Hachi-ko is a 9-month-old American Staffordshire Terrier in Antioch, CA, who needs $1,200 for surgery for foreign body removal.

I had to put 2 of my senior doggies down within the last 2 years during the pandemic and can't bear the thought of losing Hachi! The entire neighborhood loved my old pitty. My next door neighbor gave me Hachi, who is 9 months now, because he’s a clone of him even though I was not ready for another dog. He was and is a handful, especially as a puppy. He didn't do well being crate trained.

He is a handful and doesn't know his own strength & my 2 senior chihuahuas do not like him at all. The 2 old ones just want a peaceful senior life but unfortunately have to deal with this crazy puppy always in their face wanting to play. Maybe when he grows out of his puppiness they will finally accept him lol.

I am a low income senior who was affected last year by my invalid mom getting Covid in her facility. She survived & I now take care of her and a grown mentally ill son who moved back in with me but will not get help. It would mean the world to be able to fix my baby boy.

One day about a week ago while petting him all over, I discovered a lump, a hard mass growing on his neck about the size of a golfball. I cannot believe I hadn't noticed it previously. I took him to Well Pet Animal Clinic in Pittsburg & they said it was a foreign object that he must've chewed and it got lodged in his neck. He doesn't seem to be in any pain or anything. He goes in this Friday.

He is just a goofy puppy that’s in his terrible 2’s at 9 months. He is full of energy & needs to learn to leave the old doggies alone. But he is a very good doggy! He tries really hard to please and wants to play constantly & to play with everyone and every doggie he sees… even though he has to overcome the pitbull stigma.