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Expert Chihuahua training tips, behavior advice, socialization guides, and practical care strategies to help your Chi live their best life.

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Walking Your Chihuahua: A Guide Beyond the Basics

It Is Not Just a Bathroom Trip for Your Chihuahua I used to open the back door, let my chihuahua, Banjo, do his business in the yard, and call it done. Exercise accomplished. Walk complete. Checked that box. Except it…
  • March 24, 2026
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Is Doggie Daycare Right for Your Chihuahua?

The brochure showed dogs playing happily in an open room. Fetch. Tug-of-war. Group nap time on colorful mats. It looked like dog preschool, and it seemed like the perfect solution for my twelve-hour work days. My chihuahua, Pickles, was going…
  • March 24, 2026
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Why Your Chihuahua Barks at Everything and What to Do About It

My chihuahua, Nacho, barked at the mailman this morning. He barked at the neighbor’s cat. He barked at a plastic bag blowing across the sidewalk. He once barked at a shadow on the wall for eleven minutes straight — I…
  • March 20, 2026
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Maybe the Chihuahua Is Not the One Who Needs Training

I have spent roughly four hundred dollars on chihuahua training books. I have watched approximately two hundred YouTube videos about dog behavior. I attended a six-week obedience class with my chihuahua, Churro, who graduated with a certificate that now lives…
  • March 19, 2026
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8 Training Tips That Actually Work for Chihuahuas

The Dog Who Trained Me First My chihuahua, Fig, trained me before I trained her. She trained me to open the door when she stared at it. To hand over food when she pawed my leg. To pick her up…
  • March 18, 2026
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Can You Really Train an Older Chihuahua?

The Myth That Will Not Die People love saying it. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. They say it about dogs. They say it about themselves. They say it like it is carved into stone somewhere and the…
  • March 16, 2026
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How to Find the Right Pet Sitter for Your Chihuahua

The First Time I Left Her I stood in the driveway for eleven minutes. Sat in the car. Got back out. Checked the lock twice. My chihuahua, Pepper, watched me through the window with those enormous eyes that say everything…
  • March 16, 2026
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How to Find the Right Pet Sitter for Your Chihuahua

I left Pepper with a friend once. Just for a weekend. When I came back she would not look at me for two hours. Sat on the far end of the couch with her back turned, ears flat, doing that…
  • March 15, 2026
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How I Got My Chihuahua Puppy Home Safely

The day I picked up my chihuahua puppy Waffles from the breeder, I drove forty-five minutes on the highway with her on my lap, unsecured. I thought she would be calmer if she could feel me. She trembled the entire…
  • March 14, 2026
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I Tried to Choose the Alpha Between My Two Chihuahuas

When I got my second chihuahua, a rescue named Penny, I thought the biggest challenge would be housebreaking and basic training. My first chihuahua, Max, was two years old, well-trained, and solidly bonded with me. I figured he would help…
  • March 13, 2026