A Scots mum is facing a huge bill to save her dog's life after the beloved pet became paralysed out of the blue.
Simone Sloan, from Milngavie near Glasgow, is heartbroken at the thought of losing Champ, five, after the pooch suddenly became unable to move.
The 44-year-old has had the Shih Tzu and Bichon Frise cross since he was around eight-weeks-old and he helped her while she was grieving the loss of her husband, who died after being diagnosed with cancer, aged just 34, 10 years ago.