- Millie was bred to be a champion sprinter, but had an injured paw at 11 weeks
- She was rescued by Ed and Nora Dieppe, who live on Sydney’s north shore
- The couple spent a fortune looking into options to help the rescue greyhound
- They approached a software company that printed a prosthetic leg for Millie
A Sydney couple gave their rescue greyhound a new lease on life after working with a software company to make her a 3D-printed prosthetic leg.
Millie the greyhound had been bred to be champion sprinter, but at 11 weeks, she badly injured her paw.
She was adopted by architect Edward Dieppe and his wife Nora, who live on the lower north shore of Sydney.
Millie the greyhound was bred to be champion sprinter, but at 11 weeks, she injured her paw
But after being fitted with a 3D-printed prosthetic leg this year, Millie is running again
Although vets said they’d have to amputate if Millie’s leg or worse, put her down, the Dieppes spent a fortune before approach California-based software company Autodesk.
Developers printed a prosthetic for Millie using the same software that is being used to develop printable prosthetic limbs for humans.
‘It’s a really good fit, it’s working really well,’ Mr Dieppe told Seven News. ‘She feels very comfortable in it.’
Millie was rescued by Ed and Nora Dieppe, who spent a fortune looking into options for Millie
Furthermore, the printed prosthetic only costs around $200.
Mr Dieppe is working with Autodesk to launch Australia’s first prosthetics supply for dogs.
Mrs Dieppe campaigns and fundraises for rescue greyhounds in Asia and Australia.
Meanwhile, Millie shares her adventures on Instagram, where she’s known as ‘the bionic greyhound.’
They approached software company Autodesk to 3D print a prosthetic leg for the greyhound