A Scots dog could lose its life after tearing its leg open while chasing a squirrel on a walk.
One-year-old Irish Wolfhound Rags will need to be put to sleep if expensive skin graft treatment to save her leg doesn't work as she is too large a breed to live with only three legs.
Devastated owner Heather Wilson, 55, has already racked up a £3,000 medical bill for treatment so far, as her poorly pet needed stitches, antibiotics, painkillers and bandages.