Three puppies were left for dead on the railroad tracks. They were dehydrated and malnourished but the worst part was that their paws were nailed to the tracks. Fortunately, one railroad worker spotted them and pulled them out of the tracks before anything else happened to them.
Sadly, one of them did not survive long enough to recover. One of them had two missing toes while the other one suffered from a gaping hole in the paw. The two remaining pups moved to Mohawk Hudson Humane Society where Hudson, the dog with a hole in the paw, received emergency surgery. While they were able to save his life, he lost that paw as a trade-off.
Hudson was adopted by Richard Nash. He was still recovering at the time and he had difficulty trusting people which Nash completely understood. But besides that, Nash also noticed that Hudson also had night terrors. Seeing him in pain like that and not being able to live his life really made him sad for the pup.
To give Hudson his life back, Nash researched into prosthetic paws where he found Plastics Make It Possible. He had a talk with Derrick Campana, an experienced animal orthotist, who made prosthetics for different kinds of animals. When Campana heard Hudson’s story, he knew he just had to help him walk again.
He created a new paw for Hudson and at first, it was very challenging as Hudson needed time to adjust to it. But once he actually got the hang of it, he was able to do all sorts of activities. Nash was just so happy to see him alive again and living his best life after the painful ordeal that he had gone through.
After Hudson fully recovered, Nash went to have him trained as a therapy dog. Then after being certified, they visited hospitals where they worked with kids and their parents. In 2015, Hudson was awarded the Hero Dog Award by the American Humane Society as an appreciation for his works as a therapy dog and also for raising awareness on cruelty towards animals.
His story did not only inspire but also helped people and dogs alike to be confident and embrace who they are.
Source: YouTube via plasticspossible
