sharon 💋

Drink tea. Read books. Be happy 🫖📚❤

[sharon 💋 @rubywoo09]

@nic_swimming Absolutely ❤️

[sharon 💋 @rubywoo09]

@FowldsSimon Thanks Si

[sharon 💋 @rubywoo09]

@g7hughes Thankyou, super proud mummy

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Marilyn Monrowl

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

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

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Farewell Tina - The Greatest Dog There Ever Was

Yesterday at 4.45 PM Tina gently passed away. She was in her favourite hammock wrapped in blankets in my arms and with 4 lovely woman who have helped care for her holding her paws. Her belly was full of sausages and treats, she was basking in the warm late evening sun and her favourite song was playing.

Tina was still alive in this picture but as far as she was concerned she was already very much in heaven and surrounded by pure love.

When The Time Came, Tina Left With Dignity 🐶❤️

Tina’s test results had been really bad for a month. We did everything imaginable to prolong her life. She followed me every single day on my rounds often going on 7-8 walks with other dogs despite her illness for fear of being alone or missing out.

On Thursday for the first time ever she came on one short walk and then retreated to rest. I’d never seen that before. When I came back with my dinner and she couldn’t get up to greet me at the door I instantly knew the time had come. I didn’t need blood tests or a vet to tell me. Tina had given everything she had left to give.

Up until the very last moment she always had a fresh clean bandana on, she ate the very best food and she was genuinely happy and at ease with her world. It will please everybody to know that Tina didn’t suffer one bit.

I Was Just A Conduit To Share Tina’s Message

I get about X20 more messages about Tina compared to every other dog I share. People picked up on her innate almost spiritual qualities through a screen thousands of miles away without ever meeting her.

We loved each other deeply but literally thousands of others loved Tina in their own way too. She was a beacon of hope. A soul so pure she could change people’s entire daily outlook from afar. Tina didn’t have a bad bone in her body and her ability to inspire others who were also struggling was all down to her. She radiated purity of soul and gentle goodness.

They really broke the mould when they made Tina.

Great Things Will Happen In Tina’s Name

Her final resting place is not in Giuseppe’s memorial garden with the other dogs who have passed. She is buried beside her hammock so I can sit and tell her how the mission to save street dogs around the world is going.

Much more important though is what I spoke to her about this morning after fixing up her flowers…

🔵This will be the site for a new hospital for street dogs

🔵It will be built right on top of her in this exact spot

🔵It will be called the “The Tina Hospital For Dogs Who Aren’t Doing So Good”

🔵The entrance will have a huge smiling photo of Tina

🔵I’ll figure out a way to get the best staff, machines and medicines

I won’t be able to do it overnight as I need to figure out logistics, planning and funding but It’s a promise to Tina now, so that means it will be done. And it will be done fast.

I can’t think of a better thing to do than having 100s of sick and needy dogs like she once was treated there. She would love that.

187 Joyous And Life Changing Days 🌞 🛵 🌴

Tina was put on this planet for a reason. We live in times with a lot of uncertainty, doom and gloom and endless negativity. After being on a chain for years, having dozens of puppies and nearly dying alone she would have every reason to also be down on life.

In the 187 days that we all knew her, Tina was… Compassionate. Beautiful. Gentle. Loving. Friendly. Easy Going. Loyal. Positive. Supportive. Angelic. Graceful.

She lit up any room or space she was in. People gravitated towards her. She didn’t need anything fancy or expensive. A tennis ball, her humans and some tasty food was all Tina ever looked for. She taught us all to…

🔵Live fully in the moment

🔵Don’t let the past define you

🔵Go “all in” on loving people

🔵Above all else…Be kind

187 days is not a lot but it also feels like a lifetime. She’s been swimming, made new friends, gone on hikes. had adventures and loved every second. Only a dog like Tina could have an impact like she has in such a short space of time.

The sadness hasn’t hit me too hard today. I look around for my shadow and she isn’t there but I’ve been getting ready for this day for weeks. My main feeling is relief for Tina that it all ended so well. That she didn’t suffer at all. That she felt endless love and warmth from many people when she was drifting off.

Tina could easily have been a street dog in Thailand tied to a chain that died alone months ago. Instead she was a wonderful creature that will have a huge lasting legacy.

After I put the flowers on Tina’s grave this morning and went off driving around feeding the street dogs, I could feel the sun on my back warmer than I’d felt it in months. I saw a beautiful blue butterfly flying on the wind. The sea looked the most aquamarine I’ve ever seen it. That warm sun, gentle wind and beautiful sea are all Tina. She is everywhere now.

Tina never asked for anything but I think she would have one wish we could all follow in her honour. To be kind. Maybe this weekend let someone ahead of you in a line. Check in on a friend you know might need it. Send someone flowers. Drop a note into a needy hand instead of a coin. Take a friend out for a surprise brunch. Play with your dogs a little longer than normal. Maybe just be kind to yourself and go for a walk and enjoy the fresh air. The thought of nice things happening all over the world in Tina’s name would be a lovely one.

In a world where you can be anything…Be more like Tina.

Broken hearted but big love to you all.

Niall 🙏🥰

[Lord Byron @L0RD_BYRON]

we take wild chances
because no lesser risk
can get us to the place
where we are truly alive

[The Magic Mod @TaylorMod]

Music really is power. 🥲🥲 #Glastonbury god bless him @LewisCapaldi ❤️

[Hakan Kapucu @1hakankapucu]

Kindness is a simple will.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Tina is without doubt the most special dog I’ve ever met.

The lessons she can teach us all about life are so important 🥰🙏

[forest fr1ends @forest_fr1ends]

- will you let jesus touch your heart?
- depends, will you let my boot touch your bollocks…?

[forest fr1ends @forest_fr1ends]

ambulance please…yes the f**king idiot — i mean the patient is still breathing….

[steve crowley @SteveCcork]

Rest In Peace Paul O’Grady safe to say you have a few friends waiting for you 🐶🙏the world is a sadder place without you … #PaulOGrady

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Please just enjoy a little bit of Tina and Rodney in the jungle this lovely Sunday 🥰🙏

[Falcon @jvesdale]

Her hair is messy and her heart is soft.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

80 street dogs fed as the sun comes up with home cooked nutritious healthy food all from the 🛵

Including the same food I provide to other volunteers and shelters 700-800 dogs now start the day like this every single day of the year 🥰🙏

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Tina is now monitored 24-7 for her bloat. Couple of smaller bloats but manageable with careful diet.

She stays with me at home and is at the land where friends stay with her and Rodney and McMuffin help her in her recovery. Her favorite thing is the 🛵…

[Belle @RoyallyBelle_]

This photo of the Princess of Wales meeting Raymond at the nursing home engagement is so heartwarming🥰

[forest fr1ends @forest_fr1ends]

- when i said i wanted to make our sex life more fun and unpredictable i wasn’t thinking of this.
- look, just put the beard on noel.
- don’t call me noel…