Yoka is a 6-year-old Labrador/Boxer/Pit Bull mix in Sevierville, TN, who needs $2,000 for surgery for herniated disc.

I am a single woman, with a dog that might as well be my child. I rescued her 2 years ago from the pound, but as many say, I think she may have rescued me. I believe we both equally need one another in our lives. Moving to Tennessee by myself a year and a half ago, I can't even begin to put into words what Yoka has provided for me. She literally is the closest thing I have to family and provides a level of companionship I would have never even known was possible in an animal. She holds a special place in my heart that will never be able to be replaced.