Pulguitas is a 12-year-old Chihuahua in Stockton, CA, who needs $900 for enucleation.

I have had Pulguitas for about 12 years now. Over the years I have grown very attached to him. We named him Pulguitas because he was full of flees when we first got him. I remember driving for an hour in the rain to pick him up for the first time. We quickly found out that he gets car sick. We were glad to remove him from his current situation because it did not look like he was taken care of.

Pulgas has become my companion. He is always with me and follows me around the house. He especially likes to snuggle with me on the couch. I feel a lot of comfort having him with me. He is also like my guard dog and alerts me if anyone is outside. We are inseparable and he even likes to sleep on my bed with me every night.

I am 66 years old and have a fixed income and cannot afford the costly surgery my poor baby needs. I would really love to have Pulguitas feeling better again. I feel he has several more loving years to give if given the opportunity.

Pulgas has had an eye infection that comes and goes. Looks like he has an eye ulcer that he scratches from time to time and unfortunately got infected. We are trying to heal his eye with antibiotic but his eye is too far gone. We have been to two different vets and they both believe his eye needs to be removed to avoid the infection from spreading.

I have had Pulgas since he was a puppy. We got him when he was only days old. We were told he was 8 weeks but the vet believe he was younger. We kept Pulgas because we did not feel he was safe taking him back where we got him from. He was always a fighter. He looked weak and sick but you could see his willingness to want to live.