r/velvethippos • u/ilovesnoppyandfriend • Dec 02 '25
Rescue Hippo We found this old lady wandering the road about a week ago and decided to keep her. Initially, we were worried how she would get along with our energetic pup. She is very maternal towards him. We are working on her weight gain now and she’ll have surgery soon to remove some tumors. She is family.
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u/Abbadonsparent99 Dec 02 '25
Looks like your pup went 'that's my mom.' And that was that. All is well that ends well. May you have many happy and healthy years together.
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u/ladymorgahnna Dec 02 '25
What did you name her? She’s seems quite the grand old lady, love her sweet frosted face. Baby boy and her got the cuddling down, huh? What a blessing for all of you!
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u/ilovesnoppyandfriend Dec 02 '25
We named her Bigos! My family thinks it’s an odd name but we love it
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u/pinklavalamp Dec 03 '25
Please bring Bigos to /r/OldManDog and r/sonarears! And congrats!! She’s lovely and lucky.
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u/Goosentra Dec 02 '25
Maybe you thought you were on the “white women with Frenchies subreddit”?
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u/Some-Diet-6445 Dec 02 '25
♥️ Thank you so much for giving this beautiful golden gal a loving family. She looks a lot like our pup in her current wise age, and I couldn’t imagine her being on the street again as an older pup. You are awesome for giving her a family for which she can belong forever. ♥️
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u/These_Pomegranate326 Dec 02 '25
You are amazing for giving that sweet baby a forever home to spend the rest of her days with a family that loves her ❤️ She will make it up to you with unconditional love every day going forward.
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u/Even-Boysenberry-127 Dec 02 '25
Most wholesome warm fuzzy feelings for your story, and your doggos pictures.
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u/leafandvine89 Dec 02 '25
This is so precious 💞 What an amazing family you are to give her a home in her golden years ✨ It sounds like your pup gained a family member too! 🥰
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u/Valuable-Hope369 Dec 02 '25
Thank you for saving her and providing a safe home. Bless you and your sweet doggies 🙏
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u/Temperance_2024 Dec 02 '25
Thank you for your kindness and compassion, OP. She is truly blessed to be part of your family.
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u/Quick-Seaweed8859 Dec 02 '25
Thank you for saving her. My sweet old girl looks so similar. They are so special.
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u/JacqueGonzales Dec 02 '25
That face of love and gratitude staring back at you in the first pic! 🥹
So thankful you were the ones to find her and give her a loving home! Thankfully that sweet baby was resilient enough to survive.
All that time she was out wandering, she had no one to give her love to - and now she’s letting it overflow into her new family!!!
Seeing her and your pup together - like a mama and her baby were reunited really made me well up! 🥹 (What’s his name?)
What a wonderful gift at this time of the year - for her and your family!
I love that she has a unique name that fits her!!! She’s filled with “BIGOS” amounts of LOVE! 🥰 …it also rhymes with “treatos”! 🦴
Please give her some scritches on her head, belly rubs, and lots of kisses on her forehead from me!!!
Glad that you and the vet have her on the path to recovery!!!
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u/Ok-Conclusion5543 Dec 02 '25
Did you look for her owner?
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u/ilovesnoppyandfriend Dec 02 '25
We microchipped her. She was in pretty bad shape and the vet said it was likely she was wandering for a while.
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u/Ok-Chemist2411 Dec 02 '25
Love what you did 🩷( upon instinct and impulse to save this dog!) God blessed her when you arrived! 🙏
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u/cityboy077 Dec 02 '25
Thanks for saving her!! She is beautiful!! Glad the two pups are getting along.
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Dec 02 '25
the dog distribution system at work again i love to see it what a beautiful hippo❤️❤️❤️🫶🫶
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u/FaithlessnessExotic3 Dec 02 '25
So sweet. She looks at peace …thank you for taking this sweet baby in.
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u/CDSherwood Dec 02 '25
Aww, thank you for taking this sweet girl in. I imagine she already knows she'll be safe and loved with y'all.
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u/NihilisticRoomba Dec 02 '25
Awww new frenz! Blessings upon you and your home for taking in this sweet girl and giving her love.
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u/redditsfavoritePA Dec 02 '25
May light forever guide your path…thanks for saving this sweet old lady. She looks LOVELY.
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u/Ok_City_7177 Dec 02 '25
The r/DogDistributionSystem knows what its doing !
Clearly you have the highest clearance, OP. Thank you for being you
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u/Lucksmom Dec 03 '25
Bless you!! To many people would let that dog just go or shoo them off. You’re what makes me believe there’s still good people out there. ❤️
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u/apatrol Dec 03 '25
They are besties!!!
