Niall Harbison

Just cannot believe how Stormzy is now. And I get to see him on Sunday in his new home!!!

Maximus Decimus Merididus Never in my wildest dream could I have imagined he would look as happy and content as he does today. Incredible ❤️

It’s a lovely thing for a street dog to have their dignity back. Biscotti is looking better by the day. Shelter, medicines, good food, sleep and lots of love. That’s the magic formula ❤️

Probably the proudest day ever today to see what the team @wearehappydoggo have been working on and rolling out in stages. Apologies for the voice but I had to get out of my sick bed to come and see this… 🐕 The start of our government partnerships sterilizing dogs at scale. All around Samui for the next 3 weeks and the moving to rural Thailand. ✂️ I can explain the amount of planning that goes into this for training staff, licenses, permits and general logistics and safety planning etc. 🇹🇭 What I especially love is that apart from me it was 100% Thai staff and Thai community there today. This is how we will fix the problem. Locals bringing their dogs in. 🎯 The dog catching and darting team are my heroes. Getting those dogs in is exceptionally hard. 💵 There is absolutely no cost for the community. Many of these people are low income community who just can’t afford the care. Having their dogs sterilized is a game changer. For those who support us this is what we can do. 100s of puppies stopped today. People who follow us @wearehappydoggo love the rescues and the retirement village and the food and the makeovers where dogs have comebacks. But this today is why we really do it. These mobile units will go on to save 1000s of lives this year working on a daily basis in rural Thailand. I’ll make sure even if we start on a local basis like this soon you’ll see this all over Thailand and the world. The dogs need this ❤️

I may be biased but I think our little retirement village is one of the most special and peaceful places on earth

Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever. Even through the dark days with Atlas I could never have dreamt this one up ❤️

Biscotti was very old and vulnerable. I've never seen a dog relax into her new life with us quite like her ❤️

Did you ever question everything? I do. I was sitting in the beach just after sunrise this morning with my 2 dogs and I came across a man taking his buffalo swimming and bathing him. He loved that animal and the 2 of them had a deep bond as they spent 30 minutes in the water. He has the same bond I had with Hank and Chance beside me. It’s my favorite time of the week. Most people are hungover in bed. The tourists aren’t up yet. After working all week I give myself 30 minutes to think before the dog madness continues. Lately I’ve been feeling a bit down looking at the world. Everything seems to be about money. Every human is trying to amass power, wealth or fame at the expense of everything else. People don’t even look at each other any more instead preferring their phones. Image and status is everything. The world seems driven by anger, consumption and a total disregard for others. We’ve crossed the rubicon in many worrying areas globally as a society. I think I’m just at the sharp end of it in Samui as the island gets taken over by tourists and people building villas. I see everything tossed out from rubbish and local customs to the dogs I try to help. Humans care so little for the world we live in and it’s really starting to show. My mission is to help the world’s street dogs and I’ll need to use the technology, capital and systems of the modern world to do that but it pains me to live in that world. I’ll only do it for the sake of the street dogs. AI is 100% taking most of the jobs no matter what anybody says, the wealth divide is growing and the unfortunate creatures like the dogs will continue to suffer most. As I sat watching the man washing his buffalo and the sun rising I just longed for a simpler life. A life where humans and animals lived together peacefully and respected the land rather than chasing meaningless paper wealth and fake status. All I can try and do is build a small corner of kindness and compassion with wonderful people to help as many dogs as possible. No matter how helpless some of us feel in life the street dogs really have no voice and very few humans on their side. Be kind to each other ❤️

Mr Buffalo 🐃 ❤️

It’s amazing what 7 days can do for a dog. Last week little Dolly Parton was alone on the streets and in big trouble with her health. Today she has her Sunday best on. All her vitals improving. Eating lots and sleeping even more. ❤️

She’s still very weak and loves sleeping 23.5 hours a day. I’m also a little suspicious of her hearing. She might be a little deaf I think or hopefully his ear infections. She toddles about for about 3 mins then runs back to her cosy indoor bed ❤️

Sunday mornings feeding street dogs. Their tails wagging. Their bellies all rubbed. Home cooked food for 80 good boys and girls today ❤️

Bit of a tough day. Got a bite on the arm from a dog. They look so small but if anybody has been bitten before they know the pain. It got me thinking about the pain dogs suffer…. (1/4) 🧵

At the same time I’m dealing with Velvet. She was attacked by a pack of dogs. She has about 15 puncture wounds. 30 stitches. Yet she’s rolling around looking for belly rubs just a day later. Dogs are insane wit their own threshold (3/4)

Velvet is stand tall again and proud. Apollo and myself didn’t fall out. He’s just very scared as he’s never known human touch before and his nose is still sore and healing. We go again tomorrow ❤️ (4/4)

Behind the scenes this week. 3 New arrivals, a wonderful adoption and tonnes of crazy ups and downs at Happy Doggo Land. 🐕🌴 These videos are a longer watch but it's the weekend so grab a coffee / beer and enjoy some dog rescue.

Hank walks down the hill in slow motion in the mornings. But as soon as I mention “breakfast” he turns for home and it’s 90lbs of pure joy at record speed. Watch out for the side eye to make sure I’m still with him 😂

Last night we got a late call about a dog that was in trouble. When we got there she was in a bad old state and weak with pain. It looks like she has been attacked by a big pack of dogs. This often happens with dogs who are too gentle for the streets. We rushed her into to @wearehappydoggo and got her treatment where she needed over 30 stitches as well as extensive wound cleaning and a very late night for the medical team. We also found she was covered with ticks and fleas that were eating her skin to bits. Because of how rough and broken her skin was I called her velvet. Because one day soon I whispered to her in the truck her skin will be like velvet. She is the softest and most gentle soul you could ever meet. The thought of her getting attacked and shredded really breaks our hearts. But the lovely Velvet is safe now ❤️

It turns out dogs really can save your life ❤️

There is no bigger sign of love when it comes to Anthony Hopkins than letting you sit in his box. He’s never let anybody near it before but him and Biscotti are very happy together ❤️