Eden is a 4-year-old Australian Shepherd in Pleasant Grove, UT, who needs $1,540 for Oral Surgery with Multiple Extractions.

Eden came into our life a little over a year ago. She had been surrendered because her former owner couldn’t take care of her. She was thin and very shy and anxious. I met her just as she was waking up from her first dental. The tech who performed the procedure said it looked like she had been eating manure to live.

Eden has become a huge part of our lives. She is the first to greet us when we come home. She is very tender with both her brothers. She is the only girl and is definitely a daddy’s girl. She will retrieve her hedge hog for as long as he will throw it. Her latest trick is giving a high five. She loves to be outside and will dance around when you ask her if she wants to go out.

Eden is a little naughty in that she will jump onto the dining room table to watch for her people to come home. It is the best part of her day. Her very favorite game is finding her hedge hog. She will sniff it out if it is sitting on the top of the cat tree or hidden under a couch cushion. Thunder storms and the 4th of July are very scary for Eden.

A year ago Eden had to have several teeth pulled. We have spent the last year trying in vain to improve her dental health. Today when she went in to have her teeth cleaned, Dr Hansen discovered that her gums have completely receded and are very infected. Puss would come out with every tooth they probed. In a very sad phone call, we were told that she needs to have all but 3 of her teeth pulled.

We are devastated that we don’t have $2000.00 to make Eden healthy again. We are living on one small income and disability pay. Eden is in constant pain and will hardly eat. Eden hardly even plays her favorite find the hedge hog any more. It is too painful to pick it up.