TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Humane Society is asking for the public's help to pay for life-saving surgery a two-month-old dog received after it came to the shelter in bad condition a couple of weeks ago.
The puppy, named Kingston, has been struggling to survive due to a serious injury and sickly conditions. He had to be transported to an animal hospital in Columbus for surgery on Wednesday.
"He's the sweetest, sweetest puppy. Everybody here is really attached to him and he's still looking for a home," said Dr. Anna Brown, director of medical services for the humane society. "He was surrendered. The owner had obtained him from a cousin that was the breeder. He was doing poorly, wasn't gaining weight and was vomiting a lot, so she had brought him in here thinking that he had parvovirus infection."
The humane society soon learned Kingston needed surgery.
"They gave us the estimate and the staff meeting. We were able to approve moving forward and so he had surgery (Wednesday). They called post-operatively and said he did excellent," Brown said.
The humane society has received almost $5,500 in donations to help pay for Kingston's surgery and care, according to its latest update.
"It's been really rewarding for this area to come out like they do to support these cases is very overwhelming and generous," Brown said. "It's nice that the community provides us that ability to provide that to them. They're providing him with an entire lifetime of opportunities and memories."
The humane society is only about $1,500 away from its ultimate donation goal of $7,000, according to Brown.
"That's pretty incredible in a 24-hour period for people to come out that much to support this little guy," she said.
Brown says Kingston has returned to the shelter in Toledo and after taking time to heal, he will be back to his normal puppy self.
Other than eating from an elevated feeder for the next two months while he's healing, Kingston will have no restrictions and grow up like a normal dog, Brown said.
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