Paul is a 4-year-old Chihuahua in Charlotte , NC, who needs $500 for heart worm treatment.

I adopted Paul March 2020 from a shelter in South Carolina. Paul was living in a hoarding situation with 40+ other chihuahuas. He was not house trained, did not know how to walk on a leash, couldn’t go up or down stairs. He was very shy, and nervous for months. When I adopted him I knew he was heart worm positive, we did the treatment. Unfortunately, it failed.

After months of being shy, Paul finally opened up to us! He lives with myself, my roomie, her 3 dogs and my cat. Paul’s loves them all! He is a snuggly boy who loves to play with toys bigger than him! He sleeps in bed with me every night right under my arm. He LOVES when his aunty comes home and gets to sit with her on the couch. Paul loves having a cat in the house too.

Paul is my world and I will do absolutely everything and anything to keep him happy and healthy. Unfortunately, like everyone else right now with Covid..I am struggling financially. Loosing hours at work, and living paycheck to paycheck in my 20’s

Paul had been treated for heart worms in March 2020, the treatment nearly killed him because of how painful it was. At his checkup he ended up coming back positive again, this is VERY rare. Paul has been seeing Dr. Megan Hesson at Clear Creek Animal Hospital and has been seeing a cardiologist at Carolina Animal Referral and Emergency, Dr.Sayer.

My favorite thing about Paul is how happy he gets when he sees me, even if I come from the other room into the one he is in. Paul is such a happy boy all of the time. He takes the biggest toys in the house and drags them around acting like he is a big pit bull. When he dreams, he makes the sweetest little sounds that melt my heart.