Brave dog 'washes and snuggles' rescue animals despite battling cancer

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A brave rescue dog who had been living semi-wild has kept on “fostering” other rescues despite battling cancer. Eleven-year-old Border Collie cross Gypsy has nurtured scores of other cats and dogs taken in by owner Jo Yoli, from Sale, Greater Manchester.

And the fact she’s continued doing it through her health scare has seen her named a runner-up in Vets Now’s first Pet of the Year awards.

Dog walker Jo adopted Gypsy from an animal charity 10 years ago after she’d been living semi-wild with a pack of other dogs on a farm. “She didn’t want to live indoors and hadn’t been around people, so she was terrified at first,” said Jo, 40, who also works at an animal sanctuary. "But she very quickly bonded with me and soon showed she is such a gentle soul who just loves everybody." Family stranded in Egypt after Easy Jet flight was cancelled had to pay £1720 to get home to Manchester Jo added: “I fostered before having Gypsy and once she had settled in, I started doing it again.

I tend to take dogs with special needs, often with broken bones or that have been abused, plus lots of new-born orphan kittens who need hand-rearing. “Gypsy welcomes all of them, especially the hand-rears.