After losing the use of both her back legs, this dog wasn’t doing well. She’d been horrifically neglected, left to drag herself around with her front paws while being overwhelmed by insects. Her face was also swollen where she’d been bitten by another dog. Thankfully, a rescue organization called The Animal Pad discovered the pooch during a trip to Mexico and immediately rushed her to the vet!
Henry Friedman, one of the rescuers, posted videos to Instagram and TikTok including heartbreaking footage of the pup when they first found her. He noted that the dog’s owner seemed unconcerned about her condition.
“We told the owner we’d bring his dog right back after she saw a doctor so he agreed to let us take her,” said Henry in the video. However, he and his other team members had no intention of returning the pooch once she’d received proper medical care.
Vets determined that the dog had been hit by a car, judging from her injuries. Later, Henry gave his followers another update. Renamed “Bunny” by her rescuers, the dog was doing much better after her surgery! Unfortunately, she wouldn’t be able to use her back legs again, which meant that she’d need a wheelchair to get around.
USA Today tells us that one TikToker left a comment on the original video that would inadvertently change Bunny’s life. After seeing everything the dog went through, the user wrote that she should have the “Mercedes Benz of wheelchairs.” This gave Henry an idea.
“Bunny deserves the best,” he said. “I pitched the idea to Mercedes, and they absolutely loved it. They agreed to hook Bunny up with a custom wheelchair.”
Teaming up with Eddie’s Wheels, which creates wheelchairs for dogs, Mercedes-Benz designed a special mobility aid that would allow Bunny to walk and run again!
“These wheels will open Bunny’s world significantly and make her much more adoptable!” wrote Henry in another Instagram post.
Speaking of which, you check out all the adorable dogs up for adoption at The Animal Pad on their website.
Watch the video below to see Bunny take her new wheelchair for a spin!
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