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Disabled five-year-old ‘excited’ to spend first proper Christmas with buddy dog

The mother of a severely disabled child whose face “lit up with joy” when he got a buddy dog says the youngster is “excited” to spend his first proper Christmas with the pet.

Nicole Dodd-Moore’s five-year-old son JJ is severely disabled, immobile and non-verbal.

Around the end of November/beginning of December 2022, she and her family – which also

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