Tiller is a 3-month-old Labrador in Lewisville, IN, who needs $2,000 for bladder surgery.

Tiller has quite a story! Lucky Lab Rescue and Adoption got an urgent message from someone who originally bought this cute 11-week-old Lab puppy from a breeder. What no one knew is Tiller has something seriously wrong with her bladder and needs major and expensive reconstructive surgery to fix it.

The puppy has what's called an ectopic ureter. Not to bore you with anatomy and biology, but basically, her ureter is supposed to run from her kidneys to her bladder. Unfortunately, something in the plumbing department got misrouted when she was developing, and her ureter does not connect to her bladder.

The rescue had only hours to get a plan in action, but amazingly the most wonderful foster mom offered to take in Tiller. Her former owner did get scans and testing done and found a specialty hospital to handle her case. Now the rescue just needs to raise the money!

Her former owner could not keep up with the care she needs nor could they afford the surgery. The breeder, we're told, did not want to take the puppy back. The owner was going to euthanize Tiller, she even had the appointment made to put her down. But right before she did, she contacted Lucky Lab Rescue and Adoption asking for help.

As a result, this gorgeous black Lab puppy is well, leaking urine everywhere, all the time. And she's getting chronic infections as well. Tiller is not off to a good start at just a few weeks old. Surgery can help fix this, but the operation has to be done by a specialty surgeon at a specialty hospital.