Save Harley's Smile: Donate for Her Dental Surgery

My name is Lakyn (lake-in) and if you don't know me, I have loved and been around animals my whole life. Somehow, I end up with dogs that need a lot of medical attention, which is why I am creating this GoFundMe. Harley is my little Papillon mix dog and she's honestly the cutest dog I have ever seen. Everyone she crosses paths with immediately falls in love with her - even if she doesn't immediately reciprocate those emotions. Harley is only around a year and a half old, and I rescued her in September 2024 as she was an owner surrender. I adopted her several months after my childhood dog passed that previous March. My animals are my everything.

On Easter morning, Harley woke me up at around 6 a.m. and was acting strange - it reminded me of what my childhood dog looked like when her organs started failing. We rushed Harley to the emergency vet, and after many hours of tests, they found nothing wrong. The staff at VEG are incredible, but it definitely left me grabbing for straws.

Fast forward to Memorial Day Weekend (why it always has to be on a holiday I have no idea, but you know how it goes). I brought Harley with me to New Mexico to visit my family and attend my stepbrother's graduation. Harley was kenneled and somehow managed to get her snout and teeth stuck on her kennel door. If you saw this kennel, you would also wonder how this is possible because it still boggles my mind. My family got her out within seconds, but the damage was already done. Harley had blood on her muzzle and in her mouth. A small tooth had fallen out, and when I checked the other teeth, something was not right.

Today, I brought Harley to the vet just to make sure we could avoid any infections and make sure everything was okay. As I'm typing this, we are gearing up to head into an all-day surgery for Harley tomorrow. She will need at least two teeth extracted, potentially three, one of which being her canine tooth. Hopefully, the gums over the canine tooth can just be sutured, but I really won't know until I pick her up tomorrow night. I know she will be in good hands with the staff at PAWS tomorrow.

Between our emergency Easter visit and the surgery tomorrow, I will have spent nearly $4,000 on Harley. I'm not expecting this GoFundMe to cover all of my costs, but anything will help me immensely, and I would be forever grateful.