Cashew is a 3 year old American Staffordshire Terrier in St louis, MO, who needs $1,600 for Tibial-Plateau-leveling Osteotomy (TPLO).

Cashew is a 3 year old American Staffordshire terrier! I adopted him during covid as a puppy and he has been my best friend ever since. We live in a 2 story duplex in St. Louis, Mo. At 2 years old, with the help of a nonprofit called K9’s on the frontline who help train veteran service animals, i was able to get him trained and certified as a service animal.

While jumping around, enjoying his outside time,Cashew tore his cruciate ligament and is going to need a TPLO surgery to repair. There are other less expensive surgeries to repair but the one recommended for longevity, his weight, and active lifestyle as a service animal is the TPLO. He will be receiving care from the Animal Emergency Clinic in Ofallon

I adopted Cashew during that era we spent a lot of time walking around and playing in the pond near my house. Cash loves swimming and playing in water! He is a big, happy, energetic, boy who brings smiles to everyone around him. Since graduating from Service dog training, Cash has given me more support than I could ever want and i just want to be able to give him his active happy life back.

To Cashew, this surgery means being able to return to his happy active, working dog, lifestyle. He has been very depressed, low energy and in lots of pain while we waited for the insurance waiting period date only to be denied. He is ready to be playing and working again.