Poochie is a 7-year-old Chihuahua Mix in Hilo, HI, who needs $2,000 for Dental Work.

Poochie is the love of my life. She is a dog that had a bad rough life from the start. She is a rescue dog I adore. She also is a ESA dog, and she means the world to me. She already had bad breath but I didn't notice anything wrong. I took her to the vet for the first time and found that she has a heart murmur and blood in her stool, and needs dental work and other tests to be done.

Poochie loves to meet new people and dogs, and is very friendly. She is house trained and does not mess in the house. She loves to go riding and walking and can do this 24/7 all day every day. She doesn't play with toys but walking just makes her day. I thought that a dog would help with the complications family has, but it didn't. No one in the family would help. So, things became what it is.

This girl is very special. She is smart and picks up on key words like "keep"! When I expressed that I would keep her, she jumped 3 feet up in the air in happiness! She is full of energy all the time, even now. She likes to play tug on a rope but because of her teeth being bad, I stopped playing tug with her. Dr. said that she may have 3 more years at the most, and I want her to live longer.

This is the first time she's been to a veterinarian, so I need to do all the tests needed but dental work is an emergency. It is the cause for her problems, and I need to have this done. It just breaks my heart to see her suffer. She sleeps with me on my bed, and I hear her crying at night because of a toothache. Her veterinarian is Lei Imaino-Hata.

I am disabled and have other debt and unable to get the funding needed to do this. I am heartbroken this has happened. This means the world to me to have her well again! On Poochie's first visit, I was unable to do all tests due to not being able to pay, Please help.