Fraya is a 4-year-old Corgsky in Philadelphia, PA, who needs $2,000 for Apoquel, Food and Allergy Panel, Hydrolyzed Prescription Diet, Radiographs Limb Study, Sedation, Rimadyl.

Fraya was adopted in April from a rescue that works between TX and NJ to find urgent homes for high kill risk dogs. She was found on the side of the road, and estimated to be around 2 when she was dropped at an overcrowded shelter in San Antonio. This shelter has a reputation of euthanizing 50+ dogs A DAY. 3 vets and $3,000+ later I learned Fraya was not the healthy young pup I was sold on.

I applied for Fraya as soon as her post alert went off at 5:30am and rented a car to drive to North Jersey to retrieve her. She immediately showed to be an extroverted, sweet dog, hogging the spotlight away from the other rescues. My friends immediately took to her crowning her the queen of belly rubs. She loves people and would charm and walk off with a stranger if she had the chance.

Fraya is a hilarious blend of independent, stubborn husky traits and goofball corgi traits. She loves to “argue” in the morning when I sleep in or take too long to get ready. She also stops to sniff everything and everyone, occasionally collapsing on the side walk to beg for rubs. Her toxic trait is stealing, hoarding and occasionally eating balls at the dog park while running away.

Shortly after bringing Fraya home, she displayed signs of digestive issues and nasty ear, eye and bladder infections that required prompt care.

I purchased insurance through my employer the week I adopted her thinking these simple issues would be easily fixed.

3 months and almost $3,000 in reimbursement rejections later, I was informed Fraya’s issues were not ever going to be covered.

Fraya’s pre-adoption records were flagged insufficient due to her conditions - luxating patella’s aggravated by an extra bone (an orthopedic issue that will cause lameness untreated,) and allergies to not 1 but 5 major ingredients in dog food as “preexisting at birth”.