Woman blasted for dyeing her dog's hair different colors

A woman has received backlash online after revealing that she dyes her rescue dog Stella's hair different colors.

Nicole Rose, though, who hails from Ontario in Canada, has said that Stella enjoys loves the colors and that her effervescent appearance has helped to bring her out of her shell.

Appearing on ITV's This Morning last week, the 35-year-old revealed that she had adopted Stella when she was just 11 months old and began dyeing her hair a variety of colors not long afterwards.

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"I think because she gets a lot of attention when she's colored. The fact she's so shy, it brings her out of her shell." She said.

"When she's not colored and our clients come in, they almost don't recognize her. I don't know if its the attention or the fact she feels really good, but she just loves her color."

Nicole claimed that Stella had previously had her fur dyed before she was adopted, and that when she shaved it off the dog was "really sad".

"I thought it was very cute but we shaved it off," Nicole revealed.

"She laid in her bed and moped and was really, really sad.

"We decided to dye her again and she was just so happy and ran around the salon and started dancing and pawing all of us. She was so happy."

She said of her pooch, "Once they [strangers] meet her and hear her story, they're quite impressed. Anyone who knows Stella knows how much she loves her hair color."

However, some viewers of the interview were left less than impressed with Nicole's actions.

One commenter took to Twitter to write, "I’m sorry but dyeing your dogs hair is cruel and their is nothing you can say to convince me otherwise".

Another Twitter user added, "Try learning about dog behaviour and body language. This is nothing but abuse and utterly cruel".

A third commenter wrote, "No loving or caring owner would subject their dog to something like this, and if she thinks the dog is happy then she is clearly deluded."

"So the poor girl is already a rescue dog and her forever home think it’s ok to dye and parade her," a fourth Twitter user added.