Luna is a six-year-old Corgi/Dachshund mix in Las Vegas, NV, who needs $2,000 for urgent knee surgery.

When Melissa B. adopted Luna, she fit into her life so well that it was a dream come true.

"She lives with me, my older dog, and my elderly parents, whom I care for," Melissa tells Waggle. "She loves everyone she meets. She was born without a tail, and all of her expression is through her ears. You can tell exactly what she’s feeling by what her ears do."

Even more heartwarming, Melissa is a teacher, and she discovered Luna loves going to school too.

"I brought her to my classroom after she was vaccinated, and she leaped into each kid's lap and showered them with her puppy hugs," Melissa says.

But all of a sudden, while Luna was having fun with Melissa and her other dog, Luna yelped in pain. She rushed Luna to the Rainbow Animal Hospital.

"This injury came out of nowhere; one minute she was playing, and then she whined, cried, and started limping," Melissa says. "They took X-rays and saw an avulsion fracture (when a small piece of bone gets ripped away from the main bone -- ouch! ) on her right knee."

After trying a splint for three weeks, the bone has gotten worse, and Luna developed a nasty skin infection from the splint.
Now she needs surgery to mend the fracture. The operation has left Melissa worried and frantic.

"As a teacher who also takes care of her parents and lives paycheck to paycheck, I do not have the money to handle this," Melissa says.
"Luna is a joy with so much love and energy. It is heartbreaking to see this. She’s so young, and I want her to live a full life."

Please help Luna get back on all four paws again!