B&HKENNELS

CHICO'S STORY:

CHICO WAS B&H KENNEL'S VERY 1ST MALE CHIHUAHUA, AND HE IS THE SOLE REASON WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS BREED. WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM CHICO. NOT ONLY HOW TO CARE FOR A VERY SMALL DOG, BUT HOW TO LOVE SOMEONE SO MUCH AND THEN HAVE TO LET GO. HIS PASSING WAS VERY HARD FOR US TO DEAL WITH, AND WE STILL GRIEVE FOR HIM AND WE ALWAYS WILL UNTILL WE ARE REUNITED AGAIN!

 CHICO WAS WITH US FOR MANY  YEARS! WE WENT THOUGH A LOT WITH OUR CHICO. WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HEARTWORM PREVENATIVE BACK THEN (WE DIDNT THINK IT WOULD AFFECT OUR DOGS).  IN 1999 OUR CHICO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HEART WORMS. HE HAD TO STAY AT THE VETS OFFICE FOR 3 NIGHTS. THAT WAS VERY HARD ON US, SINCE WE WERE NEVER EVEN APART FOR ONE WHOLE NIGHT LET ALONE THREE.  WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO PICK HIM UP, HE HAD LOST SOME WEIGHT, BUT OTHERWISE SEEMED FINE. THE VET SAID HIS TREATMENT WENT GOOD, BUT WANTED TO SEE HIM IN 2 WEEKS FOR ANOTHER TEST TO MAKE SURE ALL THE WORMS WERE GONE. AFTER 2 WEEKS PAST CHICO WENT BACK FOR ANOTHER TEST. WELL WE GOT GOOD NEWS, HIS 3 DAY TREATMENT TOOK CARE OF ALL HIS HEART WORMS. SO OF COURSE WE WAS HAPPY. OUR BOY WAS SAFE AND WAS GOING TO BE WITH US FOR MANY MORE YEARS!

IN THE BEGINNING OF 2000, CHICO DEVELOPED A DEEP COUGH. OF COURSE WE TOOK HIM STRAIGHT TO THE VET. WELL THE VET PAST IT OFF, AND SAID ITS NORMAL FOR CHIHUAHUA'S TO HAVE TRACHEA PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSE COUGHING, BUT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. SO WE BROUGHT HIM BACK HOME, AND THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE OK.

AFTER ABOUT 6 MONTHS OF MISERABLE COUGHING WE DECIDED TO GET A SECOND OPPINION. SO WE TOOK HIM TO SEE ANOTHER VET. HE IMMEDIATELY SAID HE WANTED TO RUN SOME TEST'S..THE TEST'S SHOWED CHICO HAD HEART PROBLEMS. NOW WE WERE VERY FRIGHTENED AND WORRIED. WE KNEW WE WASNT JUST GOING TO PUT HIM DOWN, CAUSE HE WAS STILL VERY MUCH FULL OF LIFE!  THE VET SAID NOTHING WOULD CHANGE, CHICO WOULD STILL BEABLE TO DO EVERYTHING HE DID BEFORE. HE JUST HAD TO TAKE SOME MEDS, AND WE HAD TO LEARN SOME PATTING TECHNIQUES TO HELP RELIEVE HIS COUGHING WHEN HE GOES IN A SPELL.

CHICO DID REALLY GOOD UP UNTILL AROUND 2005. HE WAS GETTING OLD, AND JUST WASNT ACTING LIKE HIMSELF. SO HE WAS RUSHED TO THE VET. WE WAS TOLD HE WAS SUFFERING REALLY BAD, AND WE HAD A DECISION TO MAKE. I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT DECISION THAT WAS. OF COURSE I WAS BEING GREEDY AND SAID NO AT 1ST. I WANTED TO HOLD ON TO CHICO FOREVER!  THE VET TOLD US TO TAKE CHICO HOME, AND BRING HIM BACK IN THE MORNING AFTER WE HAVE HAD TIME TO THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING. THAT NIGHT I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT CRYING AND JUST WATCHING CHICO. HE WOULDNT EAT, COULD BARELY MOVE, AND HE JUST WASNT HIMSELF.  SO THAT NIGHT I THOUGHT AND THOUGHT WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO, HOW COULD I SURVIVE WITHOUT CHICO? BUT THE BIG QUESTION WAS, HOW COULD I SURVIVE WITH MYSELF IF I LET HIM SUFFER. SO I TOOK CHICO BACK TO THE VET THE FOLLOWING MORNING, AND I HAD A LONG TALK WITH HIM. I MUST OF ASKED HIM A ZILLION QUESTIONS. I CAN STILL REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. HE TOLD ME CHICO WAS GETTING UP IN THE YEAR'S AND IT WAS JUST HIS TIME. SO I DID WHAT EVERY MOTHER HOPES AND PRAYS SHE NEVER HAS TO DO. I SAID GOODBYE TO MY CHICO. IT WAS  VERY PAINFUL, BUT I NEW IN MY HEART IT WAS BEST FOR HIM. SO I BURRIED MY CHICO THAT AFTERNOON.

NOW THAT I TOLD YOU HIS SAD STORY LET ME TELL YOU SOME HAPPY MEMORIES. CHICO  WAS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE AND FORM!

HE HAD THE MOST AWESOME PERSONALITY EVER!  HONESTLY, WE COULDNT OF ASKED FOR A BETTER BOY THEN HIM!

I CAN STILL REMEMBER PLAYING HIDE'N'GO SEEK  WITH HIM UNDER THE BLANKETS JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY, AND I SO MISS IT, VERY, VERY MUCH! I WOULD HIDE UNDER THE BLANKETS AND TELL CHICO TO FIND MOMMY, AND HE WOULD TOO! HE WOULD PAW AT THE BLANKETS UNTILL HE FOUND A WAY IN! THEN I WOULD GET LOTS AND LOTS OF KISSES! WHAT I WOULD DO FOR ONE MORE GAME OF HIDE'N'SEEK WITH HIM! I TRULY MISS HIM SO MUCH. JUST LOOKING AT HIS PICS BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. HOWEVER I KNOW HE IS IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE AND HES TAKING CARE OF SASSY AND MYSTI  FOR US,BUT I CAN NOT HELP IT TO FEEL GREEDY,AND WANT HIM BACK HOME WITH US.

CHICO IS SADLY MISSED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM! HE WASNT JUST A DOG...OR A PET! HE WAS B&H KENNELS SON! HIS PAW PRINTS WILL ALWAYS BE EMBEDDED IN OUR HEARTS AND SOULS! CHICO MAY BE GONE,BUT HE WILL DEFINITLY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!

WE LOVE YOU CHICO! MAY YOU REST IN PEACE,UP IN HEAVEN,WITH SASSY!

GOD BLESSED OUR LIVE'S WHEN HE BROUGHT YOU TO US. YOU WERE THE LOVE,WE WERE MISSING OUT ON. THANK YOU CHICO(MOMMA'S BABY BOY!) FOR  EVERYTHING....FOR ALL THE LOVE YOU HAVE GIVEN US,AND ALL THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES! YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN! SLEEP TIGHT BABY BOY....AND TAKE CARE OF SASSY AND MYSTI  FOR MOMMA!