Eisley is a 6-year-old Rottweiler in Vilas, NC, who needs $1,212 for mass removal and biopsy.

I adopted Eisley (pronounced I-zlee, formerly named Roxy) in March 2013 from a co-worker who could no longer keep her. She was 8 months old and I was barely 23. I had just moved to Boone about 6 months prior from my hometown of Virginia Beach and I was not looking to adopt a dog. But the moment I met her, tied to a tree in my co-worker's front yard, I knew I wouldn't be leaving her there. She came home with me that same night and we've been together ever since. A year later, I adopted Emma from the Watauga Humane Society so that Eisley would have company during the work / school day. These dogs have seen me through the death of my mother and cousin, the near death of their bird brother, multiple knee surgeries, working my way through my bachelor's and master's degrees in social work, getting my first job in the field, and countless other transitions and hardships (big and small) throughout the years. Including multiple surgeries on Emma - most recently emergency surgery in February 2019 to remove an intestinal blockage caused by a ball of grass. Through all of these hardships, I bury my face in Eisley's fur and breathe deep to find renewed strength and solace. I'm not exaggerating - that's one of my primary coping skills. I swear I didn't know love - how to give it or receive it - until she came into my life, and my life has revolved around her and Emma since our first day together. I wouldn't change it for anything.