Mom emotional when dog without front legs runs off in her very 1st pair of prosthetics
In Texas-based non-profit animal rescue facility “Safe in Austin Rescue Ranch”, everyone is special. Not just because of their needs but also because they’re all loved.
The rescued animals under their care are either abused, neglected, or born with congenital physical abnormalities.
Everyone needs second chances. Even dogs.
When a child named Harper Wulms who has a congenital hand abnormality came in to visit the animals on the farm, magic happened.
He met a rescued turkey like Priscilla who has a “lucky claw,” and suddenly, the two became connected by the heart.
“There is something absolutely magical about watching a child with differences come out here and say, ‘They’re just like me,’ ” the sanctuary’s founder Jaime Wallace-Griner told The Washington Post. “When you see Harper holding Priscilla’s lucky hand with her own lucky hand, it just does so much for her heart.”
This sanctuary for animals with special needs has more than 150 animals and that number just keeps on getting higher and higher.
“We have animals that are blind or deaf, have diabetes, cerebral palsy, deformities, missing limbs, broken spines … they all become part of our family,” Wallace-Griner said.
One of them is Halo.
She is a Great Pyrenees puppy that was abandoned by her breeder after realizing she couldn’t be used.
She was left in dire straits.
To make things worse, the heartless breeder decided to desert the poor pooch inside a box.
Guess the majority of the animals in Safe in Austin Rescue Ranch also have a heartbreaking story to share.
Thankfully, she was found by the right people and was given not just proper care but also genuine love, something that she didn’t experience before.
Halo ended up losing her left back leg and both her two front legs were reconstructed.
However, that didn’t stop her from living a normal life because she didn’t seem to be aware of her condition.
She’s still a sweet girl with a positive attitude and still plays like a normal dog.
Halo wants to be on her feet.
She thrived by hopping around until one day, she got her new pair of prosthetic legs from OrthoPets.
On that very special day, Wallace-Griner just wanted Halo to try them on.
She gently placed the prosthetic legs on Halo’s front legs, she did it nice and slowly so the dog wouldn’t scare her.
But Halo was far from scared.
As soon as Halo’s prosthetic legs were on, she immediately tried standing with them.
But to warm things up, she decided to get the hang of it first by making herself comfortable with their fit.
Eventually, she tried to stand with them, and although struggling, she managed to stand without the help of anyone.
It was her first time to stand proud and tall and Wallace-GrinerWallace-Griner couldn’t believe what she was seeing.
“I have no words. I can’t believe it,” Wallace-Griner wrote on Facebook.
It didn’t take long before Halo started running with her new pair of prosthetic legs.
Off went Halo by running around the yard with other dogs, on the side, Wallace-Griner was crying because of that magical moment.
“With a big giant pride-filled smile, while I wept (The blubbering starts 5:15),” Wallace-Griner wrote on Facebook.
“It’s been an insane rollercoaster of challenges and emotions over the last year. From the moment I brought this little wounded, 4-week-old, one-legged fluff ball home, I knew she was something special! Look what we did guys. Just look at our Halo go!”
Halo’s milestone was caught on video and the original video has already been viewed by 19 million on Facebook alone.
Countless people, dog lovers or not, celebrated Halo’s accomplishment, and her number one fan, Wallace-Griner, couldn’t be more proud of her.
Watch Halo run for the first time in the video below!
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