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Faith: the bipedal dog who visited hospitals and schools to encourage people

2014-09-22 Oklahoma, Indiana and public visits across the United States
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Faith was born with two fully developed hind legs and a deformed front leg, learned to walk upright after adoption by Jude Stringfellow, and later visited schools, hospitals and wounded service members.

Oklahoma, Indiana and public visits across the United States

Faith in 2008, Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.
Faith in 2008, Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.

Story

Faith was born with severe limb differences and learned to walk upright after patient care and training by the Stringfellow family.

Her later visits to hospitals, schools and service members encouraged many people, but the story is recorded without romanticizing disability.

Faith is archived because the story preserves care, adaptation and quiet encouragement rather than a simple spectacle of unusual movement.

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