A dog with no nose who was almost put down because nobody wanted her has finally found a home.
Bonnie, a Border Collie cross, was rescued in Romania and was on the verge of being put down due to the extent of the injuries she sustained as a stray.
The pooch was found with her snout missing, leaving a large, open wound, and part of her front left leg missing as well.
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Bonnie, a Border Collie cross who is missing its nose and part of its leg, has finally found a home
The pooch was found with her snout missing, leaving a large, open wound, and part of her front left leg missing as well
Kate Comfort, 29, from Canterbury, spotted Bonnie on Facebook and adopted her months later
Bonnie was brought over to the UK by Beacon Animal Rescue Centre where Kate Comfort, 29, from Canterbury, spotted Bonnie on their Facebook page.
It was love at first site for Kate and Bonnie was officially adopted her a few months later.
Kate, a civil servant, said: ‘We adopted Bonnie from Beacon Animal Rescue Centre which is run by my best friend Rebecca.
‘Rebecca put up a post of her with her beautiful big soulful eyes and huge ears and I just fell in love.
‘I had trouble trying to convince my husband at first – as we already had three dogs – but no one wanted Bonnie so I said that I would foster her until we could find her the perfect home.
Bonnie was rescued in Romania and was on the verge of being put down due to the extent of the injuries she sustained as a stray
Bonnie the sweet dog with no nose has finally found a forever home
‘The fact no one wanted her made me want her more, she was vulnerable and needed love.
‘It turned out that her perfect home was our home and we ended up adopting Bonnie ourselves!’
Kate admits she was alarmed by Bonnie’s appearance at first but grew used to it the more time she spent with the dog.
Kate and her husband, Ross, 31, wanted to gain experience of taking care of dogs with unique needs but ended up falling in love with Bonnie and couldn’t give her up.
Upon the decision to adopt her, they began fundraising for Bonnie to get a prosthetic leg, but the wound on her stump kept opening up.
They were advised to remove it and wished they had done it sooner; Bonnie is now completely pain-free and as agile as the couple’s other dogs.
Kate admits she was alarmed by Bonnie’s appearance at first but grew used to it the more time she spent with the dog
Kate and her husband, Ross, 31, wanted to gain experience of taking care of dogs with unique needs but ended up falling in love with Bonnie and couldn’t give her up
Kate said: ‘We thought about paying for Bonnie to have the surgery, but once we realised it would have been purely cosmetic and would have made no positive impact on her life then we decided against it.
‘We thought putting Bonnie through an operation to try to make her look more “normal” would have been cruel.
‘Our Bonnie is perfectly imperfect, we love her just how she is and if anyone is offended by how she looks, then that is their problem – not ours.’
Despite some negative comments towards Bonnie, she boasts 14,000 followers on Instagram where she goes by the name of Bonnie the Brave, with her pictures receiving thousands of likes.
Kate added: ‘I originally created an Instagram page for her when we were trying to raise money for her to have surgery but, even though the surgery never took place, her followers have grown and grown and we have been overcome by how much impact Bonnie’s life is having on people.
It’s not certain what happened to Bonnie’s face with all of her nose and front part of her mouth missing
Despite some negative comments towards Bonnie, she boasts 14,000 followers on Instagram
‘She is an advocate for unique dogs and we have had so much kindness and positivity, it’s just incredible.
‘In person, most people are amazed by her but again, we have had some negative responses.
‘There have been people who have actively shouted and screamed at Bonnie with one person even trying to kick her.
‘People have referred to her as “it” or a “thing” which hurts my feelings as she deserves the same amount of love as any other dog.
It’s not certain what happened to Bonnie’s face with all of her nose and front part of her mouth missing, but they suspect it was done by a human when she was living on the streets.
Kate said: ‘Bonnie is one of the best things to happen to us and I’m so glad we gave her the home and family she deserves’
Kate said: ‘We aren’t totally sure what happened to Bonnie, the girl and her mum who found Bonnie thought it was a train because they had seen her there previously.
‘The other suggestion is that an animal did it, perhaps a fox or a wolf or even a human but we simply do not know.