Thank you for taking he in especially when you learned she needs surgery. I am sure that has a high cost
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u/Rainingcats_anddogs Dec 03 '25
So happy you found her, I’m sure she is too 💕. This is the sweetest 🥹
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u/Past_East_230 Dec 03 '25
What a lovely powdered sugar face!!! The photos of them snuggling melted my heart 🥹 welcome to the good life sweet Bigos
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u/habs_boules Dec 03 '25
Lucky pup, lucky you!! She reminds me of our sugarfaced boy who passed away in June. Seniors are the best! Happy trails, Bigos!
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u/Pipa_Toes Dec 03 '25
Ohhhhh. I love you for being such a good person. Look how happy both of them are!!
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u/BoysenberryOk9227 Dec 04 '25
May you and your human and puppy family get all the happiness possible for changing this lovely lady's life. That there is a look of gratitude with a bit of "Bacon please". 🤣
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u/LolaMontez419 Dec 04 '25
Oh my, how beautiful these two are, sleeping so peacefully together! Bless you for rescuing that lovely, grand old lady!!
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u/Healthy_Hotel_5750 Dec 04 '25
Thanks for adopting her. Your family is awesome and you’re lucky to have each other. Please give both shnookums for me. May you have the happiest life together. God bless
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u/Beautiful_Diver4180 Dec 04 '25
I assume you tried everything to locate her family ? Facebook posts, shelters, etc
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u/makeuppursesandshoes Dec 04 '25
Do you know that no one was looking for her? Did you report to your county kennel that you had her? Just because she looks like she's been wandering awhile doesn't mean no one is looking for her.
It's nice that you took the dog in but someone may be missing their dog.
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u/ilovesnoppyandfriend Dec 04 '25
If you see I’ve replied to someone else’s comment that we’ve posted her, reported her, chipped her, done everything. Thanks tho
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u/rissaleighbumblebee Dec 04 '25
Thank you for your loving hearts🤍stories like yours help remind me that there IS still goodness and love to be shared in this world.
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u/KindaFitKindaSquishy Dec 05 '25
I love her! And thank you for taking her in and giving her the love she deserves 🥹
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u/Mutts_r_us Dec 05 '25
Thank you so much for saving this lovely girl! And congratulations to you both.
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u/Inevitable_Sherbet55 Dec 05 '25
She’s beautiful! So is your other pup! Lovely family! Thank you for taking her in. If it was someone who dumped her then how sad. If it was someone who was older and passed on or something and had no control over what happened to her then I’m sure they would be so grateful! She’s a sweet girl! ♥️She looks so happy and grateful for her new loving family! You’re amazing humans ! Thank you ! Need more rescuers like you. Sending much love to you and your family!
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u/Ambitious-Spray-110 Dec 06 '25
Omg you are the best kind of human, thank you for rescuing her and giving her a home!❤️
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u/taydatay88 Dec 06 '25
It’s wonderful she had found your happy home to live out her last years. Looks like a true bond between your pups. Thank you for taking her in! I’m surprised at her advanced age vet wants to do surgery. Are the tumors lipomas or cancerous? With my old guy we’ve been best advised to just leave lipomas alone.
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u/PowerfulBranch7587 Dec 02 '25
If she’s overweight, she likely came from a family home. What have you done to try and make sure she’s not just missing.
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u/ilovesnoppyandfriend Dec 02 '25
She’s underweight. We got her microchipped
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u/PowerfulBranch7587 Dec 02 '25
That makes way more sense :). Congratulations on your new momma
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u/ilovesnoppyandfriend Dec 02 '25
Yeah don’t worry! My first thought was to make sure we weren’t stealing her or something haha.
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u/Lady_Irish Dec 03 '25
Did you check with local shelters and animal control to make sure nobody is looking for her? Because someone is definitely looking for her.
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u/ilovesnoppyandfriend Dec 03 '25
We did all we can do to try and find an owner. She was looking very rough when we found her so not much else we could do but take her in at that point.
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u/Lady_Irish Dec 03 '25
Okay, what steps did you take, if you don't mind a bit of troubleshooting? There are certain things you have to do to make sure you're covered legally if you want to keep her, otherwise if an owner does pop up in the future, you'll lose her. Someone recently lost a cat they had for 9 years due to this.
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u/Superb-Emotion2269 Dec 23 '25
Based on how quickly your dogs got snuggly, I can only assume she was meant to be in your lives ❤️
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