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Boston Terrier puppy born with ‘Swimmer Puppy Syndrome’ learns to walk

Boston Terrier Mick is shown here with in a special harness to help him cope with Swimmer Puppy Syndrome, which results in the back legs being splayed out and prevents puppies from walking or sitting normally. After a couple of weeks of rehabilitation at The MIA Foundation, Mick can now walk and run.

A video of a sweet puppy named Mick learning to walk is going viral.

Grab a tissue and watch Mick's story below:

Mick, a Boston Terrier, was born with pectus excavatum, or "Swimmer Puppy Syndrome." With his legs splayed to the sides, he couldn't sit, stand of walk.

At six weeks old, Gary and Suzette Rogers of The Mia Foundation took him from his Oklahoma breeder and started giving him in-home therapy sessions four times a day.

Thanks to that concentrated special care, it wasn't long before little Mick started standing — and then walking — on his own.

"I was pretty amazed at his progress in a short amount of time, so I thought it would be nice to put a little video together from the first day that he came to us and I think it was ten days total," Suzette told YNN.

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Suzette added that today, just one week after the video of Mick learning to walk was posted, the small dog shows almost no signs of the disability he was born with.

See an update below:

"What we're trying to do is show the rest of the world that these dogs can be saved and Suzette has taken this viral and hopefully it will save lots of dogs all over the world," Gary said.

The Rogers started The Mia Foundation in memory of their chihuahua, Mia, who died last year from complications from a cleft palate. They now provide care and therapies for special-needs dogs, nursing them back to health for loving families to adopt.

They share the inspiring stories of the animals they care for on Facebook.