‘Despite this, Bonnie isn’t wary of people, so if it was a human, she is very forgiving.
‘But then again, animals are forgiving creatures – they never fail to amaze me with how tolerant and forgiving they are when subjected to cruelty and abuse.
‘I prefer animals to humans, I wish we were more like them, which is maybe why I surround myself with animals, rather than people.
‘Bonnie is one of the best things to happen to us and I’m so glad we gave her the home and family she deserves.’
To keep up with Bonnie’s adventures follow her at @bravebonbon on Instagram.
The surgery was a remarkable triumph, freeing her from that monstrous ordeal. It is truly astonishing that she is now liberated from those burdensome orders.
T𝚑𝚊t is t𝚑𝚎 s𝚎c𝚘n𝚍 w𝚎 𝚑𝚊v𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎n 𝚊ntici𝚙𝚊tin𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 t𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊s𝚘n t𝚑𝚊t st𝚊𝚛tin𝚐. W𝚎 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 Alm𝚊 tw𝚘 w𝚎𝚎ks in t𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊st m𝚊kin𝚐 𝚊n 𝚊tt𝚎m𝚙t t𝚘 𝚏l𝚎𝚎, sc𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚎v𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢, w𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚊s c𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢in𝚐 𝚊 l𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 t𝚞m𝚘𝚛 𝚘n 𝚑𝚎𝚛 l𝚎𝚐. Sinc𝚎 t𝚑𝚎n, w𝚎’v𝚎 𝚐𝚘t 𝚋𝚎𝚎n w𝚘𝚛kin𝚐 t𝚘 𝚐𝚎t s𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚛, t𝚑𝚎 𝚙l𝚊c𝚎 w𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚙l𝚎x𝚎𝚍.
I will 𝚋𝚎𝚐in 𝚍𝚘c𝚞m𝚎ntin𝚐 𝚊nnm𝚊’s N𝚎w Li𝚏𝚎, 𝚊n𝚍 I will 𝚋𝚎 𝚍is𝚙l𝚊𝚢in𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎v𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚘w s𝚑𝚎’s 𝚍𝚘in𝚐.
T𝚑is 𝚍𝚘𝚐 𝚑𝚊s 𝚎v𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢’s c𝚘nsi𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚊s 𝚊 𝚛𝚎s𝚞lt 𝚘𝚏 s𝚑𝚎 is 𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚘𝚞s, v𝚊𝚛i𝚎t𝚢, 𝚊n𝚍 sm𝚘𝚘t𝚑, 𝚑𝚘w𝚎v𝚎𝚛 m𝚘st si𝚐ni𝚏ic𝚊ntl𝚢 𝚊s 𝚊 𝚛𝚎s𝚞lt 𝚘𝚏 s𝚑𝚎 is 𝚊n 𝚞n𝚋𝚎li𝚎v𝚊𝚋l𝚎 s𝚞𝚛viv𝚘𝚛.
T𝚑𝚊nk 𝚢𝚘u 𝚊 l𝚘t t𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎l𝚙; wit𝚑in t𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢s t𝚘 𝚛𝚎t𝚞𝚛n, w𝚎’ll 𝚋𝚎 𝚊w𝚊itin𝚐 l𝚊𝚋 𝚘𝚞tc𝚘m𝚎s t𝚘 𝚏in𝚍 𝚘𝚞t w𝚑𝚊t s𝚘𝚛t 𝚘𝚏 t𝚞m𝚘𝚛 s𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊s. S𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎s𝚎𝚛v𝚎s t𝚑is 𝚊n𝚍 𝚊 l𝚘t 𝚎xt𝚛𝚊.
c𝚑𝚎m𝚘t𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚢 will st𝚊𝚛t, s𝚘 𝚊ll t𝚑𝚎 t𝚑in𝚐s is sw𝚎𝚎t, w𝚑𝚊t 𝚊n inc𝚛𝚎𝚍i𝚋l𝚎 w𝚘n𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞l
B𝚎𝚊𝚞ti𝚏𝚞l st𝚘𝚛𝚢 I 𝚊𝚍mi𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 l𝚘t 𝚏𝚘𝚛.
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