Bella is a 12-year-old Labrador in Holmdel, NJ, who needs $1,990 for urgent surgery.

If Bella does not get the lifesaving surgery she needs, she will suffocate and die. The beautiful Labrador has laryngeal paralysis, also known as "lar par."

It's a terrible disease where a dog's larynx no longer opens the way it should to allow air to flow into their lungs. It progressively gets worse. An owner usually has two options: euthanize the dog, or get the often very successful "tie-back" surgery. A surgeon ties back one side of the cartilage around a dog's larynx, so it no longer blocks the airway.

Bella's surgeon at Garden State Veterinary Specialists recommends the critical operation. Amandine D., Bella's human mom, tells Waggle that surgery will change their lives.

"She can no longer breathe easy at all," Amandine says. "The vet explained to me that the way Bella is breathing is very exhausting. For a human, it would be like breathing through a straw. She is going downhill and needs the tie-back surgery to help her. She refuses to walk. She can no longer play as she gets out of breath very easily. She has been depressed when she was always so happy."

Amandine launched this campaign, hoping you will help Bella get the crucial operation she needs to save her life!

"Bella has always been very active," Amandine says. "She loved long walks, retrieving her tennis balls, and swimming. I believe she saved me after my husband passed away six years ago. She truly is my best friend and was there for me always, giving me love and putting a smile on my face."