A dog called Faith

[lebe03]

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.