Old Abandoned Dog Gets Trip of a Lifetime after Southwest Employee Volunteers to Fly Him to New Home

There’s not really a lot of demand for older dogs riddled with health conditions. Most people prefer younger, healthier pets — but thankfully there are those individuals who know the charm of a mature 🐕Dog and the love that comes with giving them their best life in the twilight years.

“Patrick,” a 9-year-old Chihuahua in Dallas, had suffered from a multitude of conditions by the time his muzzle started graying. He was blind and deaf and he was manifesting several other health issues.

While it wasn’t made explicit why he was abandoned in his later years, it doesn’t take much imagination to guess.

No matter what the actual circumstances surrounding his abandonment were, he ended up at Dallas Pets Alive needing a miracle — and he got two.

The first miracle was in finding him a home. A lovely couple with two other dogs spotted him and were smitten.

The only problem was that Patrick was in Dallas and the couple was in Baltimore.

The second miracle was when a flight attendant with a kind heart heard of Patrick’s plight and offered to chauffeur the pup to his new family.

“Patrick the chihuahua was abandoned at 9 years old after becoming blind, deaf, and gaining a list of medical issues,”