An adorable dog put on so much weight that her owner cruelly abandoned her.
However, it was a happy ending for Lu-Seal the chihuahua, from Pittsburgh, after she was adopted and returned to health when her new owner put her on a strict diet.
Lu-Seal, nine, was classified as morbidly
obese at 16 pounds - double the healthy weight - and abandoned by her owner, reports the Daily Mail.
But after being put on a strict diet, she has since managed to lose over six pounds in eight months.
When the dog, who resembled a seal at her biggest weight, was adopted by her new mother, Julia Morley, she was barely able to walk.
