This is the story of Bolinha, a stray dog abandoned 13 years ago in a rural road in Brazil. For all these years he lived around a gas station where people who used to stop for gas feed him. After a while he started to gain a lot of weight. He reached 80 pounds and began to have health problems. This dog was in need of immediate assistance because he start to not moving anymore.
Some months ago a hero entered Bolinha’s life and changed everything. An animal rescuer from a nearby city who heard about the dog found him and got Bolinha in his shelter. Bolinha started to lose the extra weight and his health has improved. In less than a year, Bolinha lost over 30 pounds and is on his way to healthy diet.
For 13 years, a stray dog named Bolinha lived outside a gas station in western Brazil.