Angus & Rocky

Until a month ago, beloved five-year-old Goldendoodle Angus was at the heart of a boisterous young family and their menagerie of animals. But their happiness was shattered when out of the blue he went through a terrifying ordeal: a 20-metre fall in which he sustained irreparable nerve damage to one of his front legs and a smashed wrist on the other side. After the initial trauma, he was in significant pain and facing possible euthanasia.

Irrepressible rescue Rocky, a nine-year-old Springer Spaniel, provides invaluable emotional support for mum Tanya, who is living with multiple sclerosis, and dad Ian. But his sweet nature belies the fact that he is living in constant pain after a failed elbow operation elsewhere left him limping and struggling to walk.