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Today, we received one of the most gut wrenching phone calls we’ve ever gotten for help.

And to be honest, without yours, we can’t save her.

Before we begin, please understand that we know this request and situation is extremely unorthodox. But there was no one else jumping to help and this dog deserves to live.

This afternoon, a local vet clinic called our hotline desperate for support. A few hours earlier, a police officer had come running through their door, with his jacket wrapped around a dog who was bleeding out from her neck, jugular vein clearly exposed. She was covered in bite wounds and in cardiac arrest.

Miraculously the vet team performed CPR and recovered her. If you’re familiar with canine CPR you know that the recovery rate is very low and this in itself was a feat.

The next steps were stabilizing her and performing emergency surgery and wound cleaning.

This pup’s name is Brownie. She is an owned and very loved service dog.

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Rewinding the clock, Brownie’s mom recently witnessed two dogs being thrown out of car near her home. She kept them in her yard initially, and like so many of our community members, sought help but it fell on deaf ears. With a shelter closed to intake and no one claiming these pups, she was left with them and brought them inside. They warmed up to her home and dogs and had been enjoying a safe cozy space. She felt like she was doing everything right while she was trying to find a place for them. The city told her that since she brought them inside, they were hers now and they wouldn’t help.

But today, when she left home for an hour, she returned to find her own dog, Brownie, covered in bite wounds and bleeding out. Unable to drive herself due to medical reasons, she dialed 911. The heroic police officer mentioned above rushed in and, sirens on, drove Brownie to the nearest vet clinic.

Brownie’s mom is on disability and doesn’t have the financial means to cover this tragic situation, and the extremely kind vet clinic generously covered the initial costs.

Tonight after surgery, they called us to ask if we could help — they did not have overnight medical care, and they feared that if left alone Brownie would not make it through the night. She still needed additional treatment, stabilization, and critical care.

We called 4 different ERs, all who referred out due to the severity of her case.

We found one that finally said yes. Even though they were closed, the vet staff stayed with Brownie at the initial clinic until our volunteer could get to her and rush her to the emergency hospital.

She is in a tremendous amount of pain, and they are currently working on stabilizing her, she will need additional diagnostic tests, further wound cleaning, and hospitalization.

We are fundraising to cover the costs for Brownie. The city and its current animal welfare situation has failed yet again and Brownie and her mom do not deserve the tragedy they faced today.

Please help us save her. 😩🙏

Saving Brownie

By TRAPRS

Saving Brownie