Old dogs deserve loving homes to spend their remaining days in, but sadly some seniors are heartlessly given up by their owners and end up in shelters.

That was the case for one 18-year-old dog who was dumped by his former family, and seemed destined to spend the rest of his life in the shelter — until one woman stepped in to make his final days magical ❤️

Benji, a senior Chihuahua, was surrendered to a shelter by his former owners, losing his home at the ripe old age of 18.

It’s difficult for senior dogs to find new homes, especially ones at such an advanced age, and it seemed likely that Benji would spend the rest of his days in a kennel.

But after just 2 days in the shelter, a woman named Emi Wright saw and knew it was meant to be. While Benji was a hospice dog, she was determined to bring him home and make the most out of whatever time he had left.

“We knew we needed to make your last days the best ones,” Emi wrote in a TikTok.

Though Benji’s eyes, cloudy with cataracts, showed his age, he still had a lot of life left in him. Emi wrote that the dog hung on for months, making it through the summer through Halloween and Christmas, all the way to his 19th birthday!

Photos show the little dog having the time of his life, celebrating all these moments with his new mom. It’s clear that Benji lived his life to the fullest to the very end.