感受坚强：一只能够用两条腿走路的狗

今天起（原文发表于2008-04-25 14:39）。博客就不仅仅只写跑步的了。有空就写写看过的电影，听过的音乐，读过的故事。

题目用了一般网上能搜索的。
先给段新浪上找到的视频和简单介绍。再整理些在外国网站的相关资料。



视频加载时看看如下组图及介绍（资料来源于网络）：

残缺的身体，完美的灵魂

这只用两条腿走路的狗名叫Faith(信念)，出生于2002年圣诞节的前夕。它出生时共有三条腿--两条健全的后腿和一条开始萎缩的前肢(前肢后来用手术除掉)。出生不久的Faith并不能正常走动而只能躺在地上用两爪推动身体，甚至连它的狗妈妈也因为觉得它是弱者而尝试要杀死它。Faith的第一个主人认为这只不能走动的狗绝不可能存活下去，因此考虑要把它人道毁灭。幸好，这时Stringfellow家庭(也是Faith以后至今的主人)发现了Faith并愿意领养照顾它。
他们决志要把这狗训练成能走路的狗，因此就帮它取名为Faith(信念)--他们深信Faith终会有能走路的一天。刚开始时他们把Faith放在滑板上让它感受移动的感觉，后来他们用汤匙上的花生酱作为训练它站立和跳跃的引饵和奖励，而家中的另一只哥基犬也似乎常常想要强迫它去走动。奇迹地，Faith渐渐学会用两条腿平衡和跳跃式地前进，最后经过雪地中等的训练，Faith已经可以跟人一样用两腿步行，中间也就只花了不用六个月的时间。
Faith喜欢到处跑动，不论去到哪里都会吸引到所有人的目光。事实上，Faith国际上已开始被广为人知。曾经上过很多各地新闻和有名的电视节目，也有一本关於它故事的书“With a little Faith"被出版，甚至曾被考虑过在哈里波特“火焰杯的考验”电影中客串。
现在此刻Faith的主人Jude Stringfellow已放弃了教师的职位，并计划要带Faith去作世界性的探访，传扬“没有完美的身体，也会有完美的灵魂”的信息。

想起了北京街头那些无家可归，甚至身体上并无任何残疾的狗儿猫儿们。。。。同为人类，为什么不能给那些需要我们帮助的生命一些最卑微的生存的空间呢……
有些人一看到人类关心动物就要抱怨：为什么不关心人呢。。。
我要告诉你，这是两个不同的主题，不应该放到同一个范围里来争论。
一句俗之又俗得被动物保护者们引用得可以顺手拈来的话送给那些与动物争夺生存空间的人类——
印度圣雄甘地说，“从对待动物的态度可判断这个民族是否伟大，其道德是在进步还是在堕落。”

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Faith 的网站首页是这么介绍它的：

Faith is an incredible dog. She was born just before Christmas in 2002, and we were lucky enough to have her in our family just 3 short weeks later. She was born to a mother dog, believed to be nearly full blooded chow, along with several other siblings. Faith wasn't the only puppy born with deformities, but because "Princess", her mother, was not our dog, we are not sure of the exact number of puppies she gave birth to. It is certain, however, that Faith was the only puppy with deformities to live.
Faith was rescued by my son Reuben on January 21, 2003, when he and his friend Johnny, the owner of Princess, jumped over the fence of the flea market area that Princess was raised to guard. Princess isn't exactly the mothering kind. She was literally terminating Faith's life because she knew instinctively that Faith was unable to battle the other puppies for a place to feed. Faith was weak, small, runtish, and mostly she was nearly dead. Reuben grabbed Faith out from under Princess and smuggled her under his jersey. He wore #63 for the Putnam City Pirates football team.
When Reuben brought Faith to us she had 3 actual legs, but the left front leg was badly deformed, placed backward, upside down, and it had more toes on it than normal dog legs. The leg was removed when she was 7 months old when it began to atrophy. People ask me if it was easy to teach Faith to walk upright...the answer is NO! It was not easy, and it was not natural. It was SUPER natural, and therefore, we have to give all of the credit to Jesus. Of course, it took a little....Faith as well.

更多信息：
Faith的相册地址：http://www.faiththedog.net/igallery/igallery.asp
Faith的专属网站：http://www.faiththedog.net/index.asp
（有相关的photo,video,recently news,Faith's story）
wiki找的介绍资料太少，其他网站也不如这个网丰富。就不多留了。

我喜欢看到涉及奇迹的故事。我也想创造更多个。我要更为努力了。