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Faith

October 8th, 2008

Many of you may have already seen this, but no matter how many times I see it, this dog still amazes me.

This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002.  He was born with 3 legs – 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which needed to be amputated.  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 can survive.  Therefore, he was thinking of ‘putting him to sleep’. By this time, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. She is determined to teach and train this dog to walk by himself.  Therefore she named him ‘Faith’.

In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfing board to let him feel the movements.  Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for him to stand up and jump around.  Even the other dog at home also helped to encourage him to walk. Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned to balance on his 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward.  After further training in the snow, he now can walk like a human being.

Faith loves to walk around now.  No matter where he goes, he just attracts all the people around him. He is now becoming famous on the international scene.  He has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows.

There is even one 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’.

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6 Responses to “Faith”

1. jan says:

   October 8, 2008 at 2:53 am

   Such an amazing animal. I’ve seen her on TV several times but I’ve never seen her puppy picture. now I understood what someone saw in her eyes.
2. Saint Lover says:

   October 8, 2008 at 3:24 am

   I love that last picture. This dog is a real inspiration… A perfect body does not indicate one has a perfect soul either.
3. Anthony says:

   October 8, 2008 at 4:55 pm

   This is such a great story. I met Faith this weekend. She is an amazing lovable dog.
4. Lindsay says:

   October 11, 2008 at 5:21 pm

   That’s a great story. I’m glad that dog has a good life. She deserves it.
5. Maitri says:

   October 11, 2008 at 10:32 pm

   Oh goodness, this is one of the most beautiful, inspiring, heartwarming stories I have ever read. Thank you so much for sharing it. I’m going to put a link to this story at the end of the entry I wrote today on my blog about my dogs, all five are rescues, four pugs and a big black dog named Moe.

   Please give Faith a sweet kiss and hug for me, and for all of the animals here at Dragonfly Cottage…

   Blessings,

   Maitri
6. Dawn says:

   December 4, 2008 at 10:47 pm

   This iz the 1st tym i av seen this nd this story has reduced me 2 tears. Im a big fan ov animals nd this dog iz jus so beautiful, hes amazin..xx