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Big Little Life Animal Rescue, Boston, MA (2026)

08/25/2026

C**T UPDATE ❤️

Drinking is still a big problem for C**t. He doesn't drink on his own at all. Water has to be slowly given to him with a syringe.

To keep him from becoming dehydrated again, we continue give him 400 ml of Ringer-Locke solution under the skin every morning. It takes hours, usually until around lunchtime.

C**t gets too hot inside, so we take him outside for his fluids. He really doesn't like them, especially when the needle has to be repositioned. He moves around, sometimes the needle comes out, and we have to put it back in. He knows it hurts and tries to resist, so someone has to hold him.

We feel terrible doing this to him. He doesn't understand why we keep poking him and holding him when he just wants us to leave him alone. But without the fluids, he will become dehydrated again. So despite all his protests, we have to do it.

C**t is still very weak and underweight. He weighs only 16 kg (35 lbs), when a dog his size should be around 22–25 kg (48–55 lbs).

Eating isn't normal yet either.

He won't go to his bowl and eat on his own. Someone has to bring the food right to his nose and stay with him until he finally notices it. If you walk away before that happens, he simply won't eat. Once he realizes the food is there, he does eat.
So every meal still means someone sitting beside C**t and making sure he gets enough.

The part C**t does enjoy comes after his fluids. He gets to walk around the yard and stretch his legs. He is still unsteady but he is walking short distances on his own. Right now, keeping him moving is very important so he doesn't lose even more muscle while he recovers. We found a way to encourage him. We make sure he notices a little piece of food, put it a short distance away, and C**t walks over to get it. Then we do it again.
For now, that's how we're getting our poor boy to exercise: one piece of food at a time.

Thank you for staying by C**t's side. His treatment is far from over, and we still need your help to keep going. ❤️

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08/18/2026

How can anyone watch their dog get to this point and do nothing?

The doctors have been trying to understand what this poor old dog has been through. The flea allergy dermatitis is only part of the picture. The fleas truly ate him alive, and this did not happen in one day.
For a long time, nobody treated the fleas, his skin. Tich scratched and chewed himself until most of his fur was gone and his body was covered in raw, infected wounds.
This old dog needed flea prevention and basic veterinary care a long time ago.
He had owners... They allowed him to get to this point and then pushed him on the street.

The doctors prescribed medication to finally stop the terrible itching. But they also don’t believe the fleas explain all of the damage to his skin. Flea dermatitis may be secondary, and there is concern that his skin was exposed to something else as well.
His ears were neglected too. There is heavy discharge from both ear canals, and the skin around them is peeling. Samples were taken for cytology so the doctors can determine what infection they are dealing with.

Tich also has bronchitis and has started treatment for it.
He was limping badly on all four legs, but thankfully nothing is broken. His legs and joints will need supportive treatment as well.

But his problems do not end there.
He tested positive for heartworm.
He now needs an echocardiogram so the doctors can evaluate his heart and safely plan the next steps. At the same time, they need to prepare him for heartworm treatment while continuing to deal with everything else his body has been through.
The injectable medication that will eventually be needed to kill the adult heartworms is available there, but it costs about three times more. We can obtain the prescribed medication here in the U.S. for much less, so we need to raise the money for it now while Tich is being prepared for treatment.

Please help us cover Tich’s treatment if you can. Every little bit helps. He has a lot to get through. 💔

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08/17/2026

Love at first sight? Yeah, not quite for Rubi. 😂

Back in March we helped a shelter dog Rubi get to the EU to start her new life. She was adopted while her adopter’s husband was away for work.
A week later, he returned home late at night. Rubi saw a complete stranger walking into her house and went into guard-dog mode. She welcomed him with her teeth.
Honestly, can you blame her? She was protecting her home! Dogs don’t carry fi****ms, people. They use what they have. 😂
Thankfully, they weren’t scared away.
Rubi is loved by the whole family—and now, of all people, the husband is her absolute favorite.

08/17/2026

After five days in the hospital, C**t was discharged today. He is doing better and is back on his feet, but he still needs a lot of help. We will continue his IV treatment at the shelter, and eating remains a problem. C**t still needs someone to sit with him and feed him by hand to make sure he gets enough food.

So this time we know we have to watch that very carefully. For now, he is standing, he is back with us, and we will continue everything the clinic prescribed.

We still need help covering clinic stay and these five days of hospitalization and the medications and treatment C**t continues to need. If you can help us with his medical bills, we would be very grateful.

We'll give C**t some time to settle in and will keep you updated on how he does over the next few days.

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08/14/2026

Another old dog came under our care yesterday. Another dog who was once somebody’s dog, until he became old, sick and no longer needed.

His name is Tich.
He was brought to us skinny, dehydrated, covered in raw, bleeding wounds. Most of his fur is gone. His back and the lower part of his body are badly damaged, and he has been biting at himself from the terrible itching and pain. Infection has already set into the wounds.
Tich is also limping on all four legs and discharge coming from his ear canals. We still don’t know what caused all of this. He is now in the hospital, where doctors will start figuring it out and treating him.
It is hard to look at dogs like Tich. Old house dogs who suddenly find themselves on the street, sick, confused, chased away and unwanted.

