Drax is a two-year-old Micro Bully dog in Albany, NY, who needs $2,000 for emergency surgery.

If you've ever been lucky enough to have a dog in your life -- you've probably also been unlucky enough to know sometimes they eat the weirdest things! And sometimes those strange things cause big trouble!

That's exactly what happened to Samatha M. and her beloved, Drax.

"Easter weekend of 2022 began with him throwing up for two days on and off," Samantha tells Waggle.

She brought him to the veterinarian, and soon she got distressing news.

"They informed me that his stomach was detached and something was blocking his small intestines," Samantha says.

Drax had severe dehydration and needed emergency surgery. Samantha raced him to Pieper Veterinary hospital. It turns out Drax ate a tiny piece of rubber, and it plugged up his entire digestive system. If he didn't have it removed, he would have died.

"After the procedure, Drax's medical bills totaled $7,467.51," Samantha says. "This was very difficult for me financially because I was not prepared to have these funds on hand."

Samantha is frantically trying to raise the money to pay for Drax's care. She hopes other generous pet lovers (who may have even faced the same situation) will give to her campaign. There was no way she could not have saved Drax's life.

"Drax has made the biggest impact in my life and has changed it for the better," Samantha says. "He is my entire heart and the piece that fits all my missing pieces in life. He is the dog my heart never knew it needed so desperately."