The pet I’ll never forget: Boone the neglected puppy, rescued alongside 250 others

Boone needed a home; my own dog needed company. When she picked him out at the shelter, all our lives took a turn for the better After 30 years working in the RSPCA, I had seen animals in unimaginable conditions. I saw dogs who had been left unattended at home for so long they began chewing doors and drinking water out of toilet bowls. I saw animals who had been stamped, kicked and even stabbed. But nothing could prepare me for Boone’s situation. Carson, the older of my two cocker spaniels, d...

By Dermot Murphy, as told to Faisa Mohamed