is Glory 16 days after his first contact with the prostheses:

Adapting dogs to prostheses is not done overnight, but Glory has shown that dogs are capable of this and much more. She has been the first to demonstrate it and has opened the door to this type of procedure, which allows to give a more than dignified life to dogs that until now were destined for immobility or euthanasia.

Bravo for Glory and her caregivers!

Thank you to everyone who made it possible.

02/07/2014/0 Comments/by Ortocanis