A teacher has vowed to remortgage her home to help raise £20,000 for a life-saving treatment for her three-year-old dog.
Nicki Dyson, from Hessle in East Yorkshire, wants to pay for surgery to cure a painful condition that her Chow Chow, Narla, suffers from.
The poor pooch has elbow dysplasia which has caused her bones to rub away the protective cartilage, resulting in bone rubbing against bone when she walks.
She is on constant pain killers and limps along as she has problems with both front legs, and an unconnected problem with her knee on her back left leg.
But Ms Dyson, who rescued the adorable lionesque type dog from travellers two years ago, wants to do everything to give her 'baby' the loving life she deserves.
Nicki Dyson, from Hessle in East Yorkshire, has vowed to remortgage her home to raise £20,000 for life-saving surgery for her dog Narla
The poor pooch has elbow dysplasia which has caused her bones to rub away the protective cartilage, resulting in bone rubbing against bone when she walks
Pictured: Narla after her second surgery to remove bone fragments from her back legs in January 2018
That involves raising the £20,000 required to pay for complex surgery, which will see her having plastic and metal plates being inserted at her elbow joints.
The operation costs £8,000 for each leg, with extra money required for scans and after-care.
Her pet insurance, for which she pays £60 per month, have paid £6,000 out so far for treatment - but caps at £7,000 for each condition.
She has now asking the public to help her by setting up an online fundraising appeal after travelling the length and breadth of Britain for an answer.
But Ms Dyson has said she will go as far as re-mortgaging her own house if she has to.
She said: 'At the moment Narla's pain is manageable, she is on pain killers that help her. She can get out into the garden and have a sniff around.
'For the moment I can see is happy. Despite everything she is always wagging her tail and smiling this funny smile she has.
'But I want her to have back to full health, she is so placid and gentle, she didn't have a good start in life and I've always vowed to do everything for her that I can.
'While there's something I can do, I will.'
She is on constant pain killers and limps along as she has problems with both front legs, and an unconnected problem with her knee on her back left leg
Ms Dyson said: 'For the moment I can see is happy. Despite everything she is always wagging her tail and smiling this funny smile she has. But I want her to have back to full health'
Ms Dyson travelled to Lincolnshire in December 2016
