Fito is a 7-year-old Chihuahua in Pittsburg, CA, who needs $1,500 for dental treatment.

My mom found Fito under a van at her job covered in fleas shaking and cold we tried giving him away to shelters and even people but no one would take him and he had no chip so we took him in, of course we had to shower him take out all his fleas and get him to meet everyone.

Fito likes going for walks and seeing other dogs, he loves big dogs even though he’s really small. Is friendly with people and is very protective over people in the house, he doesn’t like when people fight or try to start fighting but most of all he just likes being by people he hates being outside by himself

My mother is retired and is getting a fixed income so money is already tight in addition the vet did not tell us an exact amount of how much the procedure would cost, we paid $466 just for the emergency visit.

Fito went to the vet recently because his face looked swollen on one side, the vet told us he had an infection on one of his teeth but that it could be more that one, but in order to see if more teeth are affected he would have to go under anesthesia and potentially get extractions

He is special because we feel as if he came to us and protects us, when my dad was sick Fito never left his side until he went to the hospital and came back better. although he’s small he is loud and barks to let us know when something is about to happen.