Aspen is a 1-year-old English Cream Retriever in Chesapeake, VA, who needs $2,000 for Surgery-Skin Removal for Pythium.

Aspen was a gift for my sons 2nd birthday. She has been with my family for just over 1 year And we adopted her at only 8 weeks old. They have become best friends and go everywhere together

She is the most wonderful dog and attempts to protect our son by staying at his side 24/7. She always wants to be with us and is an integral part of our family.

Aspen will intervene if she senses any type of danger including pulling myself toddler away from the edge of the pool preventing swim lessons when learning to jump !

Aspen developed an ulcer and was taken to the vet on august 20 2023. After 3 surgeries and multiple rounds of biopsies we got the heart breaking news that Aspen has Pythium. We have already spent over $5000 and spend $1000 on anti fungal medications but the only treatment left to intervene aggressively is life saving surgery which is over $10000 in expected treatment plus follow up care.

We are looking at over $20000 in expected experimental surgeries and treatment to save her life. Without surgery her medication only intervention success rate is less than 10%