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The owner of Britain's Got Talent's dancing dog Gin was once told that the pooch would never be able to perform again.
Kate Nicholas was distraught when she spotted her beloved pet lying lifeless at the bottom of her garden two years ago. Gin was rushed to see a vet, who discovered that the dog had been poisoned.
"It had been very hot, so I thought she was just tired. But I soon realised she was seriously ill," Kate told the Daily Mail. "In fact, I thought she was dying. It was the worst day of my life."
She continued: "The vet put her on intravenous fluids for 48 hours and noticed blood spots on her leg. He thought she might have been poisoned, not intentionally, but eaten some rat poison or something. I was frightened her organs would pack up. The vet said that even if she did recover, she would never dance again, play games or perform her acrobatics. But I just wanted her to be saved.
"We took her home, and gradually over the next two weeks the poison worked its way out of her system. When we took her back to the vet, he couldn't believe the recovery she had made."
Talent judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan have repeatedly praised Gin's extraordinary skills. They have also noticed that success in the competition has had a profound effect on 16-year-old Kate.
"She was very quiet, kept very much to herself," an insider explained. "But now she has blossomed. Everyone noticed it at the semi-final. She loves talking about Gin, her confidence has rocketed and she looked stunning when she performed with make-up and newly styled hair."
