Penny is a 7-year-old Hound in Geneva, OH, who needs $382 for Spay Surgery and Complete Dental.

Penny’s past was filled with unimaginable horror. Her front elbow and leg were badly broken, but never tended to. She now has a permanent limp and degenerative arthritis. Thankfully, Penny managed to escape her tormentors by limping across a field toward safety. After being found and testing positive for heartworm, she was transferred to our Sanctuary.

Despite the abuse she suffered, Penny is sweet and kind and forgiving. She gets along well with all the other hounds at the Sanctuary, loves to sunbathe when the weather permits, likes to chew on toy bones and has become quite attached to her caretakers. Penny's soulful eyes, however, still hint at her former abuse at times and we know that she's a deep, complicated soul.

If ever there was a hound that had all the cards stacked against her, it's Penny. She never gets a fair shake medically and everything that can happen seems to happen to Penny. Her heartworms were resistant to drugs and Penny spent the year going through 2 complete rounds of treatments and injections. She's allergic to every animal protein and needs to eat a very specially formulated food.

Penny also suffers from false pregnancy symptoms and painful heat cycles and now that she's finally cleared for surgery, we need to spay her and give her a complete dental. Because she also has stage 1 kidney disease, keeping her teeth clean is very important. Dr. Tom Zulandt, owner of Madison Vet Hospital has been treating Penny since her arrival over a year ago.

While we've raised the funds for her prior heartworm treatments and other medical needs, we need to ask for help with Penny's spay surgery and dental. As a registered non-profit rescue, we rely on donations to pay for vet care. Please give Penny the future she deserves!