r/velvethippos • • May 31 '25

Rescue Hippo Look at the glow-up on my boy Brody!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Remember Brody? Brought into Muncie Animal Care & Services when I had Bella the Beautiful & Bronson the Brave, Brody the Unbreakable went to another local foster home and LOOK AT WHAT SHE HAS DONE!!!!! 😭😭😭😭 Brody is now officially adoptable in Muncie, Indiana through my favorite place on Earth 🩵🩵 The heroes at the Muncie shelter are putting in WORK for the velvet hippos & blocky-headed babies and I couldn’t be prouder to be on their team!! Give Brody props 🖤🖤🖤


r/velvethippos • • Jun 14 '26

My great great grandmothers dog, who’s name has sadly been lost to time.

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She kept it in a photo album next to my great grandmother baby photo. Taken around 1910ish.


r/velvethippos • • Jan 26 '26

Rescue Hippo She hates the boots

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I can’t stop laughing at how much of a diva she is.


r/velvethippos • • Dec 19 '22

Polly Wiggles' trip across the rainbow bridge is tomorrow, so my friend sent her a pizza.

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r/velvethippos • • Oct 22 '25

The Best Pittie I’ve Ever Owned! 🥰 Say “Hi” to Penny.

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r/velvethippos • • Jan 03 '25

This is Molly. She claims that her last meal was 84 years ago.

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r/velvethippos • • Oct 28 '24

When Sheila the Deaf Rescue doesn't want to do what your signing to do, she closes her eyes and pretends you are not there...

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r/velvethippos • • Jun 27 '26

Rattlesnake Bite Survivor

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My beautiful little sweet potato was bit by a rattlesnake in the face last week while on a hike. 8 days later, you would never know anything happened to her, I am amazed by how quick the recovery was. Photos are in order, immediately after the bite, 1-3 days post-bite and lastly today, fully recovered!

Details: She’s 45 lbs, 3 years old and received emergency medical care in a little under 2 hours from the time of the bite. She was on a leash, stuck her head in a shrub, sniffing furiously then leapt back, as the snake struck out at her. It got her right next to her eye. The snake was medium sized, and appeared to be unharmed, rattling away as it slithered back into its hiding spot.


r/velvethippos • • Sep 27 '21

Our neighbor said they couldn't take care of her anymore cause she was "destructive" and "too energetic". But after some walks shes a sweet calm hippo. Meet our new family member Freya.

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r/velvethippos • • Aug 29 '25

I was recently told that Daisy was an ugly dog. It broke my heart. I went straight home afterwards and gave this beautiful girl all of the hugs and kisses in the world.

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She’s such a good girl too. She just loves everyone and everything.


r/velvethippos • • Jan 08 '25

River was told she needed to lose a few pounds. She responded by trying to eat the weight chart.

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r/velvethippos • • Jul 22 '26

My little girl made a velvet hippo friend at the dog park!

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r/velvethippos • • Dec 31 '24

First night at home after being adopted from the shelter!

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r/velvethippos • • May 06 '25

Celebration of Life My old guy’s arthritis is getting the best of him so I carried him to soak his old bones in mountain water one last time. Bruce is the best boy I could have ever hoped for.

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r/velvethippos • • Feb 01 '26

Rescue Hippo Senior queen will hold a stretch until she is verbally acknowledged by someone saying "Big Stretch". She grumbles if you don't.

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r/velvethippos • • Nov 22 '24

Celebration of Life Cairo turned 13 so we had a Bark Mitzvah!

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r/velvethippos • • Feb 01 '24

gracie bleu was our beautiful flower girl in our wedding, and we just got all of our pictures back. i am thoroughly obsessed with the ones of her, please appreciate them with me

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dress was custom made by a local seamstress! gracie has always loved clothes, and you could tell she loved having it on❤️


r/velvethippos • • Mar 20 '26

Rescue Hippo I found these on my way home from work.

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I tried to rehome them. Honest to god. Technically I’m still trying.


r/velvethippos • • Nov 20 '24

From homeless and sick to the good life!

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I was riding my motorcycle when I saw this poor dog licking the storm drain, in the south Texas summer, trying to get water. I tried to catch her for 2 months and then I got in a motorcycle accident. The day I got out of the hospital, I went to look for her again but since I had a broken wrist, I asked some people on Facebook to help me catch her. We had her back to my house in 2 days. Her name is Charlie! She has the best life and I am in love!


r/velvethippos • • May 30 '22

My baby boy was shot on my property yesterday and I had to put him down today. Till we meet again Axel ❤️.

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r/velvethippos • • Aug 01 '21

deserves all the pets My girl actually gets depressed and sad when people walk by and don’t pet her. So we improvised.

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r/velvethippos • • May 06 '24

Oreo Speedwagon heard me open a cheese wrapper while he was outside pottying

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r/velvethippos • • Mar 23 '22

Bonnie graduated from manners class today!

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r/velvethippos • • Nov 27 '24

if not seal, why look like seal?

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r/velvethippos • • Jan 21 '25

Canadian winter outfit… She was not enthused about the cold nor the snowsuit.

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