Entrant's Name
Honey

Animal Bio
Peanut has been in my life since February of 2021. He’s the sweetest chihuahua ever. He loves to give kisses and to get belly rubs more than he likes getting treats. He will even move closer or put his hand on your arm if you stop giving him scratches. He gets so excited every time someone comes home and his tail is always wagging. I taught him to circle/spin, and every time he’s excited, he likes to circle. He's so funny to play with too. He will make eye contact with you, grab a sandal, and run. He loves when I throw this squeaky ball, he will run after it and bring it back (he won’t let go but he will bring it back 😂). He almost never gets tired playing, he’s so full of energy. Ever since I got him, he’s never spent a night without me. Even if I come home late, I always make it home for him. The only time he’s ever not slept with me was when he was in the hospital for 2/3 nights. It was last year, he got attacked by a husky, and almost lost his life. He lost function of his right legs and was on fentanyl for pain. Somehow he beat all the odds, and recovered like it never happened (physically anyways). The hospital kept saying he needs to stay longer and that he needed to be kept on medication. It was I think 3 days already and they wanted to keep him overnight again. Peanut has separation anxiety from me, so he needed to come home for a better chance of recovering. That way he’s not scared and if he passes away, at least it’s in the comfort of being with me. Of course if he was in too much pain to be let off the medication then that’s a sign that we needed to think of euthanasia. I wouldn’t want him suffering. It was the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to think about. It hurt so much to think that he wouldn’t be with us anymore. The hospital told us on the second night he was able to maybe come home the next morning, which didn’t end up happening. The hospital said that they would need to see if he can pee on his own, because of the castration, and if he can kind of walk (because he couldn’t use his right side legs). Also needed to see how he was off of the medications. We had to manually hold him up and weren’t sure of why he couldn’t use his right side. The hospital also said that they would need time to wean him off the medication too before taking him home. So we told them to start that process. They started the process of removing the castration, tested to see if he could pee on his own, and luckily he could. On the morning of the third day, we went to pick him up, they weaned him off of most of the medication, but still had to keep on the fentanyl patch. They gave us some medication we could give him orally. He was so happy to see us and come home. Peanut was still unable to use his right side, but I stayed up most nights, for the next week, making sure he was taken care of. He was able to use his right side after a couple days and was almost back to his old self after a week or so. We laugh sometimes and say that once we thought of euthanasia, he was like “oh hell no!”, and showed the hospital that he can pee on his own, and is able to come home with me. Still makes me so sad to think that I might have lost him last year. He’s helped me through so much, ever since I met him. I’m so grateful that I can have him in my life for so many more years. So this is Peanut, my baby!