Every dog owner thinks their dog is the cleverest, but Sadie was up there with Lassie. A couple of years ago when I could still stand a little, I was in the shower and T was downstairs in his office. I pulled myself up from the shower stool, went to step out of over the metal strip boarding the shower base and lost my balance. I slipped backwards and got trapped on my back with my neck pressed against the tiled wall and my legs stuck outside the shower pan. I was wet, scared and cold. I shouted for T, but after a while it became clear he couldn’t hear me. However, Sadie had.

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