Meet Tumbles . Thanks to the utilization of 3D - printing , this very favorable little puppy is capable to walk again .

The pup was taken to theFriends of the Shelter Dogs(FOSD ) in Athens , Ohio , when he was just 2   weeks old . The 0.7 - kilo ( 1.5 - pound ) terrier mixing was born without his front legs . His handicap left him shinny to compete for Milk River from his mother , so staff at the shelter had to provide him with extra concern and bottle - feed him .

A match came across a photo of Tumbles onthe protection ’s Facebook Sir Frederick Handley Page . With their gist well and truly melted , they decided to work with the shelter to create a wheelchair to get him back onto his feet . After redact a innovation together , the twain contacted theOhio University Innovation Centerto necessitate for their expertise and 3D pressman to create the gadget .

Joe Jollick , laboratory managing director of the Innovation Center , explained that the 3D printing machine use up 14 hr to construct   Tumble ’s new ride .

He toldABC News , " Everyone is real enthusiastic . Our principal finish [ was ] to get him off the ground . The second thing is to get him used to it . "

Speaking toBuzzfeed News , FOSD circuit board President Angela Marx said , “ He ’s a lilliputian sweetheart and does n’t act as if he has any limitation . “

As you could see in the TV   below , Tumbles is still getting used to his new wheelchair . However , the shelter is   affirmative about his progress . He ’s been fully embraced by his surrogate mother who ( quite understandably ) is besotted with him .

Marx add , “ Since he is so minuscule and still rise he require to get a line how to take the air properly . Once the wheelchair is properly outfit he will need to go through physical therapy .

“ It ’s go to be a process . ”

This is not the first instance of 3D impression being used to assist animal in penury . Earlier this class , atoucan have a three-D - printed billafter being assail by tike in Brazil , and just last monthCassidy the cat was given a 3D - printed wheelchair .

November 10 , 2015 . Tumbles at his first wheelchair fitting ! I conceive it ’s so precious and funny when footling cockamamy tips forward on his cute fiddling nose ! :-D Karen Pilcher , Angela Marx , Michele Summers Friends of the Shelter Dogs The Ohio University Innovation Center made his wheelchair using a 3D pressman ! It took about 14 HOURS print!***NOT AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AT THIS TIME . * * *

Posted byCrystal Richmondon Thursday , 13 December 2024