A dog named Faith 沒手的狗 @ 麗思的部落格

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 need to be amputated. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him.

這隻狗在2002年聖誕節前夕出生出生時只有三隻腳後兩隻腳正常僅有的前一隻腳也因畸型而被截肢了所以出生後根本
無法走路連牠的老母也不要牠.

His first owner also did not think that he can 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'.
牠的第一任主人也認為牠不可能活下去於是就想讓牠"安寧睡著". 就在此時牠的現任主人Jude出現了她要照顧這隻狗. Jude下定決心要
教導訓練這隻沒有前腳的狗能夠學會自己走路. 因此給這隻狗取了一個名字叫做"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.
起初 Jude把Faith放在衝浪板上面讓牠體驗身體移動的感覺. 之後她就用一湯匙的花生奶油誘導Faith學習並做為牠能夠站立與跳起來的獎賞. 家中的其他狗伴們也會幫忙和鼓勵Faith學走路. 令人驚奇地像奇蹟似的六個月之後 Faith已經學會利用後腳平衡站立與往前跳. 經過進ㄧ步的雪地訓練後 Faith現在可以和人ㄧ樣用兩隻腳走路了.

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 news-papers 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 the Harry Potter movies.
現在的Faith喜歡到處走走. 無論走到哪裡 Faith都會吸引所有人的目光. 牠現在已經變成著名的國際焦點. 報章電視都會有牠出現的身影.
甚至有ㄧ本以牠故事為名的書"With a little faith" 也已經出版了. Faith 也曾被考慮在電影哈利波特裡軋ㄧ角呢!

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'.
Jude準備帶著Faith到世界各地宣揚Faith這種身殘心不殘的精神.

In life  there are always undesirable things.  Perhaps we would feel better if we changed our point of view to see things from another  direction.

生命中總會有許多意想不到的事情.  或許從不同的方向換個觀點看待事情時可以讓我們感覺到事情會更好!