Skylar the dog isn't feeling very well.
She was in an accident, and now she can't move her legs or her tail.
Her doctors aren't sure if she will ever walk again.
But Skylar and her mom, Olivia, aren't giving up hope.
They believe Skylar will walk again one day.
Because before she got hurt,
Skylar was fast.
Like, really fast.
She loved running and playing outside,
anywhere and everywhere.
And her favorite place of all
was the beach.
The sand in her toes,
the wind in her hair.
Nothing was better!
And on days when Skyler couldn't play outside,
she was not happy.
[Skylar barking]
“Skylar!”
“What did you do?”
So after the accident,
Skylar had surgery to help her get back on her feet.
Olivia was determined to help Skylar walk again.
But first, this exhausted pup needed to rest.
Skylar slept and slept and dreamt and slept.
And then, a week after her surgery, something happened.
As she was sleeping, her tail began to wag ever so slightly.
And for the first time since the accident,
her legs began to move!
Skylar wanted to run so badly that she was running in her dreams.
Soon it was time to get Skylar up and moving for real.
And Olivia was so excited to help her.
But they couldn't do it on their own.
They got a little help from Skylar's new harness.
Just baby step, at first.
But already Skylar was starting to feel like her old, playful self.
“Yeah, Sky!”
Skylar was so happy to be moving again.
And Olivia could hardly keep up.
There was so much Skylar wanted to do.
She was finally ready...
for wheels!
It took her a little while to get the hang of it,
but Skylar never gave up.
Until finally...
she could really zoom!
The wheels allowed Skylar
to move around on her own while her legs continued to heal.
And once Skylar got a taste of the freedom she'd been missing,
she couldn't get enough.
Because even after everything she'd been through,
running outside was still all she wanted to do.
After a couple more trips to the doctor,
Skylar was able to stand on her own four feet.
And then...
she took her first steps!
With no harness! And no wheels!
Skylar was a bit unsteady at first.
But no matter how many times she fell down,
“Oh, so close!”
Skylar always got back up!
And Olivia was always there to cheer her on.
“Good job! Good job!”
And little by little, she got better and better,
until...
Skylar was back!
It was like the accident had never happened.
Skylar couldn't believe it.
Now that Skylar could run freely,
Olivia knew the best place to take her.
Skylar's favorite place in the world:
the beach!
Olivia was amazed at how far Skylar had come in just a year.
Skylar had a few more scars since the last time she was here,
nut she's still here.
All because Olivia and Skylar
never gave up.