Beaux Tox had been living without a bed when Jamie Hulit adopted him and took him to the vet where she learned that he had a 50/50 chance.
Some things are made better for their quirks, right? Well this dog is no different.
We couldn’t help but be hit in the feels when we saw the pictures proudly posted on social media. And rightly so because this miracle pooch fought his way back to health after having only a 50/50 chance of survival.
Facebook/Jamie Hulit
After years of neglect because of his deformed face, six-year-old pup Beaux Tox has finally found his happy forever home.
The yellow lab was born in Texas with a malformed skull as a result of sharing his mother’s womb with six other dogs, leaving his cranium sunken and forcing his eyes very close together,
By some miracle, Beaux Tox’s deformity didn’t have an effect on his heath nor his intelligence, yet still his breeders struggled to find an owner willing to take him in.
Eventually, the pup was given away for free to a man who forced the dog to live in the backyard for five years because his cats didn’t like the dog inside the house.
Facebook/Jamie Hulit
He was alone most of the time and didn’t even have a dog bed to sleep on. If only we knew.
Local animal rescue groups tried to find him a different home, but because he had been left outside his entire life without training, he was repeatedly returned to the lonely backyard.
Finally, the pooch was spotted on social media by a woman named Jamie Hulit, who felt moved to lend a hand.
Facebook/Jamie Hulit
She told The Dodo: “A friend of mine posted a picture of Beaux on Facebook saying he needed a foster or to be adopted – anything.
“That day I sent him a message saying, ‘I would love to take that dog in and give him a home’.”
She went to the house to pick him up and found ‘a shell of a dog’. He was infected with ear mites, covered in fleas and his fur just barely covered his emaciated form.
Despite his appearance, Hulit adopted the pup on the spot before taking him straight to the vet.
Facebook/Jamie Hulit
Unfortunately there was more heartbreak to come. Doctors at Hoegemeyer Animal Clinic in Kerrville, Texas, informed Hulit that Beaux tested positive for heartworm, a condition that can lead to permanent organ damage. They also said that he was too weak to begin treatment.
The next month was a rollercoaster of emotions for Hulit, as Beaux was in and out of an oxygen tank during recovery.
The vet, Dr. Rydberg, even called her in at 3am when he thought Beaux might not make it to dawn.
But despite such odds stacked against him, Beaux started putting on weight and eventually became healthy enough to be treated for his heartworm.
Soon enough, he was given the all clear to go home with Hulit, albeit with some vision loss in his right eye and hearing loss in his left ear.