Owner of a 21 Year Old Chihuahua Shares Her Secrets to a Long Life When I met Angela at a dog park in Tucson, I did not immediately realize that the tiny, slightly gray chihuahua sitting in her lap was…
I have always suspected that chihuahuas are smarter than they let on. Not in the “can learn a hundred commands” way that border collies are smart, but in the manipulative, emotional intelligence, “I know exactly which buttons to push” way.…
If you want to know about best dog food chihuahuas, you are in the right place. I have tried more dog foods than I care to admit. My chihuahua, Nellie, has a stomach that rejects anything even slightly wrong and…
My chihuahua licks everything. My face, my hands, the couch cushion, the air itself when she is feeling particularly inspired. She licks her paws before bed like a small furry cat performing a nightly ritual. She licks the floor after…
A four-pound chihuahua should not be capable of saving a family of five from a house fire. There is nothing in the breed description, no line in any kennel club profile, that says “suited for emergency fire detection.” And yet…
Most dogs treat the mail carrier like a daily home invasion. The barking starts the second the truck turns onto the street, escalates through the approach to the mailbox, and reaches a fever pitch as the letters slide through the…
10 Common Chihuahua Behavior Problems and How to Fix Them
I used to think my chihuahua was broken. Not literally, though she did once launch herself off the couch with the confidence of a dog three times her size and limp for two days. I mean behaviorally. The barking at…
When my friend called me in a panic because her chihuahua was acting strange, gaining weight, and suddenly obsessed with nesting in the laundry basket, I asked her the question nobody had thought to ask. This is a signs pregnancy…
5 Reasons Why Your Chihuahua Is Scratching and Itching
There is a specific sound that wakes me up at three in the morning, and it is not my alarm. It is the rhythmic thump-thump-thump of my chihuahua scratching herself against the side of her bed. She scratches like it…
How Do I Know When My Female Chihuahua Is in Heat?
Nobody warned me about the first time my female chihuahua went into heat. I woke up one morning, found blood spots on her blanket, and immediately assumed something was horribly wrong. I called the vet in a panic, described the…
June 23, 2022
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