Wobbly Pittie Is Determined To Jump Up On The Sofa

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Wobbly pittie found in a park loves doing his tippy tappies ❤️ We talked to his foster moms about how he's as determined as he is cute — nothing will stop him from jumping up on the sofa!

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00:00The Manhattan Animal Care Center had found a dog who was stumbling and falling down in

00:17a park.

00:18So they brought him into the shelter as a stray.

00:20He had a big old wound on his head.

00:23He walked out of the two double doors and was very shut down looking.

00:29We went on a little walk and he seemed to know once we were in the car that, oh, we're

00:34going somewhere.

00:36And when we brought him home, he just made himself right at home.

00:42Webby is just the sweetest wobbly dog.

00:45When we say wobbly pup, it's a condition that's called cerebellar hypoplasia, which sounds

00:50very dramatic, but it really just means that he is a little bit uncoordinated.

00:54He's not in pain.

00:55It doesn't hurt him at all.

00:56All it really means for him is that he kind of does a very cute little sachet when he

01:02walks.

01:04It seems like when he has really big feelings, his body can't process it.

01:08And so if he's so excited, he'll fall very gently up against like a cabinet or a wall

01:13and his legs will try to move.

01:15But you can see that he just needs a couple of seconds.

01:17He's just buffering.

01:20One of his favorite activities for sure is being on top of you, cuddling, snoozing.

01:28It might just take him a little extra couple seconds to try to get on the couch.

01:34But he does it.

01:36He works his way up.

01:40He loves to have people with him.

01:44He loves to sit in your lap when you're working.

01:48He loves that connection with humans.

01:51And I think he really needs that.

01:53We say that his front legs and his back legs are on different channels.

01:56And sometimes the front legs have decided that they're done running, but the back legs

01:59didn't get the memo and it causes a little bit of a spin out.

02:03He's genuine about wanting to do everything right, but he doesn't always hit the mark.

02:07He's just like unapologetically himself.

02:09The hardest thing for him is going up and down our little stairs in the backyard.

02:13But he finds a way.

02:15Webby is the tippy tap king.

02:18I would say they have levels.

02:19So like level one is just sort of front paws.

02:23And then level two is like he gets all four paws going and he's sort of got a little wiggle

02:27with it.

02:28And then like full mode of tippy taps is four paws fully jumping in the air off the ground.

02:35It's like a bunny.

02:36At this point, we've been fostering Webby for over four months and that's the longest

02:41that we've ever had a foster dog.

02:46We're definitely trying to make every day a new experience for him.

02:53He was a stray and so a lot of these things are new to him.

02:58He's definitely made a lot of progress and there's still more progress to be made.

03:03Webby deserves a forever home and this is his temporary home and he's welcome here as

03:08long as it takes.

03:09He's a special boy who needs a special person and that person is out there and I'm very

03:14confident he'll find them soon.

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