Ireland is a 2 year old Mix-Breed in Pooler, GA, who needs $12,000 for Pulmonary Valve Stent Implantation.

We met Ireland at a fundraising 5k for the rescue he belonged to at the time. I opted to run with a rescue baby, never expecting to spend every day thereafter together. We took him home for what we thought was a two-week break from the shelter... that merged into long-term fostering... which we failed miserably at and ended up adopting him in December 2025 with our Shih Tzu Rosie's blessing,

Ireland has a grade 5 out of 6 heart murmur resulting from severe pulmonic stenosis, and two cardiologists have determined that he is not amenable to a standard balloon procedure. The most viable treatment option for him is pulmonary valve stent procedure, which he is scheduled to have the week of June 22, 2026, at North Carolina State Veterinary Hospital.

Ireland is the family member we didn't know we were missing until he joined our world. He's a runner, completing 5ks and a 10k before we got his diagnosis and had to scale him back until after his procedure. He still runs, but not the long, exhilarating runs that he enjoyed so much. He is such a patient big little brother to Rosie, our bossy six-year-old Shih Tzu. He's our special fun-loving boy.

Although not disclosed to us at the time of adoption, his murmur had been discovered several months before. Therefore, the insurance we have on him won't cover any related expenses, as it's a preexisting condition. The procedure is estimated to cost between $10,000-$12,000.