This Morning viewers had their hearts broken by the sorry appearance of two abused dogs on the ITV show today.
Millie the dog had her face smashed in by a group of children who then shot her in the head, according to her rescuer Kasey Carlin.
The battered pooch sat on the sofa with presenters Eamonn Holmes and Rochelle Humes as her horrific injuries were explained by Dr Scott Miller.
He said: “So bless Millie here, she was only just a few months old in Russia when she was cruelly attacked by some children, unfortunately.
“Her face was bashed in and then when they thought they’d gone too far they tried to euthanise her by shooting her and unfortunately it didn’t work.”
But Millie was not an ordinary puppy and managed to pull through – and is now a fully-trained a therapy dog.
Dr Scott said: “So at the moment, even with the catastrophic injuries she has suffered she still has slug pellets in her head now.
“But what you can see is clearly a dog who wanted to live and wanted to survive.”
Millie appeared on the show alongside her canine pal Maggie – who is totally blind as a result of abuse.