Hi all,

My name is Sunnie, I am the service doggo for my momma. I am helping her make this because she's been really stressed out about my recent doctor visit....unfortunately it looks like i have a big boo-boo on my knee...): I will give a little background on how my momma and I met, and then what happened...stay tuned..

How momma and I met: Momma was escaping abusive relationships in her original city and moved to Florida to go to grad school. In her original state, my momma trained service doggos for years! When she came to Florida, 2 weeks later she came to the shelter and found me....she kept crying and saying that I was the cutest little ray of sunshine...well now I am hers, and my name is Sunnie! They used to call me Eli, but momma said that doesn't fit who I am. Ever since that day over 5 years ago, I have been by mommas side through everything. I did a bunch of training to find out how I can be her best friend and support her. I passed all my tests and became momma's service doggo!! I changed her life she says, but the truth is, she changed mine. If it weren't for her showing up that day, I would have still been sitting in a dark hard floor, covered in some other dogs poop. I love my mom.

What happened to my leg: Well...momma and I were in the woods one day enjoying a beautiful walk in nature when a man on a bike rode past us and his dog was off-leash. Momma told me to stand on her side in a heel and she stood in front of me to protect me, but the mean doggo came after us. The man's doggo pushed me into a ditch where I was dangling by my leash. I started screaming cause I was in so much pain... I am over 100lbs, and my momma struggled so hard to get me back up. She was able to scream the mean doggo off, because the man on the bike rode off and did nothing to help.. he told my momma to "shut up xxxxx" with a bunch of bad words that I can't say.... Well after that attack and momma getting me out of the ditch, I started limping really badly...momma couldnt carry me so we had to walk all the way back. Shortly after we got back to the car, momma called the vet and I got some medicine and rest, which means I couldn't work for momma. Weeks went by and I still didn't feel good but I was also a part of a research study at the local vet hospital because I am such a good boy! The vet hospital did my x-rays and found out that I actually have a torn CCL, which means my knee has a big boo-boo. This also means I can't participate in the study to help other doggos, and that I cant work for momma till I get my knee fixed and healed...

Momma needs your help so that I can get back up and running (literally hehe). Please help us raise money for my surgery. The dogtor said that to fix my knee it would cost $5,500. We have to raise that quickly so that momma can take me for my visit. I did some maths and if we can get 275 people to donate $20 then we can cover my surgery! I know momma and I are well known in the area and so please help us so I can come back around town and get my pup-cups and treats from all the local shops hehehe..

Love,

- Sunnie & Momma

(all further updates will be posted here or on mommas facebook page)