George is a two-year-old Labrador in Lewisville, IN, who needs $1,500 for leg surgery.

An email sent to Lucky Lab Rescue and Adoption saved George's life. "A Texas shelter sent us a message saying they were going over the dogs in their facility and noted what a nice black Lab George was, but he was missing part of his foot and needed immediate medical help," the rescue's volunteers tell Waggle.

When the nonprofit group first saw George's pictures, they were taken by his beautiful but bewildered face and wondered if he was thinking, "What happened to my paw?" No one knows how George hurt his foot. The shelter said he was found in a field, and he may have been injured for quite some time.

A kind rescue volunteer picked up George from the shelter and drove him straight to Sunset Canyon Vet to meet with the wonderful Dr. Portie. Lucky Lab had high hopes George might be a candidate for a prosthetic device to help him walk again on all four legs. But the group just found out that an infection has been festering in George's leg and traveled up the bone almost to his shoulder. His muscle in his shoulder has also atrophied because he must not have been using his injured leg for some time.

Sadly, George needs to have his leg amputated. The vet says he is young and other than his horrible foot injury, he is relatively healthy. He's expected to make a full recovery from his surgery and should be available for adoption once he's all healed up.

Lucky Lab doesn't turn away dogs that need serious medical attention and relies on donations to give more dogs like George a second chance!