Oct 15, 2026 · 3 min · 3 segments
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I'm David Beach, bringing you good news every day in just about two minutes' time with stories like this one.
Derek Campana, star of BYU TV's Wizard of Paws, is a pioneer in the field of prosthetics and orthotics for animals, giving the pets and furry friends back the power of mobility.
If an animal loses a limb, especially when there's an amputation involved, the impact can be devastating.
It wasn't that long ago an issue like that meant chances for a normal life were slim.
But since 2005, Derek's Pet Fitters Bionic Pets and Animal OrthoCare has been building custom-made mobility devices for animals of all sizes and descriptions from cats and dogs to eagles, tortoises, cows, foxes, camels, goats, and even a six-ton African elephant.
Now he's traveling across the U.S. and creating devices that are custom-made to help all sorts of animals with all sorts of issues.
I get to experience the joy on the animals' faces and families' faces as they walk again." He's out of Sterling, Virginia, and he spends much of his time doing fittings and casting molds in order to create the forms he painstakingly hand-sculpts, finishing the devices with vacuum-formed plastic and a variety of other materials.
"Seeing dogs wag their tails, their eyes kind of sparkle again, that moment when they haven't walked in the last couple of years, or maybe they've never walked before in their lives, you see them just run and get up, and those are the moments that I live for, and that's why I do what I do." Just a guy doing what he can, inspiring his team and people all over the world, helping animals that can't help themselves, giving them a better quality of life.
I'm David Beach, bringing you good news every day in just about two minutes' time with stories like this one.
Derek Campana, star of BYU TV's Wizard of Paws, is a pioneer in the field of prosthetics and orthotics for animals, giving the pets and furry friends back the power of mobility.
If an animal loses a limb, especially when there's an amputation involved, the impact can be devastating.
It wasn't that long ago an issue like that meant chances for a normal life were slim.
But since 2005, Derek's Pet Fitters Bionic Pets and Animal OrthoCare has been building custom-made mobility devices for animals of all sizes and descriptions from cats and dogs to eagles, tortoises, cows, foxes, camels, goats, and even a six-ton African elephant.
Now he's traveling across the U.S. and creating devices that are custom-made to help all sorts of animals with all sorts of issues.
I get to experience the joy on the animals' faces and families' faces as they walk again." He's out of Sterling, Virginia, and he spends much of his time doing fittings and casting molds in order to create the forms he painstakingly hand-sculpts, finishing the devices with vacuum-formed plastic and a variety of other materials.
"Seeing dogs wag their tails, their eyes kind of sparkle again, that moment when they haven't walked in the last couple of years, or maybe they've never walked before in their lives, you see them just run and get up, and those are the moments that I live for, and that's why I do what I do." Just a guy doing what he can, inspiring his team and people all over the world, helping animals that can't help themselves, giving them a better quality of life.
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