Ayla is a 4.5 year old Mix-Breed in Grand Junction, MI, who needs $1,000 for Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy ( TPLO ).

Ayla's life began when a local stray found her mama just minding her own business...she was born in march of 2020 and joined her new family in May of 2020. Our house is a four pet home - two cats and two dogs.

Our girl is in need of a critical surgery to replace her CCL on her rear right knee. The injury is degenerative and the CCL is totally gone. She's been limping for over a year and we have been nursing her along with leash walks and cage rest. The injury did seem to heal for a while and she was "back to normal" until the winter of 2023 , deep snow caused her knee to be twisted funny. Poor baby.

I saw a Facebook Reel recently that asked the question "does your dog know your name?" and I thought to myself "No, no she does not". The following morning while enjoying morning coffee and Ayla sitting on the couch next to me I said "hey girl, do you know my name?" and she locked eyes with me. I said "Your name is Ayla, and my name is Trish. Now you know my..." and she open-mouth kissed me!

Ayla is very large, and that has driven the expenses up and out of my reach at this time. At 96 lbs the cost for just the surgery is $5,200 - not including her consultations (already paid) and post-op care items (not yet paid for). Grand total is pushing on $6,000.