Hi, my name is Jason. My dog Max 5yr old Neapolitan Mastiff is in need for urgent vet care! A couple of weeks ago he wasn't feeling so good and was in terrible pain. So I took him to the vet and they took an x-ray and found a large mass growing inside his abdomen (not cancer) the vet said. But it's so big that it's pushing against his internal organs and needs to be removed ASAP. He's eating less and less, there's just no room for him to fill his stomach anymore. Because of this he's losing weight. His ribs and backbone are showing now.

I'm trying to raise this money cause I don't receive much on my disability check, it all goes mostly to bills and what little is left if any.. I put it into savings. The vet visit cost me $400 and $200 of it my daughter covered. "Thanks Brittney!" They gave him pain meds and antibiotics (those have run out) and recommended i get him neutered. I did that at SNAP and that was $189 cause of his size. It used to be damn near free a few years back but times have changed.

Luckily I do have a big bottle Gabapentin 300mg and the same mg they gave me for him at the 1st vet visit. So he's been pretty comfortable. I only have $500 left in my savings to put towards the surgery he needs which will cost around $3500+

Max means the world to me, especially during the times when I'm depressed and not talking to anyone. I've never had a smarter or more loyal dog in my life! He follows me around the house everytime I leave my room so he can be sure I'm safe and nobody's going to hurt me.

When I leave my room and he's sleeping, he wakes up like a minute later and instantly searches the house for me as if he sensed my absence and get up to find me.. Sometimes growing until he finds me. He's also such a gentle giant and loves my/his cats and his little wife dog Annie. But when it comes to protection, he's vicious and will die for me. He has a deep growl and a deep voice that make ppl say "oh shit, that's scary af"

I'm a gun owner and I'll never feel as safe as I do with Max rather than without him and a whole house full of guns. Hope that makes sense. Even if Max knows you and see you on a daily basis, if I'm not inviting you in, youre not getting past him unless i approve it. And I didn't teach him that. That's purely instinctive. Whenever we go for walks and he walks next to me on my right side of my wheelchair and doesn't pull the leash or try run if he see someone he likes or some animal.

He's very smart, he knows each of my cats by name and will go give them a kiss when I ask him to kiss a certain cat. I don't even have to point at which cat, it amazes me every time we play that game. It's funny cause afterwards the cats are doused in slobber and drool! He knows his commands, and when I tell them to him and responds to them instantly. Max's favorite time of the day is when it's time for a milk bone! Lol.

He's well trained! I trained him myself, I'm really good with dogs. My grandfather was a dog trainer/handler in the airforce here in San Antonio Texas at Lackland AFB and even trained some of the dogs that went to Veitnam (hero dogs) and were left behind after the war. He taught me a lot about dog training and basically trained me to train our dogs we had in the past before he passed away in 2008.

Max so well trained I can just talk to him with my regular words instead of commands and he does what I ask of him! It blows my mind how smart he is I swear his own thoughts are in English! His wife Annie also the boss of him. These two love each other so much and I can't bare to think how sad and lonely we'll be without him. I'll even miss his nasty drool and slobber and how it's get all over everything when he shakes his head in the house, especially after hes drank water or eaten his food. That's the gross foamy drool! I can't believe thats something I'll miss. If he doesn't survive.

Sadly, if it comes down to it..the $500 I have with will probably cover the cost to humanly put him down but not get his ashes. But I can't do that. I just can't! NOT MAX! I've never begged for money before in my life and I feel like trash just asking for this help. But I have nowhere to turn. I'm in tears just typing all of this. I pray that people will see this and our story touches your heart and help Max so he can live out his last years with me.

Thank for taking the time to read this.

Also..This gofundme app is asking me to enhance my story, with AI to make it sadder probably. But I will not do that. The words I wrote are my own, as I typed them. My real feelings.