This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002.
He was born with only 2 legs -
He of course could not walk when he was born.
Even his mother did not want him.
His first owner also did not think that he could survive
and he was thinking of '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 lure and reward
for him for standing up and jumping around.
Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk.
Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle,
Faith learned to balance on his hind legs and to jump
to move forward. After further training in the snow, he could now walk
like a human being.
Faith loves to walk around now.
No matter where he goes, he attracts people to him.
He 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 him.
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 & every beautiful day.
'Faith' is the continual demonstration of the strength and
wonder of life |