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Jul 26, 2025 9 tweets 5 min read Read on X
3 weeks ago I was called out to this tiny dog.

A car had reversed over her while she slept.

Her odds weren’t good but you should see her today… (1/8) 🧵 Image
She had a broken leg, dislocated knee and crushed ribs.

She had been bought as a puppy but abandoned by foreigners. She had been living as a community dog with very poor Thai locals (2/8)
Eventually Noodles could no longer walk. Her whole back end was crushed.

Her pain was extreme. She is an older girl of about 8 and also has eyesight problems (3/8) Image
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We took her in and got to work. The hardest part was handling her given her pain.

She needed reconstructive surgery at a local hospital (4/8)
She had to travel 600 miles for her operation. It has cost a small fortune.

She has been there 10 days and it was a success. She came back yesterday and rehab has started (5/8) Image
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Noodles is back doing her thing exercises with us.

We think it might take her about 2-3 months to learn how to walk again.

But there is a good chance she will 🤞(6/8) Image
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Noodles gets tired quick from her exercises but she does love belly rubs.

It’s hard to explain just how small she is (7/8)
Her life nearly came to an end 3 weeks ago but look at her now.

Lots of work still to do but Noodles is a very brave girl.

I reckon I might be able to find a little couch out there somewhere for her to live out her days 🥰🙏 (8/8) Image
More of Noodles today on my insta…



A follow there helps me and the dogs so so much 🥰🙏 instagram.com/niall.harbisonImage
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Feb 3
I’ve been involved in a lot of hard dog rescues in my time. But none quite like tonight.

We’ve been trying to catch this boy for a week after being sent this photo. He’s a wild street dog.

It looks like we’ve saved his life… (1/7) 🧵 Image
We’ve failed on 6 previous attempts. Sedation, traps, nets and many of us in the fields. He has been too scared.

We’ve probably used 50 man hours trying to catch him.

We even darted him once but he got away into the jungle (2/7) Image
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We got him tonight after an epic chase.

It was life or death. The wound on his face was full of maggots and flies. I’ve shared the pic from a distance to not shock but his face was being eaten alive (3/7) Image
Read 7 tweets
Jan 9
On the 23rd of October Stormzy came into us with a massive brain injury.

He couldn’t walk or even support his head.

Today 11 weeks later, Stormzy was adopted and went home with his forever family… (1/8) 🧵 Image
He’d been hit by a car. His owner had frantically been looking for a vet.

He was told in this pic that he needed to pay to put him to sleep. He didn’t have the money so he had to take him home for 4 full days and just watch him hopelessly (2/8) Image
Our vet said just give him time. It was incredibly painful to watch him suffer so much. But the medicines and rest really did work.

He couldn’t walk or eat himself for weeks. But the swelling stated to go down (3/8)
Read 9 tweets
Jan 6
An incredible outcome…

She came to us 6 weeks ago with tumors on her eyes and inside her mouth.

To see her today is a thing of beauty…(1/5) 🧵 Image
Her owners were distraught. They are not well off people.

They came to us at Tina’s hospital hoping for some sort of miracle.

Even I thought she might have to be put down when I saw her the first day (2/5) Image
I can explain how amazing our medical team are.

They diagnosed it as TVT cancer. This was her 6 weeks ago being treated outside as it is transmissible.

She kept nearly choking on her blood and she couldn’t see a thing (3/5)
Read 5 tweets
Jan 5
This was the first photo I was ever sent of Stormzy.

His owner had found our contact details. He was told he had to pay to put him to sleep but he didn’t have the money.

That was 2.5 months ago. Stormzy was getting some big news today…. (1/7) 🧵 Image
He came to us on a little wooden “stretcher” his owner had made.

Stormzy had been hit by a car and had a serious brain injury. Things did not look good (2/7) Image
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For a week his head was “stuck” like this. His neck wasn’t strong enough to control what it was doing.

We fed him via a drip and out vet said give him time to see if the swelling would go down (3/7) Image
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Sep 28, 2025
Shaq is the hardest rescue I’ve ever had.

His life was nearly over when I found him 2 years ago.

I was feeling a little down today so I went to see him. It’s hard to believe how good he now looks (1/7) 🧵 Image
This was the very first picture of him that I was sent. He had a huge growth on his neck.

I dropped everything and went there immediately (2/7) Image
We had to do 2 huge operations. The vets told us he probably wouldn’t survive.

It took him about 6 weeks to recover with us. It was agony for him and huge stress for us (3/7) Image
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Sep 23, 2025
Of all the dogs I’ve ever rescued McMuffin is hands down the worst case I’ve ever seen.

That’s why seeing her celebrate her birthday today in Germany is such a joyous scene.

A remarkable story… (1/10) 🧵 Image
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When I was handed her in the street in Thailand I’ve never smelt anything like it.

1000s of ticks on her body and the stench of rotting flesh and tumors (2/10)
I’m not scared to say I went home that night and decided it was the end. Based on the vets advice it would be kinder to leg her go.

Luckily I woke up and thought differently (3/10) Image
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