Millie is a 11-year-old American Staffordshire Terrier in Midwest City, OK, who needs $2,000 for TPLO.

When I graduated college, I knew I wanted a dog again after growing up with my Doberman, Beastie. I was privileged enough to meet Millie, a survivor from a dog fighting ring that was busted by the Sheriff's Office. She was stoic and standoffish, but I fell in love with her immediately.

She LOVES her cats. She plays with them, worries about them, mothers them. She also lives with her two brother dogs, Mulligan and Tiger and she absolutely lives to play with them. She really came out of her shell when I got her first dog brother about five years ago. She loves meeting new people and new cats, not a fan of new dogs, though, but that is expected.

Millie is such a goofy girl. Everything about her is special. She was saved from the pound literally the day before she was to be put down. I got her two weeks later. The way she grunts when playing, the zoomies she gets in the yard when her brothers rile her up. Just looking at her makes me smile. Don't tell the others, but she is my favorite child.

About a month ago, I noticed Millie was limping. I took her to several vets who finally diagnosed her with a torn CCL in both rear legs and a torn meniscus in her right rear leg. My primary vet is Midwest Vet hospital and her surgeon is Blue Pearl Animal Hospital in OKC, OK

I was in an IED explosion when I was deployed while in the military. It's left me with a LOT of mental and physical problems and I have not been able to work anymore. Millie being well means she will be able to play with her family again.