Thread by @NiallHarbison

This is the heartwarming story of a street dog named Joy.

She was badly injured and we brought her in for treatment.

The only problem is she refused to stay back on the streets and comes back daily to visit her friends… (1/7) 🧵

Joy lives less than a mile from where we are based in the jungle. A friend spotted her on the way in. Her wound was bad and we think caused by either barbed wire or a dog bite.

She had to stay with us for 2 weeks and have several vet visits but all was well (2/7)

Joy was actually a model patient. We just had to come up with lots of ways to keep the wound clean like her own pyjamas and various bandages.

After about 15-18 days it had closed. She made lots of friends with both humans and the other dogs (3/7)

We took Joy home to her house. She lives with local migrant workers who take great care of their dogs with little resources. She was happy to be home and they were delighted to see her. It was a job well done and we thought that was it for Joy. We were wrong 😂 (4/7)

A couple of days later Joy was back. She started arriving at 6am when we get there. She would be waiting every single morning. We tried dropping her back but she knew her way between her 2 homes.

Joy is now there every single morning (5/7)

She has breakfast with us. She goes into the play area with her 3 best friends. She plays all morning and then rests there with them.

In the evening she’ll have her dinner and just as the others are going into their beds she trots off home. Her family are home from work (6/7)

Joy effectively just checks herself in daily to doggy day care resort. In her little head I think she is going off to see her friends.

Dogs are creatures of extreme habit. Who are we to change her routine 😅

See you tomorrow morning Joy 🥰 (7/7)