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Chihuahua training

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Chihuahua Pet Sitter Waiting Door

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 18, 2026
Chihuahua Daycare Nap Time

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 18, 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 18, 2026
maybe-the-chihuahua-is-not-the-one-who-needs-training

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 18, 2026
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8 Training Tips That Actually Work for Chihuahuas

Chihuahua Training Tips: 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…
  • March 18, 2026
can-you-really-train-an-older-chihuahua

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 18, 2026
Chihuahua Pet Sitter Playing

How to Find the Right Pet Sitter for Your Chihuahua

Chihuahua Pet Sitter: 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…
  • March 18, 2026
Chihuahua Puppy Arrival Home Family

How I Got My Safely and What Could Have Gone

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 18, 2026
Two Chihuahuas Separate Feeding

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 18, 2026
Chihuahua Responding Calm Energy

I Was the Problem With My Chihuahua’s Behavior

If you want to know about chihuahua behavior, you are in the right place. My chihuahua Boomer steals socks. Not occasionally, not by accident, but with deliberate, calculated intent. He waits until I am not looking, pulls a sock from…
  • March 18, 2026