Both Max 1 and Asia the black bitch were rescue dogs. Asia had been abandoned in Salford, the shelter that we sponsored called me. She was found half dead and here tail had been set on fire with lighter fuel. She attacked the senior handler and bit him (a first for him), she was big for a bitch but when I got her home and bathed her she was skeletal. I then fed herd took her into the Mills garden where she fell over and could not get up. I carried her into my house. It was Sunday night and she was breathing so I thought I would call the vet the next day. The handler told me she was very dangerous at night and to keep the bedroom door shut. I forgot, 03.00 hrs I woke up to Asia licking my face. She then literally saved my bacon on several occasions with Max1.