My wife Lindsey and I want to thank everyone for their support helping Bruno battle cancer for the second time. 

As yall know or might not know Bruno was a warrior from the day he was born into an evil household. He was used as bait to help train bigger meaner dogs to kill. Bruno won that fight finding a way to us. He was Immediately checked by a vet and was sent into surgery to stop cancer for the first time.

No stranger to winning Bruno made cancer his bitch and was cancer free. That's when the easy life started. Bruno became the focus of our family and once he realized it, it was GAME OVER……for us. 

Bruno was spoiled and he clearly was OK with it as he gained 20lbs in a few weeks. Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to years. Bruno graced everyone he ever saw with his nub tail wiggle and his happy feet. See Bruno did lose that one battle where the vet had to remove his tail because he was so happy and he couldn't not show it. It didn't matter when or where he was his tail would wag and destroy anything it touched including itself. Happy Tail was the diagnosis and it was cut off to prevent anymore injuries and infections to his tail. 

That didn't get him down. He now thinks he's the coolest thing since sliced bread. 

I could go on and on but the sad reality is no matter how amazing he is, no matter how many people he helped or how many lives he changed Bruno will lose this final fight. 

Bruno went to the vet for a blockage and Dr. Callahan found the blockage but also found a spleen bigger than normal. No one thought twice about it but after the blockage passed and he didn't get better he returned to see his friend Dr. Callahan. Within minutes Bruno was rushed into surgery for an emergency splenectomy. A week later the biopsy results returned and Bruno was diagnosed with a type of lymphoma. 

The lab wasn't able to narrow it down to a specific type of lymphoma so all we could do was monitor his blood twice a week and look for clues or signs. Bloodwork continued to get better each visit to the point we reduced it to once a week and then this past Thursday we were able to schedule a visit two week away. Getting better we thought, they thought, the doctor thought, all his supporters. Everyone. Then that same Thursday he didn't eat that night. OK, that's fine. We chalked it up as a big breakfast and the vet visit stressed him. He would eat in the morning. But he didn't. He didn't eat dinner either. Then we noticed he wasn't eating treats or human food and trust me, Bruno has NEVER turned down human food. Lindsey and Bruno use to have Mexican movie night and they shared the couch, chips and queso, a movie with chicken/steak fajitas. Bruno just didn't turn down human food. 

Now the alarms are blaring and our worst nightmare is coming true. The lymphoma decided to take hold and not let go. Last ditch effort we started him on steroids to make him comfortable. We are praying for a miracle but in all reality his clock has started. We just don't know when it will stop. Steroids can work a couple of days, or weeks, and even up to a few months. 

Now this is where we ask for help. Lindsey and I will not allow him to suffer. Not one day. Bruno has brought us so much joy. He's turned the worst days at work into the best days when we got home. There's something about how Bruno will talk to us like he is a human. He sounds like chubaka mixed with a pig. You just can't help but to laugh when we are eating and he didn't think he was getting enough so he yells at you with that chubaka piggy noise. There's just something about us trying to sleep in and Bruno army crawling up your chest. Trying to be sneaky but he's 80 pounds and it's all on you. Then you wake up and he gives you his look and you begin a staring contest then you feel his nub start going until it's going so fast the bed is shaking. Sorry for getting off topic but Bruno is my buddy and this hurts. 

Back to our decision. We are asking for help to give the best thing to happen to Lindsey and I a proper resting place. Hopefully we make our goal. Our goal will allow us to have Dr. Callahan and his favorite vet tech Tricia come to his home and while he is cuddling/napping with mommy and daddy he will cross the rainbow bridge. No pain no more. 

Then we hope to have built him his own wooden casket with his special toys, favorite blankets, and pillows. We will lay him in the ground in our back yard and plant a weeping willow tree over him. Finally we hope to have a little stone made and some mulch or stone or both. He will have his own little garden. We haven't mentioned his brother's but Bruno has two German shepherd brothers. One has severe hip dysplasia, add, adhd, anxiety disorder, and endlessly chases his own tail. Bruno's memorial garden and Weeping willow tree will be the perfect spot for his brother Droc Droc to chase his tail, get old, and rest there. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this. And thank you for any donation. If you cannot donate please pass this along to someone who might be able to.