Hello.  My name is Scoot.  I am a four month old Boston Terrier.  I was born with a defect in my front legs - they say it is suppose to be causing me all kinds of problems but so far I have been able to get around.  I was living with these people but they did not want me and so they were going to take me to a kill shelter.  A very nice man heard about me and he and his wife took me in until a rescue could be found.  I did not know what a kill shelter is but I do not like the word kill.    They contacted Kathy and she contacted my mom and so now I am here at the Sanctuary Animal Refuge.  I have seen two doctors already.  Dr. Fox he is very nice he wants to look at a set of x-rays and thinks my legs might be able to be fixed.  Dr. Gibson was also very nice - she treated me for worms and said that she herself had never seen a case as severe as mine.  She recommends that I go to the University of Florida to have my legs looked at so we are working on that now.

I am going to have a foster mom.  Her name is Nancy.  She is excited to have me come and stay in her home so that I am closer to the doctors and mom told me that a very nice man name Jed Stone, he is a massage therapist for animals, is going to visit with me to give me massages during my treatments.  Wow she said I was lucky as she never gets massages like that so I am excited to meet him.  She told me it would feel really really good.

Many people have helped me so far - they have been sending advice and donations and lots of prayers.  I feel all the prayers.  I once thought I was so ugly but I know I am not - mom says she gets about 25 emails a day about me.  She reads them to me and hugs me and tells me how special I am - that I was not born with a ugly defect only a very special blessing.  She said I will touch the hearts of many and that many people because of me will open their hearts and understand that even dogs like me with these special gifts like I have can make the best companions for a family.

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I have met many people and now instead of all the gasps or people saying they feel sorry for me they are giving me hugs and kisses.  Mom says its because I am so handsome.  The first couple of times when people saw me they gasped and said oh my goodness that poor baby and my mom would correct them and say why sad - why act like he is different  he is faster than most of my dogs and has no idea that he has a problem.  People make him feel as if he does but he does not.  I can go potty outside or on a potty pad too.  Although I was playing so hard one time I went on moms bed but she said it was her fault as she was trying to get videos of me so people could see me in action as she said.  She did not get mad she just cleaned it up.

Please keep checking back to my page as we are going to share emails from people as well as thank all of those that have donated to help me.  There will be more videos too and mom promised to keep everyone updated with my progress.  Nancy has promised once I go there that she will also send a lot of pictures so that we can keep everyone up  to date.

There is never an easy way to deal with life when an animal as young and perfect as this boy passes.  Scoot and I were playing one of his favorite games of chasing his toy, I was laughing at him and he was shaking his toy and came running and collapsed. He was rushed to emergency hospital to find out he had liver failure and heart issues.  He passed at 2 am.  We will tell more of his story but are truly too devastated to write it now.  This boy gave many people great blessings - he was only here with us 8 days - he lived life as we all should - as if there was no tomorrow-sadly we did not realize how true that was.  For those that sent packages for Scoot to Nancy please understand why no thanks yet, Nancy is also devastated and cannot bring herself to open them just yet but please know great thanks are there.