Charlie is a 10-month-old Chihuahua/Dacshund in Crestview, FL, who needs $1,815 for Diagnosis and Treatment.

We met Charlie (aka Tommy) at the end of March and adopted him from a small rescue. He was a nervous little fellow, but you could clearly see he had a gentle/calmness about him. The rescue shared his story and the challenges he had with pneumonia. We fell in love and are committed to helping him. He lives with a family of 6. 4 great kids 16-8 years of age. He is adored by our Toby! K-9

Charlie is a very special boy. When he first arrived to our home he was quite overwhelmed. Under the table or in his kennel was his favorite place to be. The only thing that got him to come out was his new friend Toby. Watching Toby have so much fun with Charlie makes us smile every day! He's never far from anyone hoping to give a little love to and always curled closely to Toby when we aren't.

Charlie needed to learn how to trust people. As a military family we've learned how to recognize and understand the effects of trauma. His fear of men, makes us very suspicious that there's been some kind of abuse that happened before he was rescued by Nite Howls . Watching the two dogs play, interact and connect puts a smile on all our faces daily. After only a week t they became best buds!

So unfortunately a day after we adopted Charlie, we started to see some abnormal movements. We noticed that he would stand on top of his paws and even try to walk that way. We have since found out this is called knuckling and normally is a sign of a neurological condition. We also noticed that his back legs didn't move or operate in a normal, We need a specialist opinion to proceed ASAP.

Being a proud military family of 6, but for the past 4 years we've had a very medically fragile child many hospitalizations, Specialist and homeschooling. Because of this, we became a one income family. We were not prepared for this medical need. We want to save Charlie!