With a Little Faith...

This is a true story about a dog called Faith...read on...picture will come up shortly. After reading the story go to Faith's official website: www.faiththedog.net/

I met this dog in the airport on one of my trips back
East. They were on their way to Chicago for the
Oprah show. He is very friendly and sweet, and
draws huge crowds everywhere he goes. There was
a huge crowd following him as he walked to the
waiting area for the plane we were going to
board, it got my attention because flashes were
going off, I thought it must be a
celebrity

This is 'Faith'

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 could
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'.

In life there are always undesirable things.
Perhaps one will feel better if one changes the
point of view from another direction.
I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of
thinking to everyone and that everyone can
appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful
day that follows. Faith is the continual
demonstration of the Strength of Life