We adopted Rudy from a small breeder in February of 2020. He is a Christmas Eve pup with his birthday being December 24th, 2019. We got Rudy with the intention of him being an emotional support animal to help relieve depression, anxiety and stress brought on by PTSD from past events. We named Rudy after a dearly loved family dog we had that we lost to a dog attack.

Rudy was recently diagnosed with Intervertabral Disc Disease also known as IVDD by an animal urgent care in Papillon, NE on the evening of June 9th, 2024. He was just fine that morning, but when we arrived home in the afternoon we noticed he was having a hard time walking ultimately leading to him tumbling over after standing.

Rudy is a very lovable and cuddly dog. He loves everyone he interacts with, even kids. Rudy was named after a dog we had in the past. That dog died due to injuries sustained during an attack by 2 neighboring dogs when he was out on a walk.

I recently had surgery that did not go as initially planned and will need to repeat the surgery here soon. My work has me on leave due to weight lifting restrictions set in place by my surgeon. I am a custodian for a school district and already live paycheck to paycheck.