Keely is an 11-year-old Lab Mix in Fargo, ND, who needs $1,300 for Surgical Repair of Ruptured Ligaments in Knee.

We met Keely at a rescue. We had recently lost our beagle, Ben, to prostate cancer. Like many of you, our home is not complete without a canine companion. We fell in love with her at a shelter in MD during a trip in 2010. We discovered she had been poorly treated because she had a scar from what appeared to be a cigarette burn. But she has always trusted us. And we love her.

Keely lives in a 3 generation household. It's my husband, my adult daughter, 8 year old grandson and me. Oh, and our cat Ferguson. Who's her favorite? Probably Paul - but honestly, it's really whoever walks her and feeds her. Yeah, she loves the one she's with. She loves chasing balls at the dog park. Sadly, until she has surgery on her knee, no dog park for her at present.

We are a three generation household. My husband is unable to work. I work 3 jobs. My daughter works a low-wage job. Keely deserves to go back to the dog park. She can only do that with successful surgery.

Keely has ruptured ligaments in one knee. Also a fatty tumor in the same leg (noncancerous). To provide her with freedom from pain and achieve good motion she needs surgery. Our provider - Animal Health Clinic, Fargo, ND vet is Dr. Ness. It will take 8-12 weeks post op for her to begin to bear weight on that let again.

Keely loves to be around family. At bedtime, she will go downstairs to sleep by our bed, but after she knows we are sound asleep, she slips back upstairs to sleep on the couch. I think she likes to make sure she is a connection between my husband and me downstairs, and my daughter and grandson who sleep on the third floor. She loves pizza bones (the crusts nobody else wants to eat).