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…

Chihuahua Separation Anxiety: The Full Picture

The First Time I Left the House I adopted Gigi on a Saturday. By Monday I had to go to work. I left her in her crate with a chew toy, a blanket, and a radio playing soft music because…

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…

Everything I Bought Before Bringing My Chihuahua Puppy Home

If you want to know about chihuahua home, you are in the right place. Understanding how to chihuahua puppy supplies starts with what actually happens in real life. In the two weeks before I picked up my chihuahua puppy Clover,…

Seven Activities I Do With My Chihuahua That Seem Ridiculous

My neighbor watched me carry my chihuahua, Pepper, through an obstacle course I built out of pool noodles in the backyard last Tuesday. She did not say anything. She just slowly closed her blinds. I get it. The chihuahua activities…

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…

The Crate Training Breakthrough That Made My Chihuahua Puppy Livable

There was a two-week period when I genuinely considered returning my chihuahua puppy. I am not proud of that thought, but I am being honest about it. Pickle screamed in his crate like something was actively killing him. Every single…

My Chihuahua Was a Tiny Dictator and I Let It Happen

If you want to know about chihuahua bad behavior fix, you are in the right place. I need to tell you something that is embarrassing to admit. For the first year and a half of owning my chihuahua Gizmo, he…

Finding Your Chihuahua’s Signature Toy and Why Every Dog Needs One

Mmy chihuahua Mango has a hedgehog. It is a small brown plush hedgehog with one eye missing and a squeaker that stopped working eight months ago. He carries it everywhere. He sleeps with it. He brings it to me when…

How to Choose Safe Toys for Your Chihuahua

I once bought my chihuahua a rope toy that was marketed for “small dogs.” She got her jaw tangled in it within the first five minutes and I spent the next ten minutes performing what I can only describe as…