As fibs go, it was a whopper: when Sue Markham’s husband Robert said he didn’t want a ‘big dog’, she told him the puppy they had adopted was a Jack Russell. But the 1lb 5oz ‘terrier’, christened Yogi but known to all as Bear, just kept growing and growing... into a 15-stone Boston Great Dane. Now

Glenn, the completely blind Jack Russell, goes everywhere with his best friend and permanent guide Buzz, the Staffordshire bull terrier. Rossparry.co.uk / Ceri Oakes The pair were rescued from a sea tunnel in Hartlepool last month and are currently being cared for by the Stray Aid rescue centre