Nicco is a 6-year-old German Shepherd in Hagerstown , MD, who needs $2,000 for Cancerous Mass Removal Surgery.

Nicco came into my life in July 2016 when he was 8 weeks old, after my golden retriever passed away from cancer that June.
He is now 6 years old, and has two older cat ‘siblings’, Cali, and Gizmo.
My oldest son picked out Nicco’s name, because he wanted it to be German since he is a german shepherd. Nicco Kaiser is the name that stuck.

He was so smart, and easy to train. He learned the trick, 'give me your paw' in two hours. 'Roll over' took a little more time, and eventually was called, 'show me your tum tum'. Everytime I come home, and walk through the door Nicco will walk in a circle two times then he immediately lays down on the floor with all four legs up in the air waiting on his "tum tum rubbins".

He loves to play in the snow catching snowballs thrown to him. He also likes using his face as a snow shovel. His absolute favorite toy is his tire toy. If he goes out to pee, and gets on the porch realizing he forgot his tire toy, he will do a u-turn, and come back inside looking for it then emerging with it, and will go pee with it in his mouth. He LOVES to catch bubbles!

Nicco was misdiagnosed in November 2021 by an incompetent vet. I switched to a different vet that was recommended by friends. Dr. Katelyn Mumma from North Paws Animal Hospital did a thorough exam, and aspirated one of the two lumps on his right hind quarter. It was discovered that he has cancer. He also has a firm anal gland that may be cancer also.

I have had the worst 3 months of my life. My mom passed away, 8 days later my husband, the soul income provider abandoned our family, now Nicco has cancer. I'm getting very little money from my husband. He won't pay for Nicco's surgery either. Please help me save my dog.