Minnie is a 6-year-old Yorkshire Terrier in Northglenn, CO, who needs $1,400 for Abdominal Exploratory Surgery.

We found Minnie at a pet store and fell in love with this eight-week old Yorkie. We brought her home to be with her big sister, Daisy, a Great Pyrenees. She lives with two other doggies: A lab and a Pomeranian, her little sister. The humans that love and care for her are: Mommy, Daddy, three sisters, one brother, and a nephew.

Minnie is our pup that tolls the line with the fur sisters. If they are doing something wrong (in her eyes), she barks to let us know. She also lets us know when Daddy’s home or if anyone is walking down the street. She likes to sleep on the pillow above our heads at night. She comforts us when we’re upset and/or crying. She has even been comforting us now as we fear for her life.

Minnie loves playing with stuffed snowballs and hides them from everyone. She loves food! Whenever going outside, she grazes to her food bowl first - maybe she thinks that she’ll be on a long adventure. When she wants attention, she stands up on her back legs like a prairie dog while whining/barking and waving her front paws up and down.

Our baby, Minnie’s, x-rays today showed that she has a very large mass in her abdomen, restricting her food intake and laboring her breathing. They are unsure of the etiology of the mass until they have her on the table. She’s only six years old (Sunday is her birthday). She desperately needs this live-saving surgery. Any help would be so greatly appreciated!

We have run into housing finance problems. I lost my job last year due to Covid and due to healthcare issues of my two daughters and myself, have not been able to be back to work. This popped up when we were I’ll-prepared.