Everyone can feel loved and accepted at the Safe in Austin Rescue Ranch in Texas.
That’s because the animals that live on the farm also have special needs or are survivors of abuse and neglect.
So, when a child like Harper Wulms with a congenital hand abnormality visits the farms and meets a rescued turkey like Priscilla with a “lucky claw,” it can create a healing effect.
“There is something absolutely magical about watching a child with differences come out here and say, ‘They’re just like me,’ ” the sanctuary’s founder Jaime Wallace-Griner told The Washington Post.
“When you see Harper holding Priscilla’s lucky hand with her own lucky hand, it just does so much for her heart.”
There are more than 150 animals on Wallace-Griner’s farm.
Animals that would have otherwise been euthanized or neglected.
“We have animals that are blind or deaf, have diabetes, cerebral palsy, deformities, missing limbs, broken spines … they all become part of our family,” Wallace-Griner said.
A breeder abandoned Halo in a box after the breeder decided she couldn’t be used.
Halo had to have her back leg amputated and her front two reconstructed.
But according to Wallace-Griner, she never seemed aware that she was different from the other dogs.
In the past Halo has gotten around by hopping, but she recently received a pair of prosthetic legs from OrthoPets.
Her reaction to trying out her new legs for the first time was the sweetest thing!
“I have no words. I can’t believe it,” Wallace-Griner wrote on Facebook.
She didn’t plan on having her walk with them.
But once she got her legs on, Halo wanted to stand with them.
When Wallace-Griner brought out a carpet, Halo immediately stepped onto it with her brand-new legs.
It wasn’t long before Halo was running around the yard with some of the other dogs.
And Wallace-Griner cried tears of joy!
“With a big giant pride-filled smile, while I wept (The blubbering starts 5:15),” Wallace-Griner wrote on Facebook.
“It’s been an insane rollercoaster of challenges and emotions over the last year. From the moment I brought this little wounded, 4-week-old, one-legged fluff ball home, I knew she was something special! Look what we did guys. Just look at our Halo go!”
Tons of people cheered and celebrated Halo’s accomplishment.
Watch the heartwarming moment in the video below!
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