During May of 2025, Puck's overall health & demeanor was declining. He became lethargic and confused, he would stare at walls and was too unstable to even lift his leg to pee. After multiple vet visits, x-rays, blood tests, and an ultrasound, Puck's amazing doctors were able to diagnose him with a congential portosytemic shunt in his liver.

In a nutshell, Puck's liver has an extra blood vessel that sends unfiltered blood throughout his body. Since his liver can't properly filter his blood, toxins began collecting in all areas of his body, including his brain. Puck's medical team put him on a round-the-clock medication plan that started working immediately. While he's now in the healthy range of blood toxins, he needs a complex operation to correct the shunt, and we need your help to make it happen.

Puck came to me (his mom, Alyssa) during a really dark time in my life. Our family was recovering from the impact of an abusive marriage, and he just came hopping in with his grass-loving fluffy butt and showed us all that magic exists in the form of a cross-eyed, pink-nosed, ball-herding double merle. I've been his seeing-eye-human for 5 years, and I want to be that for him for another 10.

About Double Merle:

"Double Merle" refers to a dog with two copies of the dominant merle gene, which is the result of breeding two merle dogs together. This genetic combination causes excessive dilution of pigment, resulting in a predominantly white coat with small patches of color and a very high risk of being born with significant health issues, such as blindness and deafness. Breeding two merles is a dangerous practice, as it gives each puppy in the litter a 25% chance of inheriting the health problems associated with the double merle condition.