Mandi is a 6-year-old Boxer/American Bull in Blaine, WA, who needs $2,000 for Cruciate Repair(ACL Repair).

Mandi was a rescue. She was abandoned after a divorce and we fell in love with her smile. She has been in our family since she was 10 months old. She is now 6 years old. She evacuated a hurricane with us just days after we rescued her. We moved from Florida to Washington a couple years after we got her. Being a lover of road trips-that was a blast for her!

Mandi is incredibly high energy. She will endlessly fetch a ball or bone and bring it back to you. She will nudge it with her nose to hit your foot insisting you kick it again. Mandi is a brick, no grace, all zooms and for sure thinks she is a lap dog. Our cats(2) have her under their paw, although they sneak in their cuddle sessions when no one is around to see.

Ball is life. But, only the ball she wants at that very moment. She will literately dig through a couch to get to a ball she seemingly rolled under there on purpose. You can not simply give her a different ball. Much like a toddler that drops a spoon repeatedly. When she is extra excited she runs laps around our house. We call it her horse track.

Mandi is being cared for by Bellingham Veterinary. While chasing a bone that inevitably went under the couch, she let out a YELP. She instantly stopped using her rear left leg. We watched over the next 36 hours, hoping that maybe she had just pulled a muscle. She continued to not use that leg. With a weekend trip to the vet we learned she tore her ACL. Surgery is the recommendation.

This is a very costly surgery($4-5K was the initial estimate) As small business owners of an auto repair shop, this time of year is tight on everyone. People tend to push off their car repairs until after the holidays or even until tax return season.