The Wizard of Paws
The Wizard of Paws is an American reality show on BYU TV that follows Sterling, Virginia-based animal orthotist Derrick Campana as he creates prosthetic limbs for pets and sanctuary animals.[2] The series premiered in April 2020 with a 10-episode first season, followed by three more seasons in 2021 and 2022.[3][4] Nat Geo Wild shares the rights to the show,[5][6] and some episodes are available on Disney+.
| The Wizard of Paws | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Derrick Campana |
| Opening theme | "Brand New" by Ben Rector |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 50[1] |
| Production | |
| Producer | Erik Christensen |
| Running time | 26–28 minutes |
| Production companies | BYU TV The Dodo Group Nine Media Nomadica Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | BYU TV |
| Original release | April 2020 – present |
Campana attended Pennsylvania State University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in kinesiology and biomechanics in 2001,[7] followed by Northwestern University where he graduated with a masters degree in orthotics and prosthetics.[8][2] Starting in 2002, Campana worked on human prosthetics for a few years. He currently owns and operates Bionic Pets, specializing in prosthetics, and he remains a partner in Animal OrthoCare, which he founded in 2005 and sold in the 2010s. Campana was first featured on the 2018 Animal Planet show Dodo Heroes.[9][10]
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | April 8, 2020 | June 10, 2020 | |
| 2 | 10 | April 4, 2021 | June 30, 2021 | |
| 3 | 10 | October 27, 2021 | February 2, 2022 | |
| 4 | 10 | June 11, 2022 | August 13, 2022 | |
| 5 | 10 | April 1, 2023 | June 18, 2023 | |
Season 1 (2020)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Lightning" | April 8, 2020 | 101 |
| In his studio in Sterling, Virginia, Derrick repairs the wear and tear on active dog Samson's foot prosthetic. In Lexington, North Carolina, six-month-old miniature pony Lightning needs braces to compensate for the weak ligaments that prevent him from standing pain-free. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Avery" | April 15, 2020 | 102 |
| Derrick 3-D prints a leg prosthetic for Waddles the Duck. Avery, a golden retriever in Port Orange, Florida, needs partial-limb prosthetics for her back paws which were damaged when she was born. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Turbo Roo & Thor" | April 22, 2020 | 103 |
| In Plainfield, Indiana, Derrick fits Chihuahua puppies Turbo Roo and Thor, who have no front legs, with 3D-printed carts. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Ferdie" | April 29, 2020 | 104 |
| In the studio, Derrick builds Jack Russell mix Callie a prosthetic for a missing foot. And a goat named Ferdie in Urbana, Ohio needs a prosthetic for an amputated leg. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Bert" | May 6, 2020 | 105 |
| In the studio, Derrick 3-d prints a jacket for a full-limb prosthetic for Lt. Dan, a rescue dog who lost his leg from buckshot. But his triangle stance causes issues. In Erie, Pennsylvania, Bert the pig suffers from a connective tissue disorder and requires prosthetics on all four legs. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Pearl" | May 13, 2020 | 106 |
| In New York City Pearl, a French Bulldog rescued from a Chinese slaughterhouse, is missing a front paw. Her owner in addition to giving her PT wants to get her a prosthetic. Derrick tries out a new design for her prosthetic and switches a caster for a crutch tip when she proves reluctant to use it. In the studio, Laci, a black lab needs a prosthetic, but Derrick's worried if there's enough elbow left for good attachment and suspension. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Elsa" | May 20, 2020 | 107 |
| In the studio, Rocky the golden retriever has a missing front paw. In Orlando, Florida, five-year-old dog Elsa is missing all four of her paws. Her pet parents have been building booties for her daily with bandages and tape. But her stumps are still tender. And Derrick knows getting an animal to accept four devices at once is a longshot. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Gracie" | May 27, 2020 | 108 |
