This Is 'Faith'

I received this in an email tonight:

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 had 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 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.

Faith is the continual demonstration of the strength and wonder of life