Kaya is a 12-year-old Pitbull in Los Angeles, CA, who needs $800 for Hematoma Surgery.

I met Kaya in 2014 when I was a dog walker in NYC. From the moment I met her, I fell in love with her. I moved back to LA in 2016 and in 2017 her owner called me to ask if she could stay with me as he was moving to Hawaii. She was only supposed to stay a few weeks but we came to find out she couldn’t go there because the airlines wouldn’t fly her. Her dad asked if I would keep her and I said yes.

Kaya is a sweetheart. She gets along with my 12 year old puggle, Harley. They’re inseparable. She’s also a sweetheart and very loving with my nieces. She’s very protective of them. Whenever we have visitors she makes sure to bring out her toys to show off. She’s also very friendly with other dogs, but at the dog park she prefers to chase squirrels.

Currently I haven’t been working since January because I had shoulder surgery. I hate to see Kaya in pain and wish I had the funds to have her surgery right away but I don’t have all the money right now as my income is limited.

Kaya is very healthy overall, but she suffers from ear infections a lot. We believe she broke a blood vessel in her ear flap which caused the hematoma. And the only way to remove it is to have surgery. I have some of the money, but not all of it and in order for the surgery to happen, I need to have all of the money.

Kaya is super special for me. When she was adopted as a puppy, she almost died of pneumonia, her vet recommended she be out down but her dad didn’t give up on her and neither did she. She’s a strong girl and she is thriving even at 13 years old. She still acts like a puppy., does her zoomies all the time, she never gets tired.