An all-terrain dog in Vancouver? You bet

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Most dogs at just a few months old are busy chasing balls, running around the yard and chewing on just about everything.

But for one puppy, it hasn't been that easy after it was left for dead after it fell from an apartment building in northern California.

The dog's two front legs were so badly broken -- two compound fractures -- that they had to be amputated. The dog named London, a pitbull, will soon have a new set of wheels to run on, though.

Doctors in northern California couldn't help London, but Vancouver's Amanda Giese, with Panda Paws Rescue, an animal rescue center in Vancouver, could.

London's front legs were in such bad shape that he couldn't even walk. Giese said in order to get around, London would put "his bottom legs up like this and when he turns his head to the left he turns his body to the right."

Thanks to Giese and Panda Paws Rescue, London will now be getting around thanks to a wheelchair after a couple weeks of recovery. When his wheelchair is complete, it will be reminiscent of an all-terrain vehicle.

"He's going to have larger wheels it will support and cradle underneath the front of him like this wrap does and he'll be able to navigate around," Giese said.

Even though London isn't able to act like most puppies, Giese knows the dog will be able to live up to the name they chose for him -- named for the host city this year in this year's Summer Olympics -- in no time.

"He's inspirational just like those athletes and when you see his video that he wants to live," she said.

The dog's new wheelchair is being donated by a local company next week. Giese said she hopes to be able to adopt the dog in the next couple of weeks.