This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with 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 beautiful day. Above all it shows us not to dismiss that which seems imperfect because sometimes it can be the most perfect thing in the world on the inside!

When you are considering adoption, don’t dismiss the special needs animal. On the outside they might appear imperfect, but they still have so much to give! The depth of a soul has nothing to do with the package it comes wrapped in!

Until Tomorrow Remember

BE THE CHANGE YOU SEEK!

Janette

5 Comments to “Have You Considered Adopting a Special Needs Pet?”

  • I love this story! Faith and Jude are inspirations to anyone who hears their story. Thanks for sharing.

    • A friend emailed it to me this morning, and I just had to share it with the group! It is inspirational!

  • What a beautiful story. I have a friend who has adopted a 3 legged dog, a blind dog and a deaf dog. The 3 legged one helps lead the blind one around and is always bringing him toys to play with and when my friend calls for the deaf one, the 3 legged dog will run and get him. All 3 of them are awesome pets. Thank you for the article on behalf of all special needs pets.

  • I actually saw this sweetheart on Oprah last year, truly unbelievable what love can do sometimes, and she’s also a sweet little girl, not a boy! Makes it even a little more sweeter ( :

  • I absolutely would consider adopting a special needs animal, and I will, once I have more room ! :-)

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