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Golden Retriever's Story Becomes 'New York Times' Bestseller - An uplifting story involving a man on a mission to fulfill a promise. An inspiring read for all animal lovers, people coping with depression and those looking to make a difference in the world. paradepets.com/pet-news/golde…

@NiallHarbison As much as we couldn’t wait to see you on your tour, we’re equally excited for you to get home to Happy Doggo Land, and most to Hank and Chance…and Tina, of course. You can tell her how many people all over the world absolutely love her. 🫶🏻

It's been a long journey and the trip of a lifetime. But now it is time to go home. The world was meant to pass her by. As it stands Tina will now never be forgotten 🩷

@charliersmith1 @parkrunUK Congratulations, Charlie! Great to see you smiling!!

I did it!!! I did it my 100th @parkrunUK!! 😃

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Građani se okupljaju na Terazijama, u iščekivanju studenata koji su pešačili, trčali ili biciklima došli u Beograd iz svih krajeva Srbije, na protest “15. za 15”. Najvažnije informacije pratite u našem blogu:rb.gy/rujj4k

A lot of people will remember Matthew Perry for a lot of different things. Most will probably remember him for playing Chandler Bing on "Friends". Some will remember him for his parts in movies. The best way to remember Perry though, is exactly how he wants you to remember him: “I would like to be remember as somebody who lived well, loved well, was a seeker and his paramount thing is that he wants to help people”

@Dieselsgrandma @NiallHarbison Perhaps someone with creativity and time can volunteer to put this together for Niall and manage the orders for him. I’m sure he already has his hands full caring for the dogs.

@NiallHarbison Niall, I’ve suggested a calendar before but now you need 2. An all Tina calendar to fund her hospital and a 2nd one of Snoop, McMuffin, Lady and the gang to fund sterilization and every day expenses. My Christmas list would be complete. ❤️🐶🫶🏻

Tina's Hospital 🌴🐶🥰 When I was filling in Tina’s grave I had tears in my eyes but I got the manual work done and after a step back took a long deep breath. My good friend Sybille had been with me at the end and she bowed her head instinctively knowing that it was a time to say nothing. I just shouted into the air at nobody in particular “Your life won’t be in vain, I’ll do something amazing in your name”. That something is going to be “Tinas Hospital For Dogs Who Aren’t Doing So Good”. I’ve been very surprised at how taken people have been with the idea so I wanted to share what my thinking is… Timeline For The Build ⏰ 📅 I’m always stupidly optimistic for these things. Initially I was thinking 3 months then convinced myself 6 might be more realistic. In reality I’ve talked myself down and am now saying it will take a year. Just under it. We’ll have it finished on the 18th August 2024. One year after Tina died. We’ll open it at 4.45pm the exact time she passed. The things that will take time and that I can’t speed up include… 🔵Building permissions 🔵Licenses and legals 🔵World class staff 🔵A charter and operational procedures. (who gets treated? how to deal with long term stays, how to manage free care etc) My own computer screen saver is the photo below of Tina the day she arrived broken with her bones showing versus her looking fabulous. Every time I see that It drives me on. The hospital will be a place to welcome in dogs like Tina the day she arrived. That transformation took many months. Good things take time and patience. Funding The Hospital 💵🏥 The research for this has started. I am obviously not a vet nor have I ever built a hospital before. What I have started to assemble are a bunch of people who know about this sort of stuff. What I have in my head as a guideline for them are some pretty big numbers… 🔵Initial build budget of $500,000 to $1,000,000. 🔵Running costs of $20,000 to $50,000 per month While those are big scary numbers I think if something is worth doing it is worth doing right. Especially something in Tina’s name. Funding Sources… I haven’t got around to planning this in full yet but my ideas so far are… 🔵The book is selling well. I will have the final revenue numbers on this at the end of the year. As I said every penny I earn from it will be used. I’m hopeful It might get close to 6 figures over the next year. 🔵I am going to have an amazing Tina T-Shirt. It will cost $60. Roughly $20 to produce and ship so there will be $40 profit. My idea is to sell 10,000 of these and that would bring in $400,000. Ambitious and tricky to execute but I think people would support the cause. A limited edition Tina T-Shirt that helps build a hospital. 🔵Lots of people want to get involved with fundraising to make this happen. I’ve said to just wait for now as I need the plan and detailed costs etc. When the time is right I’ll get everybody involved in a community way with an overall total needed. 🔵Individuals or companies. Once I get the full list of everything we need I think people might be interested in sponsoring parts of it. A testing machine. Some equipment. Computers. Whatever we need I’ll make a wish list of and people could have them named after them. I want to design the funding so as it is community focused so as it feels like the hospital was built not by me but by dog lovers all over the world. Obviously the hospital will be for street dogs and will not be focused on making money. The Hospital Is Already Effectively In Operation Without A Home ✂️ 🦴 🐕 Tina’s hospital will be a wonderful physical place to centre everything on but the reality is that work helping dogs is already happening… In September we will fund the sterilising of 300+ Dogs. Those are in 3 locations There are sick puppies and multiple dogs in the vets for a week as I write this We spend $2000-5000 a month on operations like fixing little Tommy’s leg, getting Stitch to walk again and giving Essi a 2nd chance with a life saving amputation. The amount of dogs I can help at the moment is limited by costs, vet space, transport and a lack of some machines on the island. The hospital will fix all that. Moving From Distraction To Pure Focus 🙏 Since Tina and Snoop died I have been exceptionally busy with dogs, the book, travel and bigger picture admin work. I think I subconsciously did that to keep myself distracted in a time I knew would be very painful. What has happened since the dogs passed has been the most powerful motivation ever… I’ve met 1000s of people who have told me of the importance of the mission. Hearing it first hand has been incredible to help me grasp the impact. I’ve seen many of the dogs that we have re-homed in the UK and Thailand. Thats had a huge impact on me to do more. People have given me heartfelt letters, gifts and personal pieces to use at Tina’s hospital. Nothing expensive but the sort of things money can’t buy. It’s been lovely and a wonderful motivational distraction but everybody knows my heart is on the ground with the dogs. I’ll be happy when I’m there helping more sick dogs and looking at concrete being poured for the hospital ASAP. I love and feel all the support. There is now a very clear and tangible goal and I cannot waste this opportunity to do something incredible by building Tina’s hospital. Even though I’ve been tired recently I lay in bed visualising the entrance and all the lovely art work and children’s drawings on the walls and sick dogs checking in and out with a hive of activity and positivity in the building. It will be a very special place. It won’t be easy but I’ll get it done! Big Love Niall P.S You can always support my mission by donating here or just subscribing donorbox.org/helping-thai-s…

