Bodi is a 1 year old Vizsla in Hamburg, PA, who needs $2,000 for Emergency Gastrotomy Surgery.

We adopted Bodi from a breeder. We already had a wirehaired Vizsla and loved the breed so much. We knew the "smooth haired vizlas" were a little crazier, but thought that we were completely prepared. While he put us through our paces we are definitely happy that we adopted him. We have two other dogs, so he defintely had the energy to keep up with everyone.

We first thought Bodi had an illness and took him to our normal vet. After a few days he got sicker and sicker. Took him back to the vet and they did an Xray and found a blockage. We then took him to the Blue Pearl Emergency Vet. They did more x-rays and confirmed he needed emergency surgery. He was severly dehydrated, then during surgery they found holes in his intestines and he was septic.

Bodi is the sweetest dog. His best friend was our other vizsla Moose. In March 2025, Moose had a quick and horrible illness with Lyme disease. Bodi was so sad after, he barely played with his toys or ran around outside. He was just starting to return to his normal self when he suddenly started looking sick. His two other "brothers" have been lost without him while he was at the hospital.

We had a quick and horrible illness with our dog Moose less than a month before Bodi got sick. We didn't want to lose him so close to losing our other dog. He is also so young and it self wrong to cut his life short so soon. We didn't realize it would be this much.