01/08/2026
We are incredibly grateful to Gucci’s foster parents for their unwavering dedication. They visited him daily while hospitalized, brought him home with a urinary catheter, and learned how to manage his medical care during recovery. When complications arose — including a kinked and catheter falling out— they immediately returned him to Tufts, not once but twice, ensuring he received the care he needed.
Gucci’s medical costs continue to rise, increasing from approximately $7,000 to an expected $8,000 by the end of today. The cause of his condition is still unknown, and surgery has not been ruled out.
Every contribution helps us continue caring for dogs like Gucci. If you’re able to help, his foster family has set up a GoFundMe to support his ongoing treatment.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-gucci-heal-from-cruelty-and-find-comfort
We are incredibly grateful to Gucci’s foster parents for their unwavering dedication. They visited him daily while hospitalized, brought him home with a urinary catheter, and learned how to manage his medical care during recovery. When complications arose — including a kinked and catheter falling out— they immediately returned him to Tufts, not once but twice, ensuring he received the care he needed.
Gucci’s medical costs continue to rise, increasing from approximately $7,000 to an expected $8,000 by the end of today. The cause of his condition is still unknown, and surgery has not been ruled out.
Every contribution helps us continue caring for dogs like Gucci. If you’re able to help, his foster family has set up a GoFundMe to support his ongoing treatment.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-gucci-heal-from-cruelty-and-find-comfort
Update 6:30pm
Gucci is going home with the foster with the urinary catheter to give his system more time to heal and see if we can get him to urinate in his own. If not, next plan is surgery. Fingers crossed he heals on his own and don’t need surgery 🤞🏻 huge thank you to the fosters who have been visiting him daily, and willing to take him on, medical conditions and all
Update: 1/5 3pm
I have been trying to get in contact with the doctors at tufts to get answers on 1. If we can use grant money that they told me about, and how much 2. If the Lerner clinic can do the surgery that was recommended yesterday and how much 3. If the Lerner clinic cannot, how much it will cost for the surgery department to do it. (They estimated 6-8k)
I received a message saying they are still trying to figure out what the plan is for him. Waiting for a call back. Have not talked to a doctor today.
Our bill is up to $7,000
Waiting to see if I can get a referral for Love is Life or if we can do surgery elsewhere as we cannot spend $6-8k
1/4 3:15pm: I got an update from tufts and there is a stricture in Gucci’s urethra blocking him from being able to void ..he will require surgery. Hoping the Lerner clinic could do it at a discounted rate. If not, we have been given an estimate of $6-8k and we simply do not have that amount of money we are able to spend from our animal control budget.
Meet Gucci
Gucci came to us this summer as part of a large animal cruelty case, one of nine dogs whose lives had already asked more of them than any dog should have to give. From the start, it was clear his body was still carrying the weight of what he’d endured — painful skin issues, chronic urinary problems, and a quiet resilience that never quite faded.
Despite treatment and close monitoring, Gucci’s condition continued to worsen. This week, it reached a heartbreaking point: Gucci lost the ability to urinate on his own. Since Tuesday, he has been hospitalized at Tufts, relying on a urinary catheter while specialists work tirelessly to understand what his body is fighting against. Even now, after extensive testing, there are still more questions than answers.
Gucci is comfortable. He is safe. He is loved. But his care has already exceeded $6,000, and that number continues to climb as his doctors search for solutions. Cases like Gucci’s are the reality behind cruelty rescues — the unseen, ongoing cost of choosing not to give up on dogs who were failed long before they ever reached us.
Every decision we make is guided by one question: What does this dog deserve?
For Gucci, the answer has always been the same — time, patience, and the chance to heal.
Dogs rescued from cruelty cases often arrive with complex medical needs, and caring for them stretches resources meant to protect many others. Yet walking away has never been an option.
Gucci’s story is still being written. And for now, we’re standing with him — exactly where he deserves someone to be.
Standing by Gucci means leaning on the kindness and support of those who believe, like we do, that every dog deserves this chance.
Please help donate to his cause if you are able! We love this little guy. Copy and paste the link below if you can. Thank you
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-gucci-heal-from-cruelty-and-find-comfort?attribution_id=sl:7200eff5-85f2-41a7-8d30-e4e562316ee1&lang=en_US&ts=1767546250&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp17_te&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
