Working dog turns therapy dog to help master recover from horror accident

Andrew Messenger
Updated September 18 2020 - 2:43pm, first published September 17 2020 - 6:00pm
BEST FRIEND: Jim Black is lucky to be alive. He credited his recovery from a broken neck to his dog Boots. Photo: Peter Hardin
BEST FRIEND: Jim Black is lucky to be alive. He credited his recovery from a broken neck to his dog Boots. Photo: Peter Hardin

A Tamworth man, who was just millimetres from death after breaking his neck last year, has credited daily visits from his working dog at the city hospital for keeping him strong during a marathon recovery.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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