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She rescued me

Viviana Perestrelo, 29, Bedfordshire

Walking through the centre, there were shiny black noses, bright eyes, wagging tails and lolling tongues everywhere.

‘Jess is out back,’ the rescue worker told me and my boyfriend Kevin.

It was January 2017 and I’d already been looking at photos of Jess on the RSPCA website. A 3-year-old German Shepherd, she was beauty.

And as we rounded the corner…

‘She’s adorable!’ I squealed to Kevin, then 31, as Jess bounded towards us, a huge, sloppy grin on her face.

Later, watching her run around the nearby field, my heart ached

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