{"id":217,"date":"2015-01-13T16:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buzzfeed.com\/andrewziegler\/turbo-the-two-legged-chihuahua-has-wheelchair-made-of-toys"},"modified":"2015-01-13T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:00:59","slug":"turbo-the-two-legged-chihuahua-has-a-wheelchair-made-out-of-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/217","title":{"rendered":"Turbo The Two-Legged Chihuahua Has A Wheelchair Made Out Of Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>This resilient little pup isn’t letting a birth defect hold him back!<\/b> h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/pets\/turbo-tiny-disabled-dog-gets-wheels-crafted-toy-parts-1D79966658\">Today<\/a>         <h2>1. Meet Turbo, an adorable Chihuahua puppy who is missing his front two legs.<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qy8y3mH5OB\/media\" \/>     <h2>2. Due to a birth defect, the legs in question are severely under developed.<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qy6u-hH5LT\/media\" \/>     <h2>3. The couple who owned the litter brought Turbo to veterinarian Amy Birk, the hospital manager at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownpetvet.com\/\">The Downtown Veterinarian<\/a> in Indianapolis.<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qzAxQSH5EQ\/media\" \/>     <h2>4. With Turbo’s best interests in mind, the couple insisted that they did not want the lively puppy to be put down.<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qzAxQSH5EQ\/media\" \/>     <h2>5. The immediate challenge became clear: dogs with disability aren’t typically fitted for carts until they’re at least 6 months old, due to their rapid growth. Turbo was only 4 months old, but in need of some help.<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qzCnn7n5HQ\/media\" \/>     <h2>6. So Birk and her team took matters into their own hands.<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/q0VsoDFIqA\/media\" \/>     <h2>7. And after some trial and error…<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qzEDQ7n5JV\/media\" \/>     <h2>8. …they cracked the code.<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qzGRJrH5Mw\/media\" \/>     <h2>9. Birk and her team managed to build a makeshift cart of their own out of wheels from a Fisher Price helicopter and pipes from a toy welding kit.<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qzHcRKH5Oq\/media\" \/>     <h2>10. Turbo is apparently gaining weight and is “on the right track healthwise.” In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/pets\/turbo-tiny-disabled-dog-gets-wheels-crafted-toy-parts-1D79966658\">interview with Today.com<\/a>, Birk reports, “He’s got a lot of life in him.”<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qzHWcWH5Og\/media\" \/>     <h2>11. Turbo &lt;3<\/h2>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/qzmxe1H5Fu\/media\" \/>     <p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/buzzfeed.com\/andrewziegler\/turbo-the-two-legged-chihuahua-has-wheelchair-made-of-toys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/buzzfeed.com\/andrewziegler\/turbo-the-two-legged-chihuahua-has-wheelchair-made-of-toys<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This resilient little pup isn’t letting a birth defect hold him back! h\/t Today 1. Meet Turbo, an adorable Chihuahua puppy who is missing his front two legs. 2. Due to a birth defect, the legs in question are severely under developed. 3. The couple who owned the litter brought Turbo to veterinarian Amy Birk, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/217\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Turbo The Two-Legged Chihuahua Has A Wheelchair Made Out Of Toys<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[75,76,77,74],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety","tag-chihuahua","tag-disabled-dog","tag-toy-wheelchair","tag-turbo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/14211216599829-turbo-the-two-legged-chihuahua-has-a-wheelchair-m-2-21503-1406557645-0_dblbig.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}