She didn’t have many friends at school because of how she looked – but she later made a decision she never thought was possible

[post_page_title]A new friend[/post_page_title]
But just when Rachel thought that her life wasn’t going to get any better, that’s when her savior came. In 2011, her family adopted a dog who looked she had been through the ringer.

Rachel said that this dog had been abused growing up, and had been chained in a small enclosure with barely enough room to eat or sleep. Her temporary name was “Grumpy,” but Rachel and her family later decided to give her another name – one that suited her a lot better.