Like Lewis Hamilton, his bulldog, Roscoe, was destined to be a champion. For the Formula 1 driver, being a dog parent was always part of the plan. Hamilton grew up splitting time between his divorced parents’ homes in Stevenage, England, and during weekends spent at his father’s house, he would count down the minutes until he could return to his beloved retriever, Goldie, who lived with his mother. Hamilton describes the day Goldie died as the saddest day of his life.

Luckily for Hamilton, his days soon got busier. Two years later, at just eight years old, he got into the business of racing, starting with go-karting, then Formula 3 and GP2, before reaching the pinnacle of the sport: Formula 1. Hamilton’s young racing life kept him traveling around the world, but whenever he returned home,

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