Dobby is a 4 year old Mix-Breed in Belchertown, MA, who needs $2,000 for Heartworm Treatments and TPLO Orthopedic Surgery.

My youngest son Connor asked for an emotional support animal when he was 14 years old and in quarantine during the pandemic in 2020. We searched for the right animal that would be compatible with our current dog Yoyo, a 26-pound mixed breed bundle of joy and then found Dobby also at Second Chance Animal Shelter in East Brookfield MA, where we found Yoyo .He quickly became a new part of the family.

At their annual checkup we discovered that Dobby has a heartworm infection. This was a shock but he is undergoing treatment and is expected to make a full recovery. This in itself was bad news, but would not have been too much to deal with in isolation. However, less than a month later Dobby’s sibling dog Yoyo blew out her ACL while they were playing and now needs emergency orthopedic surgery!

Dobby and Yoyo are inseparable and they are the glue that holds this family together! However, we are experiencing a “double whammy” with both dogs being hit with unexpected illness and injury concurrently. Despite their situation, the dogs are still spry, energetic and full of personality! They make our family complete and we are committed to their recovery as much as they are devoted to us all!

In addition to both dogs getting sick at the same time, our family is in a state of transition. I am a recently divorced mother of 3 young adults and we also have college expenses to come up with on top of these unexpected emergencies. This has put a real strain on finances!