Gracie is a 3-year-old Labrador Retriever in Rural Hall, NC, who needs $2,000 for TPLO Surgery.

We are raising money for our first dog, Gracie. Gracie is a three year old, pure bred Labrador Retriever. I bought Gracie for my wife on our first wedding anniversary. Gracie was our first dog together and she was such a cute puppy. We named her Gracie because we both said we needed Gods grace during that time because of my wife's serious health issues. We adopted her a sister recently named River

Gracie is an extremely sociable dog. She loves all people and all dogs. We do not worry at all when we have Gracie around family or other dogs. She loves it when other people come over and when we take her to the dog park she has the best time. Gracie is an inside dog as we do not believe in owning a dog and keeping it outside. While we are out, Gracie walks the house freely she is very trustful.

The first time we took Gracie around water is when we discovered what it meant to own a Lab. She jumped right into the pond and we were scared but she swam like a champ. Her favorite thing to do is swim. She is also very good at catching tennis balls. My favorite talent she has is when we say "bite" she will pick up an object near her and will take it to someone else.

Gracie needs to play fetch several times a day in order to sleep well. One day recently we were outside playing fetch and while she was in a full sprint she let out a big yelp. Turns out she tore a ligament in her knee. She has been limping for about a month. She has to have TPLO surgery at the Jordan Veterinary Hospital. If we do not have surgery, her other knee will go out soon.

My wife and I are in full time ministry. I serve as a Christian school teacher and she is the secretary at our church. We recently moved to a new home and are still financially recovering from that. We have used all credit we have. We are in need of $4500 total.