| In the studio, 10 year old golden retriever Zoe whose leg was recently amputated for a tumor needs a brace to keeper her good leg from collapsing at the wrist, and a whole-limb prosthetic for the missing leg. In Boston, Derrick builds a partial limb prosthetics for Gracie, a dog missing a back paw, but she's rejected a prosthetic before. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Bear" | June 3, 2020 | 109 |
| In York, Pennsylvania, at the "Here With Us" farm sanctuary, Derrick helps Bear the goat who's missing the bottom half of both his back legs and is handstand walking on his front elbows. He needs six devices: rear leg prosthetics, and bent knee braces to force his rear end down at first, then straight knee prosthetics to eventually straighten the front legs and get him up on all fours and reteach him to walk. So Derrick asks his twin brother Darrell to be an extra pair of hands. For Ziggy's Refuge Farm Sanctuary, Derrick builds prosthetics for 3-week old pig Hanna Montana, with deformed rear legs, and St. Croix sheep Moko whose back legs were lost to frostbite needs new updated braces and prosthetics after surgery. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "Yusi" | June 10, 2020 | 110 |
| In a two-part episode, Derrick travels to Paro, Bhutan to visit Baryard Bhutan sanctuary to help them build their own prosthetics workshop. He also builds a prosthetic for Yusi the horse who's nursing a colt but the missing portion of her rear leg is causing her spine to twist out of alignment, but the first design doesn't work. | ||||
Season 2 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Toto" | April 4, 2021 | 201 |
| In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, dog Toto receives help from Derrick. | ||||
| 12 | 2 | "Lacie" | May 5, 2021 | 202 |
| Lacie, a dog in High Point, North Carolina, needs help after becoming paralyzed in her back legs. | ||||
| 13 | 3 | "Aries" | May 12, 2021 | 203 |
| In Benson, Vermont, Derrick helps Aries the Icelandic sheep. | ||||
| 14 | 4 | "Shadow" | May 19, 2021 | 204 |
| Derrick builds a cart for Shadow, a Southern California shepherd mix puppy who was born with dual front limb deformities, leaving her with only her two back legs for mobility. | ||||
| 15 | 5 | "Frida" | May 26, 2021 | 205 |
| In Huntington Beach, California,[4] Frida the dog has disabled hind legs. | ||||
| 16 | 6 | "Zoey" | June 2, 2021 | 206 |
| In Canton, Ohio, Derrick visits dog Zoey. | ||||
| 17 | 7 | "Trigger" | June 9, 2021 | 207 |
| Trigger is a pig in Providence, North Carolina with disabled back legs. | ||||
| 18 | 8 | "Menina" | June 16, 2021 | 208 |
| At Magical Creatures Sanctuary, an animal sanctuary in Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii, the young sheep Menina was born with deformities in her front legs. Derrick attempts to build prosthetic legs for her. | ||||
| 19 | 9 | "Gaia" | June 23, 2021 | 209 |
| 20 | 10 | "Hope" | June 30, 2021 | 210 |
Season 3 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "Boots" | October 27, 2021 | 301 |
| 22 | 2 | "Teo" | October 27, 2021 | 302 |
| 23 | 3 | "Colby" | November 3, 2021 | 303 |
| 24 | 4 | "Penny" | November 17, 2021 | 304 |
| 25 | 5 | "Debbie" | November 24, 2021 | 305 |
| 26 | 6 | "Penelopes" | January 5, 2022 | 306 |
| 27 | 7 | "Marvel" | January 12, 2022 | 307 |
| 28 | 8 | "Gunner" | January 19, 2022 | 308 |
| 29 | 9 | "Jerry Lee" | January 26, 2022 | 309 |
| 30 | 10 | "Indy" | February 2, 2022 | 310 |
Season 4 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | "Ski Pawtrol" | June 11, 2022 | 401 |
| 32 | 2 | "Raccoon-ing and Rolling" | June 18, 2022 | 402 |
| 33 | 3 | "Mission: Im-paw-sible" | June 25, 2022 | 403 |
| 34 | 4 | "Sweet Peaches" | July 2, 2022 | 404 |
| 35 | 5 | "Marvelous Millie" | July 9, 2022 | 405 |
| 36 | 6 | "Rolling in the Sheep" | July 16, 2022 | 406 |
| 37 | 7 | "We Love Roo" | July 23, 2022 | 407 |
