The amazing bond between a severely disabled six-year-old boy and his Thai rescue dog was recognised last Sundy at the world’s most famous dog show, Crufts. “Miracle”, rescued from Thailand’s illegal dog meat trade and adopted by the Leask family in Strathglass, Scotland, beat nearly 200 other dogs to win the prestigious Crufts Eukanuba Friends for Life award.

Yet just two years ago, things looked very different for the Thai crossbreed.

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