Smidge is a 12-week-old English Bulldog pup in Tucson, AZ, who needs $600 for surgery to repair an abdominal hernia.

This little runt was trying to be sold for a large price even though she has a huge hole in her abdomen. Yes she was born with a large abdominal hernia. The breeder said her vet stitched her up and then told me she got the puppies and put them with a whelped. Clearly this breeder is not in it for the love of the breed. I researched and consulted with some professionals and carefully presented the information to the breeder but told her I would only take her and give her a small rehoming fee. Because I was able to give her information she did decided to let me rescue this little one. This girl already has 2 strikes against her. 1. She is the runt and 1/2 the size of her siblings. 2. She has a large abdominal hernia that absolutely needs attention. I too am broken as she is, I have PTSD and thankfully it is a mild case but none the less I require a service dog. I lost my service dog back in July suddenly. Suspecting that she had a mass on her spleen but the clinic I took her to just wanted to do testing and testing and didnt listen to what I was telling them, To the point that I was told my 10yr old needed to loose weight, but I had told this DVM she lost 7 lbs in the last 3 months. And 2 days later she suddenly left me.
Smidge is what I named this little runt of a girl and she is steeling my heart so fast. She is smart and willing to learn, she is attaching and looking to me for everything so far however, she has the need to pee every 5 seconds, well seems like that. I am hoping that there will not be any bladder issues on top of the hernia.