| 38 | 8 | "A Moe-ment Like This" | July 30, 2022 | 408 |
| 39 | 9 | "Kala Me Mine" | August 6, 2022 | 409 |
| 40 | 10 | "Love & Elephants" | August 13, 2022 | 410 |
| In a three-part season finale, Derrick travels to Thailand to fit elephants Mai Mai and Khun Dej and a bull named Mr. Cow with the braces and prosthetics he's been built for them. | ||||
Season 5 (2023)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | "Sister, Sister" | March 31, 2023 | |
| In Raleigh, North Carolina, Derrick helps Kaitlyn surprise her sister Kamryn by creating a full-limb prosthetic for Kamryn’s dog Amiri after he lost his leg in a golf cart accident. | ||||
| 42 | 2 | "The Karate Dog" | April 22, 2022 | |
| Derrick travels to California to meet Martin and Jesse Kove, stars of the “Cobra Kai” franchise, and help create a full-limb prosthetic for their 3-legged dog, Bubba. | ||||
| 43 | 3 | "Saving Amelia" | April 22, 2023 | |
| At an animal sanctuary in Renton, Washington, Derrick builds a brace for Amelia, a cow with birth defects. He adds height to her shortened back leg to fix her triangle stance and hopefully extend her life. | ||||
| 44 | 4 | "Two Peas in a Pod" | April 22, 2023 | |
| In Ontario, Canada, Derrick meets best friends Winnie, a two-year-old 'kangaroo' dog with front limb deformities, and Chip, a six-month-old sheep. Derrick builds them both custom carts. Chips takes to the cart immediately, but Winnie...does not. | ||||
| 45 | 5 | "This Little Piggy Wants Wheels" | April 22, 2023 | |
| In Deltona, Florida, Derrick brings hope to a mother and daughter as he crafts a custom cart for their potbelly pig named Valentine. In the studio, Derrick builds pitbull cancer survivor, Emily Rose, a full-limb prosthetic. | ||||
| 46 | 6 | "Super Cow" | April 29, 2023 | |
| The Safe in Austin rescue in Texas needs help lifting their quadriplegic cow, Champion, off the ground without making him uncomfortable. Unable to make a whole body cast of such a large animal, Derrick must call on the expertise of friends to help him build a new and better-fitting lift to fly a cow. | ||||
| 47 | 7 | "Ready, Set, Hanabi!" | May 6, 2023 | |
| At Nolin River Wildlife Sanctuary, Derrick builds a cart for Morrison, Boone's buddy, another raccoon with cerebellar hypoplasia. In Louisville, Kentucky, Derrick builds front-feet prostheses for pitbull Hanabi who lost her feet at birth, with a little help from her human brothers who want to lose a footrace to her. | ||||
| 48 | 8 | "Story's Magic Leg" | May 13, 2023 | |
| In San Francisco, Derrick helps out a family with a one year old German Shepherd whose left rear foot was severed. Her residual limb is still tender and sensitive and makes walking painful. Derrick hopes he can make the prosthetic comfortable enough that she won't reject it. | ||||
| 49 | 9 | "Boundless Birdie" | May 20, 2023 | |
| In the studio, Derek builds a prosthetic for a five-month old Flemish Giant rabbit, Diego, whose broken foot healed without medical care into a permanently curved limb. In Wayne, Illinois, Derrick has to build a full-limb prosthetic for a 10-year old tripod dog, Birdie. But since she had to have the leg amputated shortly after birth, she's never been on four legs before. | ||||
| 50 | 10 | TBA | May 27, 2023 | |
References
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- Brokaw, Francine (April 27, 2021). "'The Wizard of Paws' returns for season 2". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- Szabo, Matt (April 15, 2021). "Frida the rescue dog, who lives in Huntington Beach, gets her wings". Daily Pilot. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- "The Wizard of Paws". National Geographic. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- Bender, Kelli (April 27, 2021). "The Wizard of Paws Is Back on the Road Helping Pets Walk Again and 'Making Families Whole'". People. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- "Derrick Campana, the Wizard of Paws". Penn State. 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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