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Jul 26 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
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) 🧵
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)
Jul 25 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
8 weeks ago I found Maximus living on a 3 foot chain 🔓
He was skin and bones. His life was coming to an end.
Today he has officially made his full recovery. Hard to believe… (1/7) 🧵
He was massively underweight and his skin was in agony.
His ears were so deeply infected we thought he would be deaf.
His stamina was so bad he couldn’t walk 100 yards (2/7)
Jul 24 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
People starting spotting this Husky on the streets here in Thailand and sending it to me.
It took us about a week to catch her.
What a story she has to tell (1/7) 🧵
The heat here is insufferable at times but huskies are very trendy in Thailand. She’s the 4th we rescued this year alone.
Being wild looking no locals could approach her (2/7)
Jul 23 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Britney Spears was one of the hardest rescues I’ve ever done.
She had been chained up and dumped with her puppies. She tried to bite everybody she came in contact with.
It took 3 years but to see her today is incredible… (1/7) 🧵
The rescue was hard but taking that padlock off was amazing.
Her ears and those of her 5 puppies were infected with ticks.
The would have died in Thai jungle (2/7)
Jul 22 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
The world lost one of the great dogs today.
Cindy Crawford sadly passed away.
Hers was a story of hope, love and 2nd chances.
One of the best girls there ever was (1/8) 🧵
I found her outside a 7/11 one morning she had given up on life. (2/8)
Jul 21 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
4 days ago this was Meatball’s life…
Putrid drinking water, poop covered area, scraps of food and no human contact.
Things have changed big time…. (1/6) 🧵
He’s been getting a lot of medical care.
His eyes, ears and skin are all covered in bacterial infections. (2/6)
Jul 18 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
This Thai street dog arrived to us this week.
He is incredibly happy today just 5 days after being rescued.
His story is one that proves dogs feel emotions. His comeback has been astounding (1/7) 🧵
This is how our food delivery man found him. He had more or less given up on life.
You can see how broken he is (2/7)
Jul 17 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
We found him living in his own 💩 in a tiny area. Ignore and forgotten.
This gentle soul is now safe with us.
After just 6 hours the hope is back in his eyes… (1/7) 🧵
This has been his entire living area for years. The water he had to drink was disgusting.
He had to find places to poop. Neighbors snuck him in food but everybody was terrified of him because of how he looked (2/7)
Jul 14 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
This was Maximus 6 weeks ago when we rescued him from a 3 foot chain.
He was completely broken.
You won’t believe how good he looks today… (1/7) 🧵
His skin was in agony, you could see all his bones and he had a liver a miserable life.
We knew it would take 5-6 weeks (2/7)
Jul 13 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
This street dog had fallen on hard times.
He was sick, exhausted and in agony.
We’ve had him for 5 days. Things are looking much better for him today… (1/8) 🧵
People have been sending me reports of him. It’s taken 2 weeks to finally catch him.
Given how scary he looks everybody was avoiding him. (2/8)
Jul 11 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
Today was spent on a rubbish (trash) heap rescuing 2 dogs here in Thailand.
It’s hard to believe how they have to live.
Things are looking up for them already… (1/8) 🧵
There were 12 dogs living here in total.
We started by focusing on the one who looked the worst. She had badly matted fur and seemed quite angry (2/8)
Jul 7 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
This was Chance when she came in.
Probably the most shut down dog we’ve ever had. She wouldn’t even look at me.
Much of her recovery is down to one very special dog… (1/8) 🧵
Chance had been stabbed in the belly twice. She was in physical agony.
But her biggest scars were mental… (2/8)
Jul 6 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
One month ago I was sent this photo.
The dog had been on this short 3 foot chain for years.
It’s hard to believe how good he looks just a month later… (1/7) 🧵
Because he was chained so long his health was horrendous.
🥘 He was hardly being fed
🧫 Bacterial infections all over
👂 Ears had been cut off and infected
🏃 He couldn’t walk 100 yards as no stamina
Things were very bad (2/7)
Jul 5 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Most people were probably looking at @liamgallagher and @oasis last night on stage.
Look a little closer and you’ll spot a dog called Buttons.
Her’s is a remarkable story… (1/7) 🧵
Button was a little puppy who walked into our sanctuary in Thailand in the middle of the jungle just as it was getting built.
She had been abandoned. She kept coming back daily for food and hoping for company (2/7)
Jul 2 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
3 weeks ago we brought Anthony Hopkins in as he was very sick.
He is easily the angriest and most vicious dog I’ve ever had to catch.
You won’t believe what he is like today… (1/8) 🧵
Anthony Hopkins has red raw skin. Probably from a bacterial infection.
He was so angry he tried to eat his way out of the plastic box.
2 different vets refused to treat him (2/8)
Jul 1 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
I was sent this photo of a dog living on the streets here in Thailand.
She didn’t look great so we rescued her but I had no idea what she was hiding.
Her comeback has started… (1/8) 🧵
The first problem was catching her. It took 5 of us and as you can see she ran into traffic.
You can see how terrified she is in her eyes when we got her (2/8)
Jun 29 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Big T was abandoned by his owners. He came in just under a month ago…
✅ Good news is he survived the huge operation to remove his tumor.
🧫 Bad news is the lab results are back. It’s cancer.
The big guy is surrounded by love… (1/8) 🧵
You can see how well our vets did. I’m surprised Big T fought so well. He is well over 10 years old. (2/8)
Jun 28 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Matilda. Hit by a truck and left for dead on a road in Thailand.
This was very easily the end of her story.
You won’t believe how it has turned out instead … (1/8)🧵
When she came to use she was so bad she couldn’t poop herself and her legs were crushed.
She obviously couldn’t walk. We had to carry her everywhere (2/8)
Jun 28 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
This is how Chance acted for the first month after rescuing her.
We couldn’t touch her and her tail was always tucked in.
The change today is remarkable… (1/7)
It actually took us a week alone just to catch Chance. She had the injury but we couldn’t get near her (2/7)
Jun 24 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
He is my most challenging rescue of all time. The most unlikely recovery I’ve ever seen.
When I feel down I go and see my old friend Shaq.
This was the first pic I was sent. You won’t believe how good he looks now (1/8) 🧵
He had a huge growth on his neck. I called him Shaq because it looked and felt like a basketball. 🏀
5 vets we asked said no way for an operation. We eventually found one who would take it on but he said it was unbelievably risky (2/8)
Jun 22 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Sometimes dog rescues take a long time to complete.
In the case of Bowie it has taken a full year since she came In to us. A pregnant husky in the heat of Thailand 🥵
This is her remarkable story with a very happy ending (1/8) 🧵
It started as a fairly straightforward rescue. She was abandoned and living on the streets in extreme heat.
We had no idea when we took this pic on the day she came thin and sick that she was pregnant (2/8)