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PHOENIX<\/strong> – A beloved disabled dog named Chance, known for his love of lakeside outings, had his custom wheelchair stolen last week from a popular Valley lake, leaving his owner distraught. However, the community rallied to replace the essential mobility aid.<\/p>\n Chance’s owner, Denny Box, who rescues doodles, was told the dog would never walk again after suffering spinal trauma and a dislocated hip that cannot be reset. Despite his condition, Chance requires a wheelchair to get around and enjoys an active life, including trips to Butcher Jones Beach.<\/p>\n “I can’t go anywhere unless I take a Chance,” said Box. “He has to go with me.”<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n After a day at Butcher Jones Beach<\/a> last Saturday, Box realized he had forgotten Chance’s wheelchair. When his daughter returned to retrieve it, the wheelchair was gone.<\/p>\n “What was really just a thought in my mind.. if I was out the lake and I came across a wheelchair with a harness lying there, why would you take it?” Box wondered.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n A replacement wheelchair costs more than $500, and without it, Chance was unable to move. Box posted on social media, asking if anyone had seen it or had a spare. He was “overwhelmed” by the response.<\/p>\n “I couldn’t even keep up with them,” Box said of the more than 100 comments on his post, many from people offering to buy Chance a new wheelchair.<\/p>\n Before this news story could even be completed, Chance was gifted a new set of wheels by a woman with Second Chance Dog Rescue.<\/p>\n “It was a nice, nice surprise,” Box said. “It’s tough these days, the way people treat each other. The disabled dog community.. they all love and support each other 100%.”<\/p>\n Pets and Animals<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a>News<\/a>Phoenix<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX – A beloved disabled dog named Chance, known for his love of lakeside outings, had his custom…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,8047,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-64130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pets-animals","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114850069594877496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}