My OP apparently got eaten, so here it is again.
Remember this thread? http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51807
WGN here in Chicago showed a CNN segment about Sandy, a dog owned by the Gorczyca family of Boise, Idaho. When she was 3, she got out of their yard, was hit by a car and lost her two left legs. Before having her euthanized, they took her out to their backyard so she would have one day of sunshine. To their surprise, she got up and started running! Sandy is now 10 years old and runs almost as good as a dog with 4 legs.
When she’s tired, she finds something or someone to lean against, so of course some radio host nicknamed her “Eileen”.
If you’re a paid subscriber, you can see the segment somewhere on the CNN site. It was on their home page, but it’s not there now.