Indy is a 3 year old female golden retriever who was rescued from a puppy mill. She is a former breeding dog who was given to us to find a good home. Indy came with another big red golden who went to another rescue and a group of Yorkies that went to yet another rescue. Indy was very scared when first rescued, but is coming around and is she is very sweet. She also gets along with other dogs. In fact, it is best that Indy have another dog in the home to show her the ropes of being a loved house dog.

Indy went in for a typical spay August 23, when things went terribly wrong. Indy was spayed and was doing fine. Then all of a sudden her incision started to open, red blood cell and hematocrit started to drop. Her abdomen started to fill with fluid. We took her to the ER Friday night, but no one could figure out what was wrong. So today all the vets got together and decided to do exploratory surgery to see what was happening. It turned out that Indy was in a crate with a benebone while her foster ran for groceries. When the foster got home she discovered Indy had chewed off an end of the benebone. Radiographs were done and no blockage was seen but now we know most likely part of that benebone did some damage that would never have shown up on an x-ray. Indy is now out of surgery. The recovery is a little shaky. They found a perforation of her duodumn, so it was a good thing the vets did the surgery. She has some area of necosres near surgery sites so resected as much as they were able. She was considered septic and needed to continue her fight!!! Please help by praying! We also have a $12,100 medical bill now none was expected. Please help our non-profit with your donations. We'll list your name here as her angel!🙏


Indy Update: Indy started to eat well for the doctors so they said she was released to go home on August 28th. She was of course still on medication and the NG tube continued to be in place if needed.

On September 16th, we got the all clear that Indy is available to go to her forever home.

If you would like to adopt Indy, the first step is to read "How to Adopt" and follow the directions from there if you qualify.

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