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18-Week-Old Puppy In Danbury Loses Nose: Thousands Raised To Fund Surgery Costs 18-Week-Old Puppy In Danbury Loses Nose: Thousands Raised To Fund Surgery Costs
18-Week-Old Puppy In Danbury Loses Nose: Thousands Raised To Fund Surgery Costs A Connecticut animal rescue group is hoping to raise enough money to fund surgery costs for an 18-week-old German Shephard puppy who lost her nose from a disease.  To do so, the Danbury Animal Welfare Society (DAWS) has started a GoFundMe page to raise the funds needed to pay for reconstructive surgery on the puppy, who is named Gwen.  Gwen lost her nose when she came down with an immune-mediated disease called Puppy Strangles, which eats away at the skin around a dog's muzzle and affected her nose, lips, and the skin around her mouth. The puppy was initially treated at Mt. Pleasant Hospit…

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by Ben Crnic