GRANTING WISHES

Nicola Coyle, 46, Mansfield

Kneeling down in front of the cage, I took one look at the big, puppy dog eyes in front of me and my heart instantly melted.

‘Aww, you’re so cute,’ I cooed, wiggling my fingers through the bars as the dog wagged her tail excitedly.

I was volunteering at a kennels in Rotherham, Yorkshire, when a beautiful, border-collie cross caught my eye.

‘That’s May,’ the vet said to me.

‘She’s come to us from the pound, she was in a terrible state.’

I’d always been an animal lover, but I was especially passionate about dogs, and whenever I got some spare time between my shifts working as a nurse, I liked to help out in different