Dog Walks on Only Two Legs, Teaches Others About Survival [MUST SEE!]

KIFI Local News Eight ^ | August 27, 2004 | KIFI Local News Eight

[Slings and Arrows]

A dog in Oklahoma City has overcome unbelievable odds for survival.

"Faith" was born with only two legs.

But Faith has taught all those who have come in contact with her that where there's a will, there's a way.

“I think she thinks she's a human, I mean look at her walking around. She gets around just as good as we do." But Faith's owners say the one-and-a-half-year-old is just like every other dog.

Jude Stringfellow, Faith's owner, sais, “She'll take the food of your table. She acts like any other dogs, any other place. She'll chase a rabbit. She'll chase a duck. She'll chase a cat."

Well, there is one noticeable difference, Faith walks upright.

She was born without her front legs and with little chance of survival.

But the Stringfellow family adopted her, nursed her to health and trained her to hop around.

But it was another family pet who got Faith to walk like a human being.

"We had a corgy puppy that bit her heel and took her toy away, or maybe it was her food. And she just bolted after him, you know, one foot in front of the other."

Faith the wonder dog has made the talk show circuit and the BBC is interested in doing a story on her, too.

Faith also has a chance to make magic on the big screen. The producers of Harry Potter have expressed interest in the lovable pooch.

The though of Faith becoming a movie star is exciting news to Faith's other owner, 15-year-old Laura.

Laura said, “Harry Potter people said maybe Faith could fetch a wand or something. She is magical."

And the magic of Faith has taught her owners life lessons they'll never forget.

"I guess I used to be a little bit more prejudice than I thought I was. With handicapped people, maybe I scooted out of their way or ran past them whenever I should not have. I should have been gentle, more caring and more passionate and she's brought that home to me. I seriously see a best friend, a guardian angel, somebody very special."

[big'ol_freeper]

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[Beaker]

That is one of the strangest things to watch. Cool, but very strange.

[Beaker]

I don't know if this has already been pinged to you, but you have to see the video. Trust me on this one.

[AlexW]

I have one better then that..

In my little town of Grand Junction, TN there was a middle size dog in town that had 4 legs, but the back two did not work at all.
This dog walked on 2 front legs without the hind 2 ever touching the ground.
What makes it more strange is that the dog's body was pretty much horizontal, and tilted up only enough to keep the back legs off of the ground.
One would have to have seen it to believe it...I wish I had a photo.
No one, to my knowledge, ever claimed the dog, and I think it was later shot in a move to rid the town of stray dogs.

[HairOfTheDog]

Just Damn Dog Ping indeed! Make sure to watch the video.

Dog Walks on Only Two Legs, Teaches Others About Survival

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[Empress]

Now that's awesome. I'm going to toss that video to some classmates.

[HairOfTheDog]

Who'd have thought!

I would guess that his hips, which really weren't built for that, will have some trouble as he gets older, but I am glad he got to have the life he did!

[tob2]

Yes, we would, thanks.

[Serb5150]

[doodles2]

Thanks for these. Doggies are so inspiring to me..

[mcar]

My sister in law has a dog that was hit by a car and lost a back leg. I thought that it was amazing how she adjusted...

[Slings and Arrows]

I'm not surprised - dogs have big souls.

[Drawsing]

I once knew a cat that walked on its two front legs. She kept her body suspended horizontally and got around just fine. It was a lawnmower accident that did it to her. This is true.

[StoneColdGOP]

Boy, that's different.

[Fire_on_High]

My Spanish teacher in high school had a doxie with a cart like that. She seemed to get around pretty well with it the times he brought her in...she'd run around the halls after hours.

[Museum Twenty]

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