This is 'Faith'. He was born on Christmas Eve in 2002. Faith was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which had to be amputated. Of course, he could not walk when he was born. And even his mother did not want him.
His first owner also did not think that he could survive and was contemplating 'putting him to sleep'. But then, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. She became determined to teach and train this little dog to walk by himself. She named him 'Faith'. In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard to let him feel the movement. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a reward for him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk. Amazingly, in six short months, Faith learned to balance on his hind legs and to jump to move forward. After further training in the snow, he learned to walk like a human being.
Faith loves to walk around now. No matter where he goes, he attracts people. He is fast becoming famous on the international scene and has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows. There is also a book entitled With a Little Faith being published about him and he was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.
His present owner, Jude Stringfellew, has given up her teaching post and plans to take him around the world to preach that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul.
In life there are always undesirable things, so in order to feel better you just need to look at life from another direction.
I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone will appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day. Faith is the continual demonstration of the strength and wonder of life.
Okay I know this is an inspirational thing.....and I've seen it a time or two. BUT MAN that dog is weird looking as a puppy! LOL
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