Please retweet Lara was taken to the vets to be put to sleep when her family bought a new puppy. Please sign my petition if you want the government to act to stop owners and pounds putting healthy dogs to sleep and better legislation to protect pets and people 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6421… Donate to Lara or enquiries to westwalespoundies.org.uk/dogs

Dogs all dropped off safely now onto this signing tomorrow. Added a few extra tickets here… waterstones.com/events/meet-ni…

Early start tomorrow. Back to England for a flying visit. Bringing 2 dogs with me to forever homes and also the very last 2 events… 📕 Book signing in @Waterstones Milton Keynes this Friday waterstones.com/events/meet-ni… 🎤 Sit down event Blackburn next Monday 18th with signed book eventbrite.com/e/in-conversat… Tickets for both will be gone very quick I think. I meet little Buttons in Bangkok tomorrow where she has been cleared to fly along with another dog called Num. 🥰🙏

@JeanNorton @NiallHarbison Thank you for the update. I knew she was scheduled to go to Germany soon. It would have been a shame if she got infected after everything she overcame. Glad she is offsite.

@GLG2016 @NiallHarbison McMuffin is not staying on the land. SHe is in foster to lose weight and get ready to travel to her forever home in a few weeks.

A lot of worry today with the dogs. Derek is looking fantastic today but am having to protect him as he’s in the old and vulnerable category. I’ll explain in the thread… (1/5) 🧵 Also Fact check… Thailand is in the Northern hemisphere. Who knew 🤷‍♂️

@NiallHarbison Is McMuffin OK? I can’t imagine the depths of your stress right now. Praying for all of you.

The dogs can be emotionally challenging. It’s just a day of… 🍉 Making sure to keep the old ones like Derek safe and alive. ✈️ Worrying about Buttons but she is on her way to an amazing home 🦠 Hoping the vets can keep the 2 little ones alive 💐 Remembering the little boy who was so close to a happy life. All you can do is win as many battles as you can along the way and remember every life matters 🥰🤞🙏

@NiallHarbison @MommaGGeri Yay!!! 🇺🇸

@MommaGGeri USA mid October 🥰

A behind the scenes look at a truly special week after the tough moment of losing Tina and Snoop. Not all is bad with the world and humans are incredible 🥰🙏

@AC360 @cnn I highly recommend you follow the impact @NiallHarbison is making in the world. His acts and message of kindness towards dogs and people is heartwarming. Just look at the turnout for him in Ireland today. Such a humble & amazing person!

