Below you will read about Faith, a very special dog, born without her front legs. I know many of you have heard of her, but some may have not. Quite often someone sends me the story of Faith in case I don't know of her. So I thought perhaps I should share how I came to know about Faith. It was no doubt divine intervention.
When Frankie was about 2 1/2 months into her physical therapy (PT) after her back surgery, the odds were diminishing she would walk again. She was not repsonding to the PT. I began to feel sorry for myself and Frankie, and was down in the dumps. One afternoon as I was doing PT with Frankie I had the Oprah show on. I wasn't really paying attention, when I heard Oprah announce her next guest. Faith a two-legged dog.
As I looked up to the TV I saw Faith hop/walk across the stage. Just writing this again today and remembering the moment, instantly brings tears to my eyes. It was exactly what I needed to see and hear in that moment. Faith and her owner helped me to realize I had a choice. I could feel sorry for Frankie and me the remainder of Frankie's life, or I could look for the blessing. As you may know, I chose to look for the blessing. <Grin> I am so grateful for Faith and that her owner shared her story. It gave me such hope and I just knew everything would be okay.
Now to Faith's story. Enjoy!! To see photo's of Faith, visit his website
This is 'Faith'
This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. She was born with 2 legs.
She of course could not walk when she was born. Even her mother did not want her.
Herfirst owner also did not think that he could survive and he was thinking of 'putting her to sleep'.
But then, her present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met her and wanted to take care of her.
She became determined to teach and train this little dog to walk by herself.
She named her 'Faith'.
In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard to let her feel the movement.
Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward
for her for standing up and jumping around.
Even the other dog at home encouraged her to walk.
Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle,
Faith learned to balance on her hind legs and to jump to move forward.
After further training in the snow, she could now walk like a human being.
Faith loves to walk around now.
No matter where she goes, she attracts people to her.
She is fast becoming famous on the international scene and
has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows.
There is now a book entitled 'With a Little Faith' being published about her.
She was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.
Her present owner Jude Stringfellew has given up her teaching post and plans to take her 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.
A small request: All you are asked to do is keep this story circulating.