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Niall Harbison@NiallHarbison · Oct 21, 2025

This is how we found Matilda after a hit and run in Thailand. Her legs were broken, her ACL knee was popped. I don’t…

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A dog named Matilda was hit by a car in Thailand and suffered severe injuries including broken legs and a torn ACL. After 3 weeks in hospital, 6 months of rehabilitation, and adoption by a loving family who flew to Thailand to bring her home, she has made a full recovery and is running again a year later.

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  1. #1

    This is how we found Matilda after a hit and run in Thailand. Her legs were broken, her ACL knee was popped. I don’t know how she survived yet alone walked again. You should see her today… (1/6) 🧵

  2. #2

    She spent 3 weeks in hospital. She couldn’t walk or even poop herself for months. Her bill was $6000 (2/6)

  3. #3

    She rehabbed for 6 months with me and at @wearehappydoggo . It the early days it didn’t seem she would ever walk again. But then she found her forever home (3/6)

  4. #4

    Her family even flew over to Thailand to adopt her and help her settle in back in the UK (4/6)

  5. #5

    The continued her training and have helped to rebuild her legs fully. It is exactly a year since she was in the hit and run and left for dead (5/6)

  6. #6

    It’s hard to believe but this is her today. She’s back running. There are some very good people in the world. What a life they have given her 🥰🙏 (6/6)