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Niall Harbison@NiallHarbison · Jul 13, 2025

This street dog had fallen on hard times. He was sick, exhausted and in agony. We’ve had him for 5 days. Things are…

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A street dog named Trigger was rescued after two weeks of monitoring while suffering from mange, bacterial infections, parasites, and ear infections. Over five days of care and building trust through food and patience, he's already showing improvement and beginning to understand he's in a safe place for recovery.

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  1. #1

    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) 🧵

  2. #2

    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)

  3. #3

    It wasn’t easy to catch him. He had no idea we were there to help. He put up a serious fight including trying to bite us all (3/8)

  4. #4

    He has a lot of problems including mange, bacterial infections, blood parasites and infected ears. He was just about surviving (4/8)

  5. #5

    Our biggest challenge has been treating him. He didn’t trust us for the first few days but I’ve been spending lots of time with him since Friday… (5/8)

  6. #6

    He loves food. Which helps me a lot. I managed to get him a little wash, a bandana on and taught him the lead today. You can see his big worried face but he’s starting to see that things are ok (6/8)

  7. #7

    I called him Trigger because he reminds me of Del Boy and Rodney who we treated before. Trigger is another character from the show “Only Fools and Horses”. (7/8)

  8. #8

    I’d be lying if I said it had been an easy 5 days to get this far. It’s been very tough. But Trigger is starting to understand that this is a good place. He had his dignity back and all the time to recover with us 🙏🥰 (8/8)

  9. #9

    His first walk today. More of his recovery on my insta… instagram.com/niall.harbison A follow there helps me help the dogs so much 🥰🙏