Go Fund Boy: Help Save Mr. Maus

Maus is a 5 year and 10 month old greyhound who needs a leg amputation to help save his life.

Boy with his family and his girlfriend Miss Nala.

Cuddle boy.

From Maus’ mum, Q:

My one goal for adulthood has always been to have the time and resources to rescue a dog, and for years I had known that dog would be a greyhound. The moment I saw Maus, fresh off the track at his homecoming, I knew innately that that was my boy and that I was meant to be his mom. My partner and I first took him home on January 28th, 2023. After months of patient training and acclimating, the skinny scared boy we once knew came out of his shell entirely, revealing an incredibly intelligent, quirky, loving, and oh-so-food-motivated boy (well, that part never changed). Over the past year and seven months, our boy has become sweeter and sweeter -- cuddling, giving kisses, feeling comfortable asking for love and attention, and though he still can’t quite understand the “bring it back” part of catch, he loves playing with his toys and being a dog.

On October 31st, we were given just about the worst news that a pet owner could get. Our boy who had slipped and fell down two steps had broken his hip, and that the breakage was caused by a tumor, most likely Osteosarcoma. With amputation, he is being given 4 months to live. With chemotherapy, one year.

The apple of my eye, my soul dog, my boy -- he’s just 5 years old and he is not done loving yet! I feel it in my heart. Before the fall, he was just his regular self, happy as ever to lounge on our couch all day, see his four and two-legged friends, sprint the half-block home to his dinner time, eat all the treats, and enjoy all that life has to offer him. I ask my friends, family, and the wonderful community of greyhound lovers out there to support us in raising the funds for this surgery. If you have met Maus, you know he is 90 pounds of pure good boy. Please help us help him, I want to give him the best life he can get until he lets me know he’s ready.

We are asking for support for the 12,000 dollar surgery. Jack and I will assess if we feel like chemotherapy is the best path for him through more research, and by listening to Maus. For now, we just want our boy to be out of pain and be able to continue to enjoy the life he has left.

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From Maus’ Dad, Jack,

When Quetzal and I first started dating over four years ago, we talked about all the dogs we would love to have the opportunity to save and give better lives. While walking through a park in Long beach during our second or third date, we joked that we would grow old together and live on a farm with 40 dogs. Months later, in that very same park, we met our first greyhounds. Three beautiful girls being gently walked by an older woman who was barely holding onto them while they gingerly walked by her side. They were the sweetest and gentlests dogs with the softest coats and we immediately fell head over heels with the idea of one day saving a grey together. That day came almost two years ago now, when we got the call that, despite being told we would likely be getting a small girl, we ended up with the biggest boy many had ever seen!

We began fostering that skinny pile of muscles and bones, covered in scratches, scars, scabs, and bugs, scared and confused of all the new things in his life, and revealed the sweetest, spunkiest, most handsome, quirky big boy ladies man who always would love a snack and a soft couch to nap on. He has become the biggest part of our lives, constantly in our thoughts when we’re not with him, and when we got the news while at the ER for 13 hours that not only had he broken his hip, but it broke because he has tumors in it and would need to be amputated, our whole world turned upside down.

Anything that you are able to help donate will make a huge impact for us in our decision to save our goodie-boy and make sure that we can give him the best damn last bit of his life that we possibly can.