At first, Flori's Friends Rᴇsᴄᴜᴇ planned on finding Giselle a home, but her needs became so high, "it wasn't safe to rehome her".

"We care for a lot of ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʏsᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪsᴀʙʟᴇᴅ dogs, but Giselle is on another sᴄᴀʟᴇ," Natalia said.

Knowing Giselle would sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇ to find a family that would Fɪɢʜᴛ for her, Natalia made the decision to ᴀᴅᴏᴘᴛ Giselle herself. Now, Giselle lives with Natalia at home and is the ᴍᴀsᴄᴏᴛ of Flori's Friends Rᴇsᴄᴜᴇ.

"Even if she had ʀᴇᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ differently, I couldn't give her away," Natalia said.

  Giselle now has a custom-made, four-wheel cart from America to help her run around, and a ᴘʀᴏsᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ʟᴇɢ from a specialist ᴄʟɪɴɪᴄ in Oxꜰᴏʀᴅ. She also has ᴀʀᴛʜʀɪᴛɪs ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴄᴇ – but "none of that stops Giselle from enjoying ʟɪꜰᴇ to the ᴀʙsᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ Fᴜʟʟᴇst".

Her favourite ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ɪs ᴄʜᴀsɪɴɢ sǫᴜɪʀʀᴇʟs, and she spends two hours a day walking with her wheels.

"Giselle had the will to live – there was no other way she'd have sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇᴅ," Natalia said.

In total, Giselle's ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ bills have exceeded £15,000 in just one year – which is such a huge amount for a small charity. Natalia has set up a sponsor page for any supporters to donate what they can. Flori's Friends Rᴇsᴄᴜᴇ have many ᴅɪsᴀʙʟᴇᴅ dogs like Giselle that need a forever home – and Natalia simply cannot home them all herself. If you would like to give another dog a home, please visit their ᴀᴅᴏᴘᴛion page.