So now we have one more old dog who no one needed. Will you help by donating to his medical care? 🙏

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08/12/2026

C**T IS BACK IN THE HOSPITAL 💔

This morning, C**t wouldn't get up. He was lying in the kennel and barely moving. With his severe head injury, we were afraid he had developed brain swelling, something we had been warned could happen. We rushed him back to the clinic.

Thankfully, there was no brain swelling. But C**t is severely dehydrated and exhausted. We knew feeding him was still a problem. At the shelter, someone would sit with him, encourage him to eat, put pieces of food into his mouth, give him liquid pâté, and sometimes feed him with a syringe. We were getting as much food and water into him as we could. It wasn't enough. C**t is a big dog, and while his brain is still struggling with something as basic as eating and drinking, we simply weren't able to get enough into him to support his body.

For now, C**t is back where he needs to be. On IVs, under observation, and getting the support we couldn't give him at the shelter. We just hope his body responds and he starts getting stronger again. Please donate if you can and keep our poor boy in your thoughts.

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08/11/2026

While waiting for a home, life goes on.

For Aspen, today it means a trip to the lake, a blanket by the water, fresh air and absolutely no complaints about the view. 😊
Our dogs may still be waiting for their families, but we try very hard to make sure they don’t spend that time simply waiting. There are walks, little adventures, friends, attention and days like this one.

Aspen has come a very long way from the girl found lying injured on the road.
And now look at her. ❤️

08/09/2026

Some good news about our little guy. Sadovik had surgery.

The doctors were able to reconstruct the damaged eyelid and put it back where it belongs. And while he was under anesthesia, they also worked on that stubborn neck wound that has been healing for so many months.

They cleaned up the tissue, adjusted the skin and closed as much of the remaining wound as they possibly could. So our Sadovik is a little patched-up cat right now. ❤️

He will stay at the clinic for several days, mostly because of his eye. The doctors want to do the treatments themselves and keep a close watch on how everything is healing. If all goes well, after that he can be discharged.

It has been such a ridiculously long recovery for this cat. Seven months of treatments, checkups and a wound that simply refused to finish healing. And now, hopefully, we finally gave his body a little help getting over that last hurdle.

For now, we wait and let him heal. And knowing Sadovik, he is probably already wondering when he can get back to his favorite cabinet and sleep in peace. 🤍

Thank you so much for continuing to follow him and help with his care.

08/06/2026

C**t update ❤️

For the past few days, C**t has been feeling better.
He gets up on his own now. He stands without falling over. Seeing him on his feet after everything he's been through still feels incredible.
But he is not well yet.
Every meal is still a challenge.
Someone has to sit with him, remind him what to do, and place small pieces of food into his mouth. Once he starts eating, he can continue on his own. Drinking is difficult too. He still needs encouragement and patience.

We wanted to keep C**t at the clinic longer.
A dog recovering from a traumatic brain injury really belongs somewhere quiet, where someone can watch him around the clock.
Unfortunately, we simply ran out of funds.
So we brought him back to the shelter and will continue his treatment there.
The shelter isn't an ideal place for a dog like C**t. There is noise, barking, and far fewer people to keep an eye on him.

At first, we settled him into a room with other dogs recovering from different illnesses. He didn't like it there. It was too hot, he became restless, kept looking for a cooler place to lie down, and wandered around bumping his head into things. With his injury, that's the last thing we wanted.
We moved him to a quieter outdoor kennel, where he finally seemed to relax.
His treatment continues exactly as prescribed by the clinic. He patiently lets us give him every medication.

We bought liquid pâté and spend time feeding him however we can. Sometimes from a syringe. Sometimes encouraging him to lick from the bowl.

We have also started taking him outside.
He doesn't really know what to do yet.
If you place him somewhere, he'll simply stand there. If you gently encourage him to follow, he'll take a few steps. We even tried holding a packet of food in front of his nose, hoping the smell would lead him forward.
He'll take one step.
Lick the packet.
Then stop again, as if he isn't quite sure what comes next.

We hope that, with time, his brain will keep healing.
C**t has already come farther than any of us expected.
Now we're hoping he'll keep going.

If you would like to help C**t, we still need to cover the cost of his hospitalization, medications, and the treatment he continues to receive every day. We would be incredibly grateful for your support.
Thank you for staying with him. ❤️

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08/03/2026

KUSHA IS WALKING

I will never understand people who look at a homeless dog and decide his life does not matter. How does someone think it is okay to hurt a living being simply because no one is standing beside him.
And then there are people who stop and do what they can.
And every person who did not scroll past and helped keep his treatment going.

We worried that Kusha’s legs might never carry him again.
Thankfully, they did.
His steps are still weak and unsteady, but Kusha stood up and walked. He also peed and pooped on his own for the first time since the poisoning.
To someone else, this may look like one dog slowly crossing a room. To us, it is much more than that.
Someone tried to take his life because they believed it had no value. Other people quietly came together and proved otherwise. THANK YOU.

Kusha is not fully recovered yet. He still needs more IV treatments, medications, close monitoring, good nutrition, and time to regain strength and coordination in his legs.
But he is walking.
Please watch the video. Every person who refused to look away helped make this moment possible. ❤️
As for the person who brought him poisoned food… I had a few words in mind. I’ll leave those to your imagination.

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