Woman's Own

The most unlikely star

As I scrolled through Instagram, I took in the famous faces with their fast cars and designer clothing, each account boasting thousands of followers. And then I clicked onto my dog Maggie’s page. With her stitched up eyes and one ear, she doesn’t look like your average social-media superstar. But my precious pup has more than 400,000 followers on Instagram, and I bet not many of your typical celebs have a story like Maggie’s.

I first heard about her in September 2018 when my mum bounded into the lounge shaking her phone at me. ‘Kasey, we have to have her,’ she said, showing me a picture of Maggie. The photo had

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