u/rckofages

He’s doing good like super good!!! I was giving myself such a hard time it hurt seeing him for the first 2 days he was sleeping all day and seemed out of it but on the third day after his procedure it was like nothing happened, he was running around our apartment and was wanting to go outside, was barking at the big dogs in our neighborhood just like he always does. A big thing I noticed is that his very stinky breath is finally gone 😭

Nothing about him changed personality wise, it has been a change seeing him without his snaggle teeth but knowing all those bad teeth are gone makes it worth it. He’s been eating just fine, i smash up his wet food, add broth and pureed pumpkin on top and he’s been loving it!! Thank you for all the kind words and advice it really did mean a lot to me!🥰

I had taken him back in march to get some teeth pulled after an infection, they recommended i take him back at some point to get more taken out. We ended up moving states away so when i had brought him in to this new vet office they said they wouldn’t know how much they are extracting until they have him under anesthesia and take a look.

This is where I feel awful, my dad got us my little guy when i was 15 so almost 12 years ago, long story short he wasn’t in the picture for reasons and my mom was a single mother and we were living below the poverty line so he had only gone to the vet about twice. He stayed with her up until I was 21 and I took him in, I never had money to get his teeth cleaned, I knew his breath smelled funky but thought that was just a dog thing. Anyways, i’ve started traveling for work about 9 months and i’m finally making very good money so i’ve been able to afford to get his teeth looked at and they were bad really bad so now he’s left with no teeth.

I started bawling in front of the vet tech when he told me they had to take them all out, he comforted me and said I did a good thing by taking him in and he is no longer in pain. I can’t stop crying and I feel terrible it really upsets me that it took me so long to finally start making good money where I take care of my little guy. I guess I would like advice on how to care for him now that he has no teeth, any special food anyone recommends or just really anything to make him feel comfortable. I can’t stop thinking about how he must feeling and all I can hope is that he is able to live out the remainder of his life comfortably.

And I’m just grateful i’m finally in a spot in life where i can afford all the care he needs, but for anyone else with toothless chihuahuas do they still live pretty happy lives?

I wasn’t in crazy credit card debt but was at $6,000 and it stressed me out like crazy, last september i started traveling doing the same thing i was doing back home so I could finally pay that off. My boyfriend (now ex) said he understood, long story short things ended, he wanted me to stop traveling this September and as the months went on I felt sick with anxiety about going back home, I hated where we were living and it’s always been my dream to travel, in the last 8 months I have lived in Washington D.C. and now Nevada and i’m hoping to land a California contract next. I also went from making $2,400 a month back home to now making $6,000-$7,200.
I was devastated at first from our breakup and it felt so hard being alone but now i’m feeling hopeful and excited about my future I get to finally live out my dreams of living in cities I would’ve never imagined myself in and have finally been getting rid of my debts!