"They quickly observed, she couldn't really use her front legs because they're deformed. They're very short. She has paws, but she can't really use them the way a dog normally could use their ...

Caroline is a dog-breed expert and Dog Writers Association of America Hall of Fame inductee who has written 34 books about dogs, including the top-selling Barron's Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds.

The dog learned to get around in a wheelchair after 20 companies told Pleasence that Amira would not be able to get prosthetics, until a company in New Jersey called 3D Pets said it could be done.