But 2024 started with a bang as the cocker spaniel, who was also born with two vulvas and only one kidney, had a successful operation to have her additional limbs removed because they were causing health problems.
Ariel, who was born with six legs, has had the sort of year she deserves, having been abandoned outside a B&M store in Pembrokeshire in September 2023 aged just 11 weeks.
It means Ariel can not only walk comfortably now, but also gets to spend her days paddle-boarding along her local beach front.
The best dogs of 2024 Dogs were the best of us in 2024.
While the humans squabbled over prime ministers and presidents, good boys and girls across the world were out there being brilliant.
