The Daily Mail Online published an article about Faith on August 17, 2010

Meet Faith, the two-legged dog who has been made an honorary sergeant in the U.S. army

"A two-legged dog who has learned to walk upright has been made an honorary sergeant in the U.S. army for inspiring disabled war veterans.

Faith, an eight-year old labrador-chow cross is a favourite at army bases and hospitals, where she 'marches' around on her hind legs, dressed in a military jacket.

Her owner Jude Stringfellow, from Oklahoma City, is now trying to bring the remarkable canine to Britain to meet troops wounded in Afghanistan." 

Faith loves her new kitten!  We adopted little Buble (named after the great jazz singer Michael Buble) just last week when it was discovered that he was going to be put down for being - - can you believe it -- unadoptable!  Buble is 6 weeks old, and was found as a stray in our city; which has a great shelter.  The shelter however has overcrowding and they deem animals unfit for adoption when they have birth defects to make room for the more, shall we say, standard animal.  Buble is blind in his right eye.  It probably happened as he was coming down  the birth canal.  His mother was a ferrel cat, so there's no telling what the situation may or may not be. He falls under the category of being unadoptable and therefore he was on death row. 

Because we foster a lot of animals and have a great rapport with the shelter, the manager was willing to overlook a rule or two and allow us to foster Buble for a little while and then adopt him properly after our family was found to be a home wherein he could expect to thrive.  Being unadoptable never stopped Buble! 

From the second he came home he decided he was going to be the new ruler of the house - - well, cats do that. He began with Faith of course, as she is the Queen, and believe me, she is 100% smitten.  They are best of friends.  The bed is no longer lonely for Faith, who has been sleeping under it by herself lately since the other dogs have decided to be on top of the bed.  Now she has a buddy to play with and playing all day is on both of their agendas.  Buble thinks the world of Faith, and she's excited he's a part of her life too.  When I explained to Buble that Faith was famous he didn't seem to care one bit -- not one to be star struck I suppose.  She looks and smells like a good friend to him, and that's all that matters.  Buble even shares his food with Faith from time to time.  We gave him June 1 for a birthday; he's already making plans to celebrate. (Cats do that too)

Thanks to Jodi Kendall of Nat Geo Dogs Blog!

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Faith and I took Reuben with us to PETCO #1491 in Ft. Worth, TX this past Saturday to help celebrate National Adopt-an-Animal Day as well as to help the great C.A.R.E. team find homes for their dogs and cats too. 

C.A.R.E. brought about ten animals to PETCO and placed two I believe, a dog and a cat.

Reuben was certainly the most popular guy there. Those who follow Faith's story were absolutely thrilled to see Reuben in person!  One woman stated she thought she'd never be able to contain her joy for having met Faith, but also seeing her original rescuer in person. She was so proud of Reuben and his military service. Her son served in the Army for 11 years. 

I'd say we saw just over a hundred people at the store. Many donations were made both to help the rescue efforts in Haiti as well as a couple of animal shelters that really need our help.

Everyone at PETCO was just so wonderful - - Faith, Reuben, and I thank PETCO and C.A.R.E. for inviting us to come out and hang around for the afternoon.

Photos courtesy of Jeff Poll - see more photos

On a slow Friday (don't worry - Johnny Depp is NOT dead) we thank

Genelle DeVitis of Fayetteville Elementary

for sending us the "Flat Stanley" made by her class so he could meet Faith

note: please do not send us more "Flat Stanleys" - we will NOT post them - this is a one time thing

Thank you, Sarah, for publishing A Heartwarming Story on Two Legs

WOW…all I can say is WOW..

and I can also say THANK YOU.

It is wonderful. I’m sharing it with everyone.

Spc. Reuben Stringfellow cradles Faith at Dallas-Fort Worth airport

after his release from the Army on New Year's Day 2010

Reuben is a double hero: he served his country honorably, and he rescued Faith in 2003!

more photos

The article about Faith the biped dog is among the

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although it was posted on March 31, 2008!