Liam is a 1-year-old Italian greyhound in renton, WA, who needs $2,000 for MRI.

My pup is a bit over a year. I didn't know he was deaf when I bought him. Together we are learning about the silent world he lives in, and so far its actually not to different. The main thing is that I'm not sure how if it's even possible. to teach him a sign for his name? He knows signs for commands like: come, sit, wave, spin, swirl, hungry, no, get down, go here, smell, go find, wait, quiet,

Its just me and Liam 24/7. he comes everywhere with me! he sleeps with me, and even though he cant hear, we communicate. He Looks to me for longer and more meaningfully than any dog ive shared my life with. he is my emotional support, and my motivator. he helped me widen my social circle, we are involved in dog sports, and EVERYONE he meets falls instantly in love with him.

I lost my work and applied and was approved for unemployment in March. I have yet to get ANY money from the state. Additionally, the unemployment now says, cause their systems jacked up, that I owe $2,000 which I don't.

I'm looking to get MRI to know if there is something structurally wrong that if so him being so young, is treatable with a very high success rate, or if this is do do with his deafness and we can safely do activities being extra careful, and not worry that just walking will paralyze him.

he has a (in non covid times) weekly meetup with many other italian greyhounds, we do barn hunt, lure, and flyball. we were starting agility when his symptoms started. He knows tricks like wave, howl, bark. which baffles me when he cant hear. being a sighthound helps, as its his nature to "watch" and he does!