Chihuahua

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My bf said when we bought this house we could get another dog since our dogs (he has 2 and i have 1) are 6 yrs and older, we could get a pup. The neighbor were giving Chihuahua’s away and i got the smallest one for the kids christmas The lady said IF ur bf doesn’t want it you can bring it back. We said ok and took the pup home. Bf fell in love with it knowing we didn’t need another dog to feed. He named it and played with it . We had the pup for 3 weeks, when kids left for xmas and he and i got into a fight, he took the pup and give it away Lied to me& kids, They were hurt and upset now they want to go home and not stay with him they do not like him any more Now i have to choose between my bf and kids over him giving this pup away and not getting it back from his mom BF says its my fault for get’n a pup in the first place IS IT? or is it his for giving it away when the kids were with their dad for christmas OR is it his mom’s fault for not giving the pup back to my kids?

My bf said when we bought this house we could get another dog since our dogs (he has 2 and i have 1) are 6 yrs and older, we could get a pup. The neighbor were giving Chihuahua’s away and i got the smallest one for the kids christmas The lady said IF ur bf doesn’t want it you can bring it back. We said ok and took the pup home. Bf fell in love with it knowing we didn’t need another dog to feed. He named it and played with it . We had the pup for 3 weeks, when kids left for xmas and he and i got into a fight, he took the pup and give it away Lied to me& kids, They were hurt and upset now they want to go home and not stay with him they do not like him any more Now i have to choose between my bf and kids over him giving this pup away and not getting it back from his mom BF says its my fault for get’n a pup in the first place IS IT? or is it his for giving it away when the kids were with their dad for christmas OR is it his mom’s fault for not giving the pup back to my

In February, we got an adorable 2 month old Chihuahua from a breeder. Her name is Lola. My parents are pretty against neutering/spaying, especially my dad. He calls it "mutilation" and "against nature". We have a seven y/o male Chihuahua, Tito, who isn’t neutered (and probably never will be). Anyways, so as Lola grew we noticed she was kinda smaller than usual. Tito is a big Chihuahua (about 10 lbs). Though Lola’s young, she’s small for her age (she weighs in at a whopping 2.4 pounds). She turned 1 y/o today.

My mom recently moved to Paraguay (South America) and took Lola with her. Before she went, I made my mom promise to get Lola fixed (esp. because in Paraguay there are a LOT of stray dogs and she could easily get pregnant). A few weeks ago, she went to a vet who told her Lola is very small and will probably remain so. She said she’s a "Type One" Chihuahua, which is the smallest kind, and can basically never have kids because her body can’t support it. I could understand, cause Lola is about the size of a puppy herself. I spoke to my mom and she said she would get her spayed soon.

Today, she called and said that she went to another vet and the vet told her not to get Lola fixed. The vet apparently was like "Oh no! Don’t fix her! I’ll pay you 00 for her! She’s so cute; she should definitely have puppies!" So of course my mom buys into it and agrees not to get her fixed (she didn’t sell her or anything). Apparently, the vet promised that she would be there every step of the pregnancy and would stay with her for free during the labor and help her give birth to her puppies.

I was so upset I started crying. I am absolutely sure that Lola cannot carry puppies, let alone birth them. I think this second vet isn”t very legit and shouldn’t be telling my mom that. Now my dad agrees and they’re not getting her spayed.

How can I tell my mom that it is absolutely necessary for Lola to get spayed? She weighs like 3 pounds! My parents are stubborn. I’ve told them that she’ll die and they just brush that off as me being paranoid. The first vet was right and I know it! Help!
Sorry this is so long :/
Okay, thank you to everyone who contributed. Really appreciate the support.

But Cocomookie, I cannot believe you would dare to even think that, never mind have the nerve to type that out. Actually, my parents and I are Hispanic, and that has NOTHING to do with this problem. I hope you think twice before making a comment like that again.

Also, I just want to add that if by some miracle she does have puppies, I know my parents will take very good care of them. Its not the life of the puppies I’m worried about, its Lola!

But thank you everyone so much for your information, and support! I’m not giving up yet!

So I have this pup……….she’s 9 weeks old. Right now we have her on wet dog food and give her a few treats now and then. Its difficult at times between getting her house trained, getting her used to a leash, and then the next problem will be getting her to switch from wet to dry dog food….(I bought halo, do dogs like that stuff??)

My parents have 4 children. Two of them are grown (im one of them, hehe) and thennnn they have two teenagers. The teenagers each have dogs, who are for the most part well behaved……..EXCEPT when it comes to food….my dad will be eating lunch (pretty much every day im sure this happens) and the dogs (mainly the huge fat Chihuahua, and once in a while the sweet lab that came from the pound) will just STARE AT MY DAD………so rudely…..and then my dad will throw scraps down……and the dog will RACE OVER TO EAT IT…….and the dogs will fight almost even if he throws two scraps down for them……..I think it is so tacky………(and im not trying to be rude with my capslock folks Im just peeved….

So what are some good reasons I can tell my folks to PLEASE NOT give my pup any human food??? Right now, whenever we eat, she never bothers us for our human food, and I think thats the way it ought to