Hayley is a 13-year-old Toy Fox Terrier in Frederick, MD, who needs $1,600 for urgent dental surgery.

Sometimes being in the right place at the right time can change your life! It did for Kristen P.

In 2011, Kristen walked into a local grocery store and spotted a poster for a dog, Hayley, that needed a home.

"Her previous owners divorced, and neither could keep her," Kristen tells Waggle. "I went to see her the next day. We immediately clicked, and the rest is history!"

Hayley has been Kristen's rock through the roughest times of her life, including her mom passing away. "My mom loved Hayley," Kristen says. "Hayley can read my energy and comfort me the way I need. She lays her little body on me, and instantly I feel at peace."

Now Hayley needs urgent dental surgery to extract abscessed teeth. If she doesn't have the procedure, she could get a life-threatening infection from the bacteria in her mouth that enters the bloodstream.

Kristen is having trouble paying for the surgery, and the pair needs your help.

"My savings was spent after my divorce, moving, and starting life over," Kristen says. "I'm limited in work due to a connective tissue disorder (Ehlers-Danlos). I nanny and make enough to pay bills and provide for expected expenses. She has given me so much in life. I want to be able to do this for her."