Updates toward bottom, Maverick is heartbreakingly no longer with us.

Maverick is our sweet soul of a Mini Australian Shepherd. He is only 8 months old, and life has dealt us a very difficult and unexpected turn of events. What was a constantly happy, energetic, and playful dog quickly became a vulnerable sweet soul in need of help, and help quickly. After multiple days of veterinary work, and going through rough days of vomiting at home for a week, Maverick has quickly gone downhill and will need emergency surgery to save his life.

Fortunately, the prognosis of surviving and recovering from this surgery is high and likely, but without it, he won’t be able to overcome this. We want more than anything for Maverick to be able to make a full recovery, and get to live a beautiful long life. Our family lost our beloved dog Max last year of old age, and Maverick has been the companion helping us through tough times.

Unfortunately, we cannot afford this surgery. But even more so, we really can’t afford to lose him, and his love. He is under hospitalization at the moment to keep him stable as possible until Tuesday morning, and that itself is very costly to begin with. Meanwhile, we are trying our best to explore our options in terms of where we can have the surgery performed. He will need surgery to begin by Tuesday 12/23/25. Any help at all will be graciously appreciated, and surely help us save our precious and beloved Maverick.

We are praying he pulls through, and we are going to do our best to help him at every step of the way, he is truly family to us❤️

0945 PST 12/23/25 Update 1: We picked up Maverick from his hospitalization care, and we are transporting him a couple cities over to a surgery specialist center. He was extremely happy to see us this morning, and he is looking to be in stable condition for his surgery. It will likely begin within the next two hours, lasting 4 to 6. Maverick will have a long road to recovery, and the first 3-5 nights are likely to be spent under hospitalization. But they do expect him to pull through with high confidence. Thank you all for your generosity and support. If you could please share our Mavy’s story, it would help us even more. I’ll update again once he begins his surgery.

1218 PST 12/23/25 Update 2: They have evaluated his overall condition, and we are in a patient room with Maverick. We are waiting to hear from the surgeon as to what our updated estimate looks like, and hoping that he can get the help that he needs sooner than later.

1400 PST 12/23/25 Update 3: The emergency veterinarian clinic has released us a much steeper estimate than expected for Maverick. It is far out of our reach, and we are applying for all possible care credit plans to put together for our Maverick. We are hoping the surgery can be started this evening. He is with us, and we are keeping him comforted as we sort this out. The donations have already come a long way toward helping us save his life, but the costs of this surgery along with the costs of veterinary services to find the issue have financially drained us further than what we have. We are going to have the surgery done though, because we can’t say goodbye to our beloved friend so early. All donations and shares are so incredibly appreciated❤️‍

2123 PST 12/23/25 Update 4: After a long and stressful day for both Maverick and us, Maverick has undergone surgery. Unfortunately, we are still not entirely sure what may have caused this situation. Right now, the signs point toward a bacterial or viral infection, and that’s what he will be treated for as he recovers. Fortunately, he is awake and recovering. He will need a few days of supportive care though to get him to start eating and drinking again. Painfully, each day tacks on another few thousand to the bill. We are not out of the weeds yet with this situation neither financially nor what really matters; his full recovery. But we are extremely optimistic and believe with reassurance from the vet that he will heal to enjoy a beautiful life with us. Thank you all for your continued support❤️‍

0922 PST 12/24/25 Update 5: Maverick is under intensive care and still refuses to eat. We will be going in to visit him and encourage him to eat very soon. He very badly needs nutrition in his body. Please pray for our Mavy

1621 12/24/25 Update 6: During our visit with Maverick this morning, we were greeted by a very happy and hopeful face. He also was extremely excited to eat the homemade food we brought him, and managed to drink a little. His condition in terms of surgery recovery is looking good enough to take him home tonight. As for now, that is the plan, and we will be taking him home with multiple medications to care for him intensively for a few weeks. We pray that he is able to hold his food down and digest it properly, and that the antibiotics can help him defeat whatever is causing inflammation in his GI system. I will update again when we have him home. Thank you all

2102 PST 12/24/25 Update 7: Maverick is home, and the road to recovery begins now. It will be a long few weeks for the both of us, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I am so extremely thankful to have my baby back home. I pray that his medications and diet work, and that he will push through this tough stage. His odds are great, and he is a fighter. Thank you all again for your gracious help in saving our fur baby. Your donations are as precious to us as his life, as that is why we have him here recovering. I will further update through the recovery process. God bless and Merry Christmas to you all

1924 PST 1/8/26 Update 8: After two weeks of constant care and coming back to almost 100% his normal self, Maverick has quickly gone back downhill in his condition, and will not eat or drink. We have two conflicting vet reports, but either would end up in another emergency surgery ASAP. I am doing what I can to keep him here, and I will continue to until I can’t anymore, or until I see from him that it isn’t fair to him to continue putting him through this. Any help at all is extremely appreciated, as we have already far more than emptied our pockets trying to save him. I pray my baby gets to stay here in this world with me and live a long, happy, healthy life❤️‍

1801 PST 1/9/26 Update 9 (and probably the last one.): It breaks my heart to share this with all of you who generously helped us try to save Maverick’s life. We went in this morning to make the final call with his outcome, and after multiple doctors explained the poor prognosis over the course of 3 hours of comforting him in my lap, we opted to go with a life-saving surgery. The chances were 50/50, and it breaks my heart, but his condition ended up being much worse than expected after the exploratory surgery. There was no saving him, despite how hopeful he and I were. At this point, I wish I’d had chosen to do a more comfortable euthanasia in a place where he feels safe, and with us by his side. But it all happened in the worst way possible. We said our goodbyes as he was under anesthesia, and he was sent to heaven right after. I miss him more than words can explain. I would have given anything to just have him healthy again, I tried. I told myself and I told him that no matter what the prognosis looks like, I would try to save his life if I still saw hope in his eyes. And hope I saw, until my very last eye contact with him. I did everything I could, and I did it for love. I’m sorry Maverick, I tried buddy. I love you so much and I wish you were here. I know if it was your choice, you would have wanted to stay, too. You will always be right here in my heart, but I will forever miss the warmth and comfort you laying by my side. I will forever miss your licks and butt wiggles. You were such an amazing, happy, and courageous dog. Quite possibly the most adorable one I’ve ever seen, at that. I miss everything about you buddy. And I always will. If I had to take care of you every day the way I did for this past month, I still would do it just to have you here with me, as long as you were pain free and happy. It brings me some comfort knowing you are in a place free of pain, free of suffering. But I won’t lie, nothing is strong enough to fill the void that is left behind by your departure. You were truly special buddy. You were my Mavy dog<3 I love you Maverick!!!