Joya is a four-year-old Cocker Spaniel mix in Dallas, TX, who needs $2,000 for an amputation, c-section and heartworm treatment..

No one knows how long Joya limped along in pain with a broken leg, but she suffered for quite some time -- until Pooch Savers Rescue sprung her from an animal shelter. "We got sent a heads up that this dog was at a shelter," Scott B., with the nonprofit organization, tells Waggle. "She was injured and needed immediate rescue. All we were told was that she had an apparent leg injury."

But soon after the rescue got Joya, they were shocked. The hits just kept coming for this precious dog. She had a compound fracture in her femur. It was literally broken in two. Then Scott consulted an orthopedic surgeon who gave him bad news: the break was an old injury and could not be fixed.

"Our hearts just broke. This dog has been walking on this compound fracture for who knows how long," Scott says. "There was no way to put it back together orthopedically. You don't get any blood flow in a dead bone. The time had passed to mend it with pins."

Then they discovered Joya was pregnant! She had to have an emergency C-section. And then more heartbreak: She lost five out of the six puppies she delivered.

After Joya heals from her pregnancy, she will need surgery to amputate her leg. It's the only way she will be able to live pain-free. She is a young and smaller-sized dog. The surgeon at Parker Animal and Bird Clinic believes she will recover just fine. She also needs to be treated for heartworm disease.

Scott shudders when he wonders what happened to Joya, but donating will help Pooch Savers pay for the massive medical bills for all the care Joya needs. They can't wait to get her fully on the road to being well and finally finding her forever home in 2022!

"We want to make this right," he says. "Joya is an innocent creature. She's just as sweet and loveable as can be."

UPDATE: Joya and her sole surviving pup, Emersyn, were adopted on 11/9! Joya went to a previous Pooch Savers adopter and Emersyn went to a close friend and rescue supporter.
Pooch Savers Rescue relies on donations to help pay the medical bills for all the animals the organization saves, including Joya and Emersyn. They're hoping you will help them pay for Joya's multitude of emergency veterinary care.