Arizona Pug Adoption and Rescue Network

Tika came to APARN weighing 6.5 pounds at just 8.5 months old.  A very happy, loving puppy, she had  begun having seizures.  Diagnositic tests confirmed Tika has a liver shunt, which can cause all sorts of awful things before ending in death.  Please help APARN pay for Tika's life-saving liver shunt surgery! She is set for Friday Aug. 3rd, to have a CT followed by surgery to close off the shunt.  Tika deserves the opportunity to live a happy, healthy life; I know she will be grateful to everyone who makes it possible!

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Tika playing with a toy 

You can read more about Liver Shunt in dogs

Luke is 11 weeks old.  He came to rescue Monday (5/28) with breathing issues.  As his breathing worsened, he was taken to the ER Vet (ARECA) and put in an Oxygen cage. The doctor's initial plan included full blood panel, chest x-rays, heart ultrasound, oxygen, de-wormer, antibiotics, and two nights in the critical care unit. 

5/29: The x-rays showed the left side of his heart is enlarged, and there is inflammation in his lungs.  The doctor can hear a quiet, continuous heart murmur.  The heart ultrasound confirmed the left atrium of his heart is larger than it should be.  He will need an echo-cardiogram, likely 5/31 or 6/1).  The cost for two nights in the hospital and all of the testing so far is $2500.  The cost of the echo-cardiogram will bring it up to almost $3000. 

APARN believes every puppy deserves a chance, and we are asking for your help to pay for the cost of Luke's hospital bill.  Luke may turn out to be a special needs pug - he likely has a congenital heart issue, but that shouldn't mean he can't have a good life and vet care!

Thank you for your help!  #NoPugLeftBehind

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Please help APARN raise the funds needed to provide care and medical support to Bubba! He needs a CT scan to determine if surgery is even an option. 

Bubba is a 5.5 month old French Bulldog who was attacked at 7 weeks of age by the resident pit bull. First owner waited four days to take him to the vet for exam, where it was discovered his hard palate (roof of his mouth) was ripped apart and several teeth were knocked loose. Broken bones were seen on visual exam, and he was taken to surgery the following day. The doctor removed necrotic bone as well as the loose teeth. His hard palate and ripped gum areas were stitched up.

Four weeks later, his jaw was slightly out of alignment, and teeth were likely to grow in abnormally, due to the hard palate trauma. He began vomitting liquid after eating, and began sounding like he was very congested, due to soft tissue damage in his sinus cavities.

After keeping him outside most of the time, and doing little else medically to help him, his original owners surrendered him to a vet tech, who noticed he had to sleep with his mouth open in order to breathe. Bubba has to sleep in his crate, with his face against the bars, holding his lips up, so that he can breathe. His new owner was able to get him soft palate resection surgery to help him breathe easier. However, this only helped a little bit, due to the previous damage done to his nasal cavities by the pit bull. He was still vomiting and having a hard time breathing, and still has to prop his lips open to sleep.

The doctors beleive his adult canine teeth need to be extracted to prevent cyst formation. They attempted to pass a nasal gastric tube and could not pass it more than 1" in either nostril. At that point, it became clear that a CT scan would be required to determine what could be done to correct the damage done at such an early age.

Bubba was surrendered to APARN on 2-9-18, and we have scheduled a CT/surgical consult for him at Arizona Vet Specialists. We are hoping that the damage done to this sweet boy can be repaired. We know the cost of the CT will be close to $3K, and there is no way of knowing yet what a potential surgery might be. We will update this page after the CT scan results.

Salter was found in the early hours of the morning, all alone by the side of the road. The temperature was in the low 20s, when a good samaritan stopped and discovered him there.  He believed the little pug had been hit by a car, as he was very injured, and bleeding from the nose. The pug was also extremely cold to the touch, likely meaning he had been out there for some time.  Suffering from hypothermia, the little pug shook as the finder took him to the nearest ER Vet, Prescott Area Pet Emergency Hospital, where a microchip scan was negative. He was immediately put on oxygen, as work began to bring his core body temperature up. 

Within a few hours, APARN learned about him, and stepped in to assume financial responsibility to help this little pug! The vet is running blood work and will be adding some additional tests such as x-rays and ultrasound, to verify the extent of his internal damages.

Salter is currently in critical condition, and APARN needs your help to save him. The low estimate is $2287, and the high end $2901. Please donate what you can to help APARN save Salter and other pugs like him in their mission to leave no pug behind!

Updates to follow as we learn more information from the tests the vet completes. 
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