When she was 15 months old, we returned to Bournemouth. Due to rabies injections not being so great over there, she had to stay in quarantine for 6 months. I drove 50 miles to visit her on my day off every week. We have been inseparable ever since. She came to us via a friend who could not cope with her plus work and 2 kids. When we went to see her, the kitchen and the garden had been trashed. I did have my doubts, but Nik fell in love with straight away and Kali and her played together really well, so we brought her home. I was born and bred in Dorset and, although I moved away a few times, nowhere else in the world feels more like home than here. There has always been at least one dog in our family. When I left home I carried on the tradition, I could not even be without one when I went travelling.
