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November 27, 2007

Another day of Faith: Two-legged dog, part two

Here's Faith's appearance on the Montel Williams show -- one of many stops she and her owner have made on the talk show circuit.

For a dog with only two legs, Faith has gotten around.

She's appeared with Oprah Winfrey, Rikki Lake, Maury Povich and David Letterman, on Inside Edition and on several local newscasts -- most often as inspirational feature.

Faith also has a website, faiththedog.net , and she's the subject of two books, written by her owner Jude Stringfellow -- one that incorporates the trauma that her family was going through at the time, one a tamer, cleaned-up version for kids.

Of course, all that fame hasn't come without a price. Twice Faith has gotten lost at airports on her way to and from public appearances, and more recently -- after a less than nationally known comedian included a reference to the two-legged dog in a comedy routine -- Stringfellow hired a lawyer to file a lawsuit against actor Vince Vaughn, in whose traveling comedy show the routine appeared.

But we'll save the tawdrier side of the tale for another day, like tomorrow.

Tomorrow: Losing faith

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About Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.
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