09/01/2026
🚨 ERF EMERGENCY CASE: ISENHOWER 🚨
https://www.emberreignfoundation.org/embers
Yesterday morning started like any other morning for 2-year-old Isenhower and his Doberman sister. They were let outside together for their normal morning routine while their family got their day started.
At some point while the two dogs were playing and wrestling, the clasp securing Isenhower’s tie-out came unhooked from his collar.
No one knew.
When his family went outside to bring the dogs back in, Isenhower was nowhere to be found. His tie-out was stretched toward the back of the property, and they immediately began searching and calling for him.
Then they saw their neighbor outside with Isenhower.
Sometime around 7:57 AM, something appears to have caught his attention and he darted into the roadway.
Isenhower was struck by a vehicle. The vehicle did not stop.
In one completely ordinary morning, one failed clasp and a matter of seconds turned this family’s world upside down.
And that is something I really want to emphasize as we share his story: this was an accident.
It would be easy to look at a story involving a dog being hit by a car and immediately ask what someone should have done differently. But Isenhower was outside at his own home, secured as he normally was, playing with his sister. His family had no reason to believe that morning would be any different.
Sometimes terrible things happen despite our best efforts.
Thankfully, Isenhower survived. But he suffered a broken pelvis that requires surgical repair, and time matters.
His family has already stepped up tremendously. They paid approximately $720 to initially stabilize him and get him transferred to the appropriate hospital, followed by another $2,100 toward his care.
His current minimum estimate is $6,183.63, and the goal is to get his surgery moving forward as soon as possible—hopefully this evening—to give this sweet boy the strongest prognosis possible.
The Ember Reign Foundation is committing a $2,500 Compassion Grant toward Isenhower’s care. Now we are asking our community to help us close as much of the remaining gap as possible.
I am actively putting together his full ERF campaign now, but you do not have to wait for the campaign to go live to help him. If Isenhower’s story compels you and you would like to contribute, you can make a one-time donation to ERF now, and those funds will go toward helping us get this boy the surgery he needs.
No family wakes up expecting an emergency like this.
No one expects a clasp to fail.
And no one expects that within seconds, their healthy two-year-old dog will suddenly need thousands of dollars in emergency orthopedic care.
But this is exactly why Ember Reign Foundation exists.
To step into that horrible space between “we can save him” and “we have to find the money to save him.”
Isenhower has already fought through the hardest part.
Now let’s help get him back on his feet. ❤️🩹
More information and his official campaign are coming shortly. In the meantime, every one-time donation—whether it is $5, $10, $25, $50 or more—helps us move closer to getting Isenhower into surgery.
Please share his story. Even if you cannot donate, sharing may put Isenhower in front of the person who can.
