Singer Jake Carter on his dog Lenny: ‘I'm quite sure he'll be there on my wedding day'
Taking his name from Beatles star John Lennon, the musician's beloved Cavapoo goes everywhere with him and his fiancee Karen Byrne, and will no doubt be a guest on their big day
I was never really a dog person, until Lenny, that is; Lenny changed everything. I remember having a family dog, alright, when I was growing up in Liverpool — a Staffy called Izzy — but I was only about five or six at the time so she never made a big impression. My partner Karen, though, she had loads of dogs around her growing up; lots of them were street dogs who roamed about during the day but Karen's family brought them inside to sleep at night. They also had a family dog — Ted — and he only died a few years ago.
So when myself and Karen [Byrne] got together, she was always on at me about getting a dog. 'We don't have time,' I'd say. 'I'm always gigging and you're always at the dance studio, teaching.'
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