Gherkin is a 2-year-old Great Dane in Forked River, NJ, who needs $1,500 for a prosthetic paw.

I first saw Gherkin on one of my Great Dane FB pages for dogs that need a second chance. We had a full house at the time and I just scrolled by. Weeks went by and I kept seeing her face pop up. Nobody wanted her. She was being advertised as missing 2 hind toes and previously abused. I finally realized she was meant for me to save and she arrived on a transport van on a rainy Sunday morning with a bloody stump instead of a paw, wounds, scabs, scars all over her and terrified of people and leashes. The last 2 months we have been working with a trainer, treating her for PTSD, and many veterinary visits. From what we can piece together she was an ASPCA seizure from Missouri from a house that had the tenants evicted. There were 8 dogs left to fend for themselves in the yard and boy(s) tied her up and tortured her. The orthopedic specialist said her x-rays are consistant with what he sees in Puerto Rico when the dogs' hind feet are severed with machetes there.