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Niall Harbison@NiallHarbison · Dec 3, 2025

I’m normally very cautious about sharing dogs who might have a bad outcome but after thinking long and hard I wanted…

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A community dog named Nugget requires emergency leg amputation surgery tomorrow due to cancer that has spread to the bone. The rescue team is sharing his story despite the 50/50 survival odds, hoping for the best outcome for the small dog who would otherwise die without the operation.

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  1. #1

    I’m normally very cautious about sharing dogs who might have a bad outcome but after thinking long and hard I wanted to share Nugget. He has a big operation tomorrow and his life hangs in the balance… (1/6) 🧵

  2. #2

    He is a community dog who we were asked to help. We could immediately see he had a growth on his leg nearly as big as his own little body (2/6)

  3. #3

    We offered to take him last week from a local vets as nobody had any funds to fix him. He was as close to death as it gets. (3/6)

  4. #4

    Our team have been working on Nugget for a week now. We know he has cancer in the leg. It was getting infected and down into the bone. Nugget would die without an operation. Tomorrow he will have his leg amputated (4/6)

  5. #5

    The vets have told us to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. 50/50 at best he will make it through. He is getting the very best of everything we have and I’ve spent lots of time chatting to him (5/6)

  6. #6

    Nugget is a very good boy. I’d normally wait to see how it panned out before sharing as I prefer to focus on the happy stuff. Keeping everything crossed for the little guy as would like to get to know him 🙏 (6/6)