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'Great' Dane: 131-pound dog helps guide 11-year-old with rare genetic condition
FoxNews ^ | Nov. 12, 2015 | staff

Posted on 11/12/2015 11:40:45 AM PST by Leaning Right

Running, riding bikes and even walking had always been a challenge for 11-year-old Bella Burton due to a rare genetic condition she was diagnosed with when she was 2 and a half. But ever since Bella began leaning on George, a 2-year-old Great Dane whom she met about a year ago through a local organization, she has ditched her wheelchair and crutches, and started to do all the things all the other healthy kids her age can with ease, WCVB reported.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dane; dog
Here's a great, uplifting story amidst all the bad news out there.
1 posted on 11/12/2015 11:40:45 AM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

I know I would rather read about George and Bella than the overgrown children in Missouri.


2 posted on 11/12/2015 12:26:40 PM PST by Jean2 (ox)
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To: Leaning Right

Two cuties!

3 posted on 11/12/2015 12:42:31 PM PST by Ken H
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