In Apple’s Uplifting Ad, Dogs Get to Play Again After Receiving Prosthetics

Apple continues 'Shot on iPhone' campaign with emotional story about dogs with prosthetics

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For many audiences, stories about dogs are typically a guaranteed way to tug at the heartstrings. Apple’s latest ad strikes an even deeper emotional chord by following the journey of a tripod dog (a canine with only three legs). 

The hero of “The Invincibles,” created by agency TBWA\Media Arts Lab, is a tripod dog named Trip, whose life is changed when he receives a prosthetic leg. Trip’s owner, Lydia, takes him to a small business in New Jersey called 3DPets, which creates custom pet prosthetics using the LiDAR Scanner and TrueDepth camera on the iPhone 14 Pro. 

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