Barra is a 13 year old German Shepherd Dog in Akron, OH, who needs $1,776 for Mass Removal.

I adopted Barra in 2015 when an acquaintence of mine was going to take her to the pound because she wouldnt stay in their yard. I loved Barra and she was my favorite of all their dogs so I immediately said I would take her. She's been with me, by my side, ever since. She has been with me through everything from breakups to going out and playing PokemonGO.

Barra grew a large lump in her armpit over a span of a week. It was tested and deemed non cancerous. Just a harmless lipoma. But recently it rapidly grew and burst. Uniontown Veterinary Clinic did the removal and found it was much larger than we had originally thought and it had it's own blood supply. We are still waiting on test results to come back as we aren't so sure it's harmless anymore.

Barra has 4 younger siblings. She acts as if she's still a 4 year old and runs and plays all day with them. She loves her morning and nightime treats. Her favorite activity is laying on the couch with me and watching The Office.

We have been without running water for almost 4 months now. Our well dried up over the summer and the permit to get a new one is still pending. That is going to be 13k. On top of that my health has rapidly deteriorated making it very difficult for me to work more than I am.