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\"Tater<\/a>In July, 2012, Stacey Hirsh noticed that her dachshund, Tater Pie, was having problems. \u201cHhe started having breath only a mother could love,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was really bad. It got to the point where his breath was so bad that I knew if I could smell it he could taste it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She took her dog, then nearly 12 years old, to VCA All Care Animal Referral Center in Fountain Valley. \u201cThey said that some of his teeth needed to be pulled,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cIt was affecting his sinuses. He couldn\u2019t breathe. It really hurt when he chewed. And this dog is like a bottomless pit when it comes to food. I couldn\u2019t brush his teeth. I couldn\u2019t touch him or anything. He didn\u2019t want anything to go near his mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stacey was virtually broke and was unemployed and looking for work at the time. \u201cI was really struggling but Tater Pie always came first. He makes my heart go pitter-patter,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She had a savings account but it was gone. \u201cAll of it went for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

At All Care, Dr. Robert Murtaugh told her about Angel Fund. \u201cI\u2019d never heard about it until he brought it up. I can\u2019t say enough about the VCA in Fountain Valley. Without them it never would have happened.\u201d Angel Fund provided $500 to help pay for Tater Pie\u2019s surgery. The hospital also made a substantial contribution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was quite a bit of work that needed to be done \u2013 Tater Pie had seven or eight abscessed teeth pulled. And, I gotta tell you, the day after they pulled his teeth, he had more energy than he\u2019s ever had before. He was in there [the hospital] for a day and a half maybe and he started running around like he was a little puppy. Forty-eight hours after his surgery he was eating.\u00a0 He was on medication for sinus infections before the extractions. Now he is taking nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stacey who lives in Irvine, and her dog have a bond that is rare.\u00a0 \u201cHe is my heart beat,\u201d she said. \u201cHe is the love of my life. I never had a child and he\u2019s it. I would clone him if I could. He\u2019s amazing. I don\u2019t leash him but he follows me everywhere.\u00a0 He has a great appetite now. He\u2019s a whole different dog. He has been life-changing for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not too long after her dog\u2019s surgery, she found a trinket in a pet store while visiting New York. \u201cIt was this magnet,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cIt says: \u2018Saving one dog will not change the world but, for that one dog, the world will be forever changed.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 That says it all for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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