Commander is a 10 year old Mix-Breed in Pasadena , TX, who needs $5,000 for Front Right Arm Amputation.

I helped birth Commander. From early on he was rather insouciant, earning him his name Commander. He didn't run with the rest of the pups. He didn't lay inside out of the rain when everyone else did. He laid outside and got wet. He didn't eat when they did. He ate when he wanted. Still to this day he will bark at you like he's talking if he wants something.

Commander actually needs a leg amputated from being shot in some cross fire while we were in Mexico recently. I've got minimal but sufficient medical experience to stabilize him and keep the infection away but he still needs to be seen by a vet and more than likely have his front right arm removed. He's still in good spirits and happy but he really needs something done to his arm.

Like I said he's always marched to the beat of his own drum. Specifically, he was known around Galveston Island for riding a motorcycle with me. When he was younger he took off from the yard one day in Houston and got picked up by BARC. Somehow he got adopted by the next morning and it took all day of walking around showing his picture to everyone before someone recognized him and helped.

We had plans of settling in Mexico and finishing starting our own business but due to the obvious safety issues we ended up leaving everything behind and are basically starting back over here with nothing.