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Ventura County Researchers Help Dog Without Front Legs Run For The First Time

Yvette Bocz with Leo, her dog as he tries his new prosthetic device

Technology and some enterprising South Coast university researchers are giving a tiny dog which was only born with two legs the chance to run for the very first time in its life.

A 3-D printer has helped create a prosthetic device which is allowing the Ventura County dog to zip around like other dogs.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.