@JennaBushHager I highly recommend you follow up on @NiallHarbison & the amazing work he is doing to help street dogs in Thailand. His acts of kindness have created a ripple effect throughout the world not just towards dogs but people & mental health.

My dog Snoop died 8 days ago in Thailand. He helped keep me alive through depression and addiction. Today I was in Manchester where we used to walk here alone in the dark days. Just me and him. I wanted to go for a quick walk there today to remember him. This happened…

Dog walk tomorrow Saturday 2nd in Manchester. Anybody welcome to come along. From 7.30am to 9.30am. 📌Approx Location here.. goo.gl/maps/fJQncvJKr… (plenty of parking around) Just a chance to meet some nice dogs and hang out! I used to walk Snoop here all the time when I lived in Manchester so going back as a little tribute to him myself. See you there 🙏🥰

Today is the day! My book is out in all shops and online. It is as the title suggests a story of...Hope. Every single penny I make will be used for Tina's Hospital. All support appreciated. 📘 You can buy it here niallharbison.lnk.to/Hope 🎙️ Audio version is here audible.co.uk/pd/Hope-Audiob… 🌴✈️🐶 There is even a competition to win flights and hotel for 2 to spend a week with me and the dogs in Thailand. You can enter here yqlbvnsvsbc.typeform.com/to/OQSq9D1V To everybody who supports me thank you so so much. Lets get this hospital built!

@NiallHarbison I’m so sorry, Niall. It’s ironic that you “lost” Snoop and Tina just as your book is being released. Makes me think they were angels meant to guide you to where and what you needed to do on this earth. I wish you peace and comfort as you grieve the loss of two very special souls.

I feel a lot of relief actually. Sad obviously but he’d been suffering of late. He lived a great life and was loved. He was always happiest either running or swimming. A simple and wonderful dog.

Thank You For Everything Snoop - You Were My Superhero 💔 After over 11 wonderful years of tremendous company I am starting a week without my best friend. Snoop died last Friday morning and it feels like I have lost a part of my very being, such was his importance to me. He was as kind and gentle a creature as you could ever meet and was the best listener with soft wisdom in his beautiful eyes. Snoop was a rescue from Ireland who died peacefully at about 14 years of age. A Dog Who Had A Big Impact You’ll hear people say that somebody left a huge impression on their lives. For me it was a dog. It’s no exaggeration to say I wouldn’t be here today were it not for Snoop. He’s been with me through depression, binges, anxiety attacks and every other major event in my recent life. When I ended up in hospital after nearly drinking myself to death 2.5 years ago the thing that brought me to my senses was Snoop. Laying there in ICU at absolute rock bottom the thing that got me to finally change everything was the thought of Snoop and how he had devoted his life to me. I couldn’t leave him alone. He’d never understand. He’d never recover from that. Snoop saved my life and I will be forever grateful for that. I'm also that in the last couple of years he's finally seen me at my happiest helping his friends. Snoop had a huge part in that transition. We Did Everything Together 🏃✈️ 🎾 Anyone who knows me will tell you Snoop was never far away. We’d run 5kms around Dublin. He’d come with me on hikes around Ireland and England. All my old work colleagues knew and loved Snoop from the offices. He came to Manchester and then Thailand with me. We swam in the cold Atlantic and the warm water here in his older years. We also hid under the covers when I had depression. He comforted me in the shame of coming down, with the curtains closed. He never judged me once. This was us reuniting in Thailand after his long journey over. He took it all in his stride. Resting With His Friend 🥥❤️🌴 Snoop is buried in the most idyllic spot I could think for him. In the middle of the jungle beside the beautiful Tina. Just like her, he adored chasing tennis balls in his youth. They provided great comfort to each other in the last 3 months as their health declined rapidly. They might both have been sick but they provided me with so much love and we shared many laughs and magical moments. The wind has been taken out of my sails. I feel flat. I’m not afraid to say I’m exhausted from losing 2 special dogs within a week of each other. My biggest worry in life had always been what I’d do if Snoop died. I had it triple underlined as a huge red flag day for me relapsing. I’ve been preparing for this moment for nearly a year as his health declined. That is why I kept It to myself and a handful of friends for the last few days. It’s so much to process. The best thing I can say is that as I write that Im drinking orange juice and eating fruit and more determined than ever to change the fate of dogs around the world. Snoop was quiet and understated as a dog. A gentle soul. His purpose in life was to keep me going at a hard time and to set me on a path to help his friends in need. My job now is to keep my word to him and stay sober and get everything I told him about in our quiet moments together recently accomplished. Thanks Snoop. You truly were my superhero. Niall

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