Save Awesome: Surgery Needed for Beloved Pet

Awesome’s Journey Awesome is a 14 year old Basset Hound that we rescued in 2013.

2011 - was the first time I saw him in the backyard by himself.

2012 - he was attacked by coyotes with severe injuries on his neck.

2013 - we got a call asking if we wanted him and I immediately said "YES!" and picked him up the same day and has been with us since. He has lost 3 siblings & still has 1 left.

Beginning of the year, we went to the El Cajon Valley Vet because I felt something around his neck. Vet said it was normal for older dogs to get cysts and had nothing to worry about. But it kept growing and went back to get it checked. Vets took bloodwork and testes and put a surgical tube to drain excess fluids. Results came back as non-cancerous but surgery is needed to remove the growing cyst.

Awesome absolutely fits his name. He just loves everything but mostly getting a belly rub. He is great with kids and he welcomes everyone that comes over. He would sit next to you or will stare at you until you pet him. When he's tired, he has 3 tempurpedic bed he can choose from to nap but we always find him under my work desk, snoring away.

If you saw Awesome, you will fall in love with him immediately. He is the biggest goofball ever. Beginning of the year has been rough losing 2 dogs (old age and one with Cushing's disease). We're asking for any kind of help as Awesome needs surgery to remove the cyst.