Dude is a 14-year-old Husky, Pit, Rottwieler in Aurora, CO, who needs $2,000 for TPLO Surgery and MPL Revision.

I got my Dude because a friend of mine's dog got pregnant before she was scheduled to get fixed. So I was going to get my husband and daughter a dog. I picked out my husband's dog and then later my daughter's dogs. So that way the dog was not lonely when we had to go to work or school or anything. Turned out My husband is my dog and the dog my daughter wanted is my husband's dog now. They Chose.

Dude lives in a house with a back yard and front yard. He has two kids that adore him, his littermate/Sister Mal, and his mommy loves him the most. Dude loves cuddles, walks, and playing fetch and he loves all people and animals but he doesn't realize he's a large dog so people are a bit thrown off by him. He's hyper and happy all the time. He hasn't shown me a mean bone in his body.

My dog has been the best boy throughout this whole situation of not being able to walk he has not once gotten short with me. He is smart and he takes my tears away when I am sad. I am hoping to get him registered as my therapy dog when he is 2 years old and I am able to get him more training that is licensed. He's my support system that's not human.

Dude has been a patient of Thrive Affordable Vet since he was 8 weeks old. He has gotten all checkups there and shots. I had the Thrive vet plan for a while and then when to the vital care plan for checkups and shots. He is currently being seen at Animal Surgical Clinic of the Rockies, LLC by the orthopedic surgeon I found that could do his surgery at a decent price.

I am currently going through a divorce from my husband that was a drug addict and alcoholic who refused treatment. My last straw was when he assaulted me when the kids were in bed. I am a full-time college student with two children and a 20 hr a week work-study position.