Thread by @NiallHarbison

A story to put a massive smile on your face today. 😃

There is no dog in the world who deserves this more than Mr Big.

Exactly 2 months ago on the 29th May we found him dying alone in a toilet. He was done.

Well today was the greatest day in his life (1/10) 🧵

Mr big had maggots in a wound in his ear. He was covered in about 500 blood sucking ticks.

He was massively anemic, had tick fever and hadn’t much time left. He was being eaten alive.

We thought he’d lose an ear (2/10)

We set about the long road of building Mr Big back up again. You can see in this video his spirit was broken.

But the good news is it soon started coming back (3/10)

The biggest challenge was his stamina as he has been so weak. But he started walking and then in the last few weeks I’ve got him back running.

The best news is we even managed to save his ear. Mr Big was getting healthy again (4/10)

The best part was seeing Mr Big’s personality coming back. He is a massive goofball, softy and gentle soul. He loves all the other dogs and he adores humans.

Now that he was better Mr Big needed a home. Not an easy task… (5/10)

Because of his breed Mr Big cannot fly. It would have to be a home in Thailand
But it’s not easy to re-home a bigger dog like this with recent health issues.

Then this week he hit the jackpot. A lovely American man and his Thai wife wanted to see him. They came today (6/10)

They drove 800km to come and see him. Mr big went for a swim, ice cream and for a walk. The good news…. It was love at first sight.

We’d done interviews this week and chatted about him but it was official. Mr Big is getting his forever home (7/10)

His new owners bought him this bed and went to their hotel. I was throwing all the beds into the suites as it was hammering down rain. When I came back 20 minutes later Mr Big was asleep under it. He’d had the best day ever and felt safe (8/10)

I fixed him up all nice and cosy for his last light with us with his new bed and toy. His owner is resting before the drive home with Mr Big tomorrow.

Those are the eyes of a dog that is exhausted with happiness and who will never sleep on a street again (9/10)

Mr Big leaves tomorrow morning. His new name will be Henry which I think he suits beautifully.

2 months ago he had nothing. He was done. Now he has everything in the world (10/10)

I’ve a lot more about Mr Big / Henry and his new home on my Insta.

A follow there would be massively appreciated 🥰🙏 instagram.com/niall.harbison