AY, CHIHUAHUA!

[thedivahrrrself]

Originally Posted by OneOfAKind

I have a white Chihuahua I adopted from my parents. I swear she is the most incredible human being reincarnated in the body of lil dog. Everyone always rolls their eyes when I say my dog is a Chihuahua because they have this bad reputation of being yappy dogs. My Lizzie, is so NOT a yappy dog. She is so sweet and gentle. And she just instinctively knows when I need her most

You're right - people just don't understand until they've had one what sweet, wonderful little beings they are!

I lost one in the divorce - it broke my heart. Isabel (Reina Isabela de Spagna):



And I currently have Newton the Wonder Dog

[thedivahrrrself]

If you're near KC, take your dog up for what will surely be a good time, and benefits a great cause!




International Dog News

Parade Aims at Breaking Costumed Dog Record

Guiness Book of World Record Chihuahua parade

Chihuahua Parade set to break The Guinness Book of World Records.

Cinco de Mayo will never be the same in Kansas City. The Guinness Book of World Records has officially sanctioned the Chihuahua Parade and Festival to attempt to break the record of the most dogs in costume. The parade starts at 11 a.m. on May 5. All dog entrants must be leashed and in costume.

When: May 5, 2012
Where: In The Crossroads Art District
Nica’s 320 320 S.W. Boulevard
Kansas City, MO
Cost: $5 donation per dog. Donations will go to The Pet Connection, Inc. is a no-kill, non-profit animal shelter located in the Kansas City metro area. It’s our intention to form a no-kill coalition by educating the public, providing pet owner services and to find homes for unwanted and abandoned animals.

[SugarFemme]

Awwwww OMG he is a cutie pie. My Lizzie is not small for a Chihuahua. She weighs 10 pounds, so she does NOT fit in my purse to carry around.

Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

You're right - people just don't understand until they've had one what sweet, wonderful little beings they are!

I lost one in the divorce - it broke my heart. Isabel (Reina Isabela de Spagna):



And I currently have Newton the Wonder Dog

[thedivahrrrself]

Originally Posted by OneOfAKind

Awwwww OMG he is a cutie pie. My Lizzie is not small for a Chihuahua. She weighs 10 pounds, so she does NOT fit in my purse to carry around.

Aw, I want to see pics of everyone's babies!!

LOL Well Newton is a hefty SEVEN pounds now (he was 5 last year), thanks in part to my sweetie coming around and spoiling him ROTTEN! Here is an updated pic of him using Ms. Maggie as his bed:

[The JD]

Until I got one, I despised chihuahuas. There's a saying that the staunchest zealot to a cause is the convert, and I've got to say that fits here. I've been won over to the Land of Tiny Dogs, and I can't imagine my home without the little guy.

Their reputation as yippie and nervous and unfriendly might have more to do with the owners who treat them like ornaments. If you treat a dog like a dog, you get a happy well-adjusted dog. If you treat a dog like a toy doll, you get a badly behaved dog (wow, I think I just channeled Cesar Milan). That said, I admit I subject mine to various acts of humiliation, like putting him in Superman costumes and breading him.

Every dog breed has a "job" to do: It's in a border collie's genes to herd, beagles have an overwhelming tracking instinct, and retrievers, well, retrieve. Chihuahuas were bred with one job description: to be adored. Mine is very good at his job.

[thedivahrrrself]

Originally Posted by The JD

Until I got one, I despised chihuahuas. There's a saying that the staunchest zealot to a cause is the convert, and I've got to say that fits here. I've been won over to the Land of Tiny Dogs, and I can't imagine my home without the little guy.

I was the same way! I always hated them, called them yappy dogs, then my cousin got Sancho's brother, and I fell in love. Then comes the kicker: "Well, they have a runt nobody wants, do you think you could take him?" Best (and really, easiest!) decision I ever made!

I've never had a dog that loved me the way a chihuahua does. They look up at you with big adoring eyes, and they are so smart! Isabel has like a hundred word vocabulary.

Originally Posted by The JD

Their reputation as yippie and nervous and unfriendly might have more to do with the owners who treat them like ornaments. If you treat a dog like a dog, you get a happy well-adjusted dog. If you treat a dog like a toy doll, you get a badly behaved dog (wow, I think I just channeled Cesar Milan).

I agree, you can't treat them like eternal puppies the way some people do, makes for a VERY bad dog!

Originally Posted by The JD

That said, I admit I subject mine to various acts of humiliation, like putting him in Superman costumes and breading him.

OMG, please post the "breading" picture here! ROFLMAO

Originally Posted by The JD

Every dog breed has a "job" to do: It's in a border collie's genes to herd, beagles have an overwhelming tracking instinct, and retrievers, well, retrieve. Chihuahuas were bred with one job description: to be adored. Mine is very good at his job.

They make damn fine alarm systems too! I swear they can hear for miles.

[justkim]

I have two... they mean so much to me. I have pictures of them on my facebook... I LOVE my girls. Mocha is chocolate with a white spot on her chest and she sports a mohawk and her sister Darla looks like a jersey cow. She is white with BIG chocolate spots...

[thedivahrrrself]

Originally Posted by justkim

I have two... they mean so much to me. I have pictures of them on my facebook... I LOVE my girls. Mocha is chocolate with a white spot on her chest and she sports a mohawk and her sister Darla looks like a jersey cow. She is white with BIG chocolate spots...

copy the image locations from your FB pics and share your pics here!

[justkim]

Mocha



Darla



sorry for the cloudy eyes, I had to remove the red eye... I love these girls so much!

[girl_dee]

[The JD]

Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

OMG, please post the "breading" picture here! ROFLMAO

As requested...here is Killer the Breaded Chihuahua. The breading craze is over, but the memories live on! And since cats were the intended target of the breading phase, I cut cat ears into the bread. To add to the absurdity, I had actually *baked* the bread that morning...lol.

Killer was very confused by the whole process of positioning food on his face, but in the end, he behaved like the top model that he is- anything to get that perfect shot.

[gaea]

I was asked to bring this over here lol i didn't know we had a chi thread !

this is Bear she is 6 1/2 years of age I rescued her at 3 weeks old, she is most certainly my little Butch, she hikes her leg and pees on trees, tops every other dog she can and her best friend is a Great Pyrenees.

this is her at a couple of months, I bottle fed her and often time she nursed my neck because she was taken from her momma at 3 weeks...I wasnt sure she would make it however was more than happy to pay the guy i got her from just to save her life.



this is her as of yesterday with her best friend


and then lol this always cracks me up when they are together


My pup isn't yappy either and she doesn't shiver like others i have seen...I think its all in how a pup is raised.

[thedivahrrrself]

Isn't this thread fun? I love your baby. Isabel was a big Top too. She pees with one leg up and is the bossiest 5 pounds of flesh I've ever seen!

My cousin went to visit my ex (I know, traitor...), and he said they took Isabel to the bar with them. The bartender gave her a little piece of cheese, and after that she went back to the bar and barked to order more cheese. LOL She got her cheese, over and over again.

[gaea]

Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

Isn't this thread fun? I love your baby. Isabel was a big Top too. She pees with one leg up and is the bossiest 5 pounds of flesh I've ever seen!

My cousin went to visit my ex (I know, traitor...), and he said they took Isabel to the bar with them. The bartender gave her a little piece of cheese, and after that she went back to the bar and barked to order more cheese. LOL She got her cheese, over and over again.

my pup is bossy as well....her favorite activity is to play catch with me while im showering. she is all of 5 lbs and takes over 1/2 a queen size bed as well

[SugarFemme]

My Lizzie pees the same way LOL. I wonder if it's a Chihuahua trait??

Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

Isn't this thread fun? I love your baby. Isabel was a big Top too. She pees with one leg up and is the bossiest 5 pounds of flesh I've ever seen!

My cousin went to visit my ex (I know, traitor...), and he said they took Isabel to the bar with them. The bartender gave her a little piece of cheese, and after that she went back to the bar and barked to order more cheese. LOL She got her cheese, over and over again.