DAVIS — A UC Davis veterinary medicine student is caring for a rescue dog that has taken social media by storm.
Meet Frannie the dog, Instagram’s newest fitness influencer.
Annika Bram found the golden retriever while home in Southern California.
“My roommate actually DM’d me on Instagram. The rescue had posted a video of her. She was miserable and overweight, obviously,” Bram said. “When I got her home, I realized she was unable to walk at all.”
Frannie was over 120 pounds with a host of health issues.
“I was on winter break – and I’m a vet student – and I thought, ‘This is my calling,’ ” Bram said.
She then decided to document the dog’s journey and soon, Frannie’s fight took off on social media.
“We can get up out of bed. We can go pee and come back,” Bram said. “That was an amazing feat of the day.”
Each post was a new feat, with over 400,000 people following along.
“I’ll get things like, ‘She’s an inspiration to me.’ ‘I just had back surgery and Frannie is inspiring me and teaching me and helping me get up every day,’ ” Bram said of comments on Frannie’s Instagram page .