The dog who refused to give up

When my Dalmatian, Indy, 12, died in February 2020, I was distraught. Indy and my other Dalmatian, Piper, then two, were part of my family, and I adored them both. It was tough seeing Piper so lost and lonely without her best friend to play with, too. ‘You need a new buddy,’ I told her one evening, as we moped together.

Then I remembered a pup I’d spotted on Dalmatian Rescue’s Facebook page the previous