Tico is a 7-year-old Long Haired Chihuahua who needs $1,700 for Left humeral fracture stabilization.

When my mother and I went to the breeder's house for different puppy we ended up not really connecting with so we where permitted to view the other puppies. There, around the corner, barely peaking over the dog bed, was a tiny fluff with huge ears. At that moment, I knew that was he was supposed to be with us. His name comes from Dora the Explora. The little purple squirrel: Hola TICO!!!

Tico is fairly calm for a Chihuahua. His favorite place to nap is near a sunny window on the back of the sofa. Achilles(Cane Corso/Pitbull), Tico's little big brother, has been watching over Tico like a hawk since Tico's injury. If Achilles hears Tico struggling with something, he runs over to him to see what's wrong. Tico has also 3 human siblings who he loves to get cuddles and head rubs from.

When Tico goes outside in the spring and summer time, he will try and find buttercup flowers to roll in. Tico wasn't thrilled when I brought my daughter home, him being the baby of the family for so long, but recently, before his injury, he had started to bring his toys and play with her. Tico's favorite food is steamed broccoli.

Tico went outside 03/27/2022, to go potty. When he finally came back inside, he had a bad limp (left front), swollen face and blood in his eye. Watched the camera footage of that night to find out what happened but they showed nothing. X-rays from our local vet shown it was broken and cost $3800-$4200 to fix it. We live check to check and we need serious help because amputation is the last option.

This was a sudden and unexpected emergency that we were totally unprepared for. Tico hasn't had much healthy issues but this is the biggest and one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make. This hurts me to my core that I can't help my best friend.