Thor is a 2-year-old German Shepherd in Raton, NM, who needs $2,000 for Total Hip Replacement Surgery-Left hip.

I had just moved my 83 yr. old mom here to New Mexico so I could take care of her as she was getting older. We found out 3 months later she had both brain and lung cancer, she died in January of 2020. I felt lost, I saw an ad for a 3 month old German Shepherd with kennel for 100 and I just felt like I needed this little guy. I went and picked him up and our furship began.

He was immediately my heart. When I took him to the vet after I got him they told me after xrays of his hips he had dysplasia, but I thought I'd give him a good life. I thought it would be 7 years maybe down the road... it's not the case :(. He's not even 3 and in so much pain. I can't bear the thought of doing the alternative while he's so young.

He loves everyone especially my roomates kitty "trouble" as you can see in the pics. He loves to play tug, play ball, and sniff anything out of hiding ( I swear he was a police dog in another life). He can find anything! He loves my son Anthony, who comes over and also plays ball with him. He loves plain hamburgers from McDonalds that he gets from my roomie. He's the funniest dog, lips curled

So knowing he had dysplasia, we've been careful with him. The other day I heard him screaming (I had let him out to do his business). Rushed to the vet (bad news). Hip is way worse now, I'm not sure what he did, I didn't see. The screaming from him was unbearable. Anytime is hip can pop out. I'm terrified. Co Spgs Canine Orthopedics gave me an est. Mesa Vet in Raton, NM is his vet.

This is the hard part. I'm on social security. I get 770.00 a month. I barely make ends meet. I'm 63 and need help with just getting him up the steps and in my car. I feel like the worst furfriend owner ever as I'm lost as to what I can do for him. Help, please!