Ricochet is as about a sweet a dog as you’d want. She’s patient, kind and infinitely loving.
Oh, and she surfs. Did I mention that?
Ricochet, the golden brown lab with the big heart, has raised over $48,000 in the last ten months to raise awareness for both human and animal arthritis, as well as providing financial and emotional support to special-needs and disabled children.
It didn’t all start out that way, however. Ricochet was actually slated to become a service dog, according to trainer, Judy Fridono.
But it turned out Ricochet had just one teensy problem–birds!
As soon as she would spot a squirrel or bird, or other people, or basically anything that moved, she would bound after it, which made her dangerous as a possible service dog.
After a lot of training, this ‘chase drive’ impulse was quelled, but Fridono made the difficult decision to not place Ricochet as a service dog because it was still too risky.
But, as the saying goes, when one door closes, another one opens. “About the same time as I was training her to be a service dog, I was also working with her at balance and coordination,” explained Fridono.
“We started on a boogey board in a kiddie pool, and from that it went to surfing.”
Hence was Richocet turned into from a SERVice dog to a SURFice dog.
She’s got quite an impressive array of stats–11,000 friends on Facebook, 2.5 million hits on her YouTube videos, and placing third in the annual Purina Incredible Dog Challenge Surf competition.
But it’s her commitment to helping others that has won so many hearts around the world.
Lately, Ricochet has been concentrating her efforts on helping 6 year old Ian McFarland, who is mentally and physically disabled due to a car accident that took away his parents. After being adopted by his aunt, Ian feared going into the water even though he started surfing at the age of 4.
Judy and Ricochet have also raised more than $7500 to help with Ian’s rehabilitation, as well as giving Ian the confidence to get back on his surfboard—something he loved to do with his dad before the horrific accident claimed his parents lives.
“He’s really healed so much on the beach. He took his first steps on the beach, and got in the water, so it’s a healing place for him, and for him to get in and back on the surfboard is huge for him and his recovery,” said Ian’s aunt. “He was just running towards the beach to get in.”
To see photos from the whole story, click here
- by Fehmida Bholat for Incredible Features
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