A 75-year-old San Bernardino man is asking for help to find his beloved senior chihuahua named Paco.
Paco, a 12-year-old Reindeer Chihuahua, went missing after somehow getting through a broken fence at U.S. Army veteran John Parker’s home on Oakhurst Drive.
A couple days ago, Parker said he let his dogs out for some fresh air. When he went to let his pets back inside, his dogs Tiki and Zina came back in, but Parker noticed Paco was nowhere in sight.
“I went looking for Paco, and I didn’t find him,” he told NBC Los Angeles on Friday. “[He] wasn’t in the yard. I looked over at the northeast corner of the house, and I saw the fence had been broken; there was a really a hole in the fence, and evidently, he got out that way.”
Paco (right) posed for a Christmas photo with John Parker’s other dog. Credit: John Parker.
According to Parker, Paco was adopted by his wife in 2020. The moment she met him, the pooch put his paw up on her shoulder.
“She turned around and looked at him, and he reached up and have her a kiss,” Parker recalled. “And that was love at first sight, so that was how we got Paco.”
Parker’s wife has since passed away. Parker said Paco mourned her when she died.
“Animals mourn, and he mourned,” the widower said. “He was very upset. In fact, I took him and the girls out to where she’s buried at Montecito, and he knew exactly where she was. He laid down on her grave.”
“He was very attached to her,” he added. “But after she passed away, [Paco] kind of just really got attached to me.”
For Parker, Paco is truly a member of his family. He told NBCLA that Paco has never left home.
Unfortunately, Paco doesn’t have a microchip.
“He’s a very good, very good boy,” Parker said. “I miss him an awful lot.”
Parker said he would like whoever finds Paco to bring him home, no questions asked.
“All I want is Paco,” he said.
Parker said Paco loves children and Mexican music. If he’s with someone else, Parker said he hopes that whoever has his pup treats him with kindness and respect.
Anyone who has seen Paco or knows his whereabouts was urged to call (840) 255-5538 or contact the San Bernardino Police Department.
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