Thread by @NiallHarbison

Little Stella is a street dog who had string tied around her neck as a little puppy.

As she grew it slowly tightened. We rescued her on Friday and she was very traumatized.

It’s day 4 and we are starting to see some nice progress (1/6) 🧵

We’ve kept her in her little suite while her wound heals. It means cleaning around her and puppy pads for toilets. People still stress her but we are letting her decompress.

🧼 One person distracts while the other cleans.

💊 Her medicines are hidden in sausages (2/6)

The vets did all the cleaning of the wounds under sedation which was a great start. The string was removed.

We obviously can’t sedate her every single time and she’s very snappy with us so we have to find new ways to clean the wound (3/6)

You can see I distract her with the towel as my friend puts the cleaning liquid on. It’s not ideal but along with the tablets it’s keeping the wound clean and not infected while it heals. It’s a little stressful for her but it happens 3 times a day. Working (4/6)

The great news is the wound is healing beautifully. More importantly Stella is starting to trust humans.

We are all taking turns to sit with her. Some playing music. Some talking to her. You can see here she is very very slowly letting her guard down (5/6)

You can see little Stella’s body language changing. It’s day 4 of the rest of her life.

This one is going to take weeks if not months. And that’s ok. We’ll be here for you Stella throughout.

You can do it little girl 🙏🥰 (6/6)