Chief is a 2-year-old Mixed Breed Dog in McDowell , NC, who needs $2,000 for Femoral Head and Neck Excision.

Chief showed up as a stray to our home. We put up fliers, facebook posts etc to find his owner. We fed him and cared for him for a week. We came home from church to find he had been hit by a car. We took him to a vet in Forest City, NC. He was not chipped. We named him at the vet. We had the vet put hip back in place, rabies shot, heart worm, flea, tick meds, etc. after 3 weeks hip would not stay

Chief lives inside since his hip is not in place. He is the only baby in our family. He loves being with his humans. sleeps on his bed at the foot of our bed at night. He loves being outside. He loves having toys. He is friendly and loving and very vocal when you meet him. He misses being able to play outside in the water but we are afraid with his hurt hip that he will hurt it more.

When chief first came to our home he was thin so we fed him. When we put the food in the bowl he looked at it, then looked at us, we told him to go ahead and eat and finally he started to eat. He would eat a couple bites, then he would wine and lick our hands as to say thank you for the food. He loves people.

Chief was hit by a car and has a hip that won’t stay in place per the first vet we visited. Records sent to a specialist at a surgical clinic for estimate which is 3500.00. We have paid 800.00 already for his care to date, to try to keep hip in place but was unsuccessful. 4 Weeks now.

We have taken Chief into our home as a stray and feel the need to help him to get the medical care he needs, we have paid 900.00 to date and planning on. 200.00 more to neuter him. This is an unexpected exp that we don’t have the money to have his hip fixed.