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14.06.2022 - 16:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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."
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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. She takes them under her wing and toilets, washes and snuggles them. It’s like a comfort blanket for them, having some warm fur to curl up in.
"I need to feed them every two hours and she always gets up and watches on. If she could feed them herself then she would do. When I have foster rabbits, she’ll sit with them in the garden and is just so gentle.”
Gypsy’s cancer diagnosis was made late last year when a lump on her shoulder blade was investigated during a routine check-up. A CT scan showed the sarcoma hadn’t spread, but she had an unrelated
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