These Animals Have Thrived Despite Their Disabilities

Special First Steps

This is Mick, a Boston Terrier that was born with a condition called Swimmer Puppy Syndrome. The disability prevented him from standing at all. His human mom Sue Rogers told TODAY that “I never thought anyone would be able to help him. He was flat as a pancake.”

But after Rogers did physical therapy with Mick for weeks, using a special harness as well as swimming sessions, something miraculous happened: Mick stood up. The pup was walking soon after that. “[A]ll of a sudden, one day he put one foot in front of the other, and he just took off,” said Rogers. She runs a rescue group for animals with disabilities, and Mick has been a great spokesdog for her.

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