Nashville Humane Association: Emergency Medical Grant Report

How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?

This grant funding allowed us to treat a special medical case who came to Nashville Humane Association from a shelter transport partner. Jovie, a female miniature Australian shepard, came to us with a cleft palate and as a bifid, meaning she presented as having two noses!

Jovie was in need of a special dental surgery to repair the cleft palate and some other birth defects within her mouth and sinus cavities. This Emergency Medical Grant allowed us to provide the surgeries Jovie required.

How many pets did this grant help?

1

Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.

Jovie, a 1-year-old female miniature Australian shepard, came to Nashville Humane Association (NHA) in December 2023.

She was in need of specialized surgeries to repair a cleft palate and a few birth defects that were found in her sinus cavities. Jovie was a special case, as she was a bifid: She has two noses!

This funding allowed NHA to treat Jovie’s medical needs. Jovie was adopted in January and has found a loving home in Franklin, TN, where she lives with another pup and two human brothers as her siblings!