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Niall Harbison@NiallHarbison Ā· Jul 17, 2025

We found him living in his own šŸ’© in a tiny area. Ignore and forgotten. This gentle soul is now safe with us. Afterā€¦

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A severely neglected dog named Meatball was rescued from years of confinement in a tiny, filthy area and is now receiving medical treatment for multiple infections, malnutrition, and parasites. Despite his poor health and past suffering, he has shown a friendly and gentle temperament and is beginning his recovery with hope restored.

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  1. #1

    We found him living in his own šŸ’© 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 eyesā€¦ (1/7) šŸ§µ

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    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)

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    It wasnā€™t easy but we were able to negotiate his release today. Of course he turned out to be one of the friendliest boys ever but heā€™s in a bad old way (3/7)

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    His health issues includeā€¦ šŸ¦  Bacterial infections of skin šŸ‘‚ Deeply infected ears (might be deaf) šŸ¶ Dead skin from sitting in concrete šŸ„˜ Serious malnutrition and worms šŸœ Blood parasite issues (4/7)

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    Despite all his pain he loved all his treatments today. His is with us now. I called him Meatball as he seems like there is a chunky goofball character inside him (5/7)

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    I donā€™t think he could quite believe the smell of fresh grass after all the years of concrete. He seemed like he wanted to just sniff around forever but he got tired fast. (6/7)

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    This morning he woke up for another day of misery and confinement. This afternoon Meatball has a little whole new life ahead of him. Heā€™s a very very good boy (7/7)

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    Iā€™ve a lot more of Meatball and his rescue and clean up on my insta todayā€¦ instagram.com/niall.harbison A follow there helps me and the dogs so so much šŸ„°šŸ™