Meet the dog who learned to walk like a human

in life we all know it's not how many times you get knocked down that counts but how many times you get back up cbs's steve hartman goes on the road with an inspiring story of perseverance from man's best friend a lot of dogs think they're human but dexter takes it to a whole nother level to the point where i can now safely say i have seen everything dexter lives here in euray colorado where for the past few years this bi-color bipedal britney spaniel has been turning heads wherever he goes dexter's owner kenty pasic says this isn't a trick she taught it's an adaptation he made after a near-death experience when dexter was a puppy he escaped his yard darted into traffic and got hit by a car he lost one front leg and the other was badly damaged so everyone assumed to get around he would need some kind of adaptive equipment and he did use a wheelchair for a while until one day when kente set the pooch at the foot of her porch without the wheelchair and i ran in to go get my cup of coffee came out and he was right here where he is right now and i was like how is this going on how did you figure it out i put him back down there and i grabbed my phone to see what was going on here is the video she recorded and i was like oh we're into something totally different you never know where life's gonna take you you never know in the six years since dexter has become a full-blown celebrity starring in parades and building a legion of social media followers who now come here from across the country just hoping for a glimpse of you rey's most upstanding citizen follow him on instagram oh good the whole thing takes absurdity to new heights but to many dexter is no joke in this pile of mail he receives monthly are hundreds of letters of heartfelt gratitude i'm recovering from intensive radiation treatments for breast cancer and you certainly bring joy to my day where humans see obstacles i mean just often dogs beg to differ dexter shows us why aren't you out there writing the book you want to write why aren't you out there doing the things you want to do because he has off he goes and in doing so has proven that sometimes getting knocked down is the only way to see how tall you stand steve hartman on the road in euray colorado

Channel: CBS Evening News

Views: 145,101

Keywords: Dog, injured, recovery, learn to walk, pet, animal, hit by car, hind legs, United States

Id: Ry2QA4nu5a4

Length: 2min 35sec (155 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 08 2022