Frida inspires fellowship with particular need pets to never give up Bob Hope .
When Lisa Chong bring down Thailand in 2018 , she did n’t think she ’d be coming home from holiday with a dog . Now , she ’s the proud pet parent of a handicapped whelp named Frida , known on social metier as@frida_strongand the co - founder of The Frida Project , a nonprofit supporting paralytic pets .
It all start in December 2018 when Chong and her childhood best admirer Tara Austin were in Thailand . After dinner one night , they watch an injured pup dragging herself across a busy road . The two knew the desert dog needed help , so they took her to a nearby vet .
Initially , Chong and Austin did n’t take in how unfit Frida ’s injuries were . But as the vet scavenge her up , they found she had a broken and dislocated back , which damage the nerves to her bladder and bowels . The injury had also left her back branch paralyzed .
" She was just in this disconsolate , dismal place and needed avail so desperately , " Chong say Daily Paws .
After wish for Frida during her time in Thailand , Chong decided the good direction to secure thedisabled pupcontinued to heal was to bring her base to the United States . The main grounds , Chong secern Daily Paws , was the opportunity for Frida to get more physical therapy and treatment in America . But even in those early days , Chong says she want to see Friday take the air again . She already viewed Frida as a phallus of her family , so saying goodbye was not an option .
Frida flew back to America with Chong where the two worked through on fortify the pup ’s back legs through physical therapy , which ranged fromswimmingand underwater treadmills to at - home exercises . While the strong-arm therapy helped improve her mobility , it was n’t enough to get Frida walking on her own . Then , through societal media , Chong foundDerrick Campana , a pet prosthetist who has treated over 3,000 fauna through custom pet prosthetics .
" We think , ' Well , let ’s try him as a last resort . ' And he nailed it , " Chong says . " She took her first steps immediately . "
During Frida ’s recovery , Chong and Austin startedThe Frida Project , a nonprofit system that provides support for paralyzed animate being and educates others about isolated heel delivery like Frida ’s .
" It certainly is a huge learning bend when caring for an beast like this , but the reward are phenomenal , " Chong says .
If it was n’t for Frida , Chong says , her living would have go in a whole different steering . With Frida as a member of her family , she was inspired to spend more fourth dimension work out to help other disabled animal . But Frida ’s subject matter does n’t stop at animals — her perseverance despite the odds vibrate with humans , too .
" Her fib radiate to children with prosthetics , to people that are possibly differently abled , she say . " I really feel that her life was a calling . And we need to share that aim and substance with the world . "
Chong says after her recuperation , Frida is no longer in bother and now know a fulfil living . And without pain , Frida ’s personality now shines through as the funny , trusting and sleep with puppy she is .
" She ’s a girl with a fighter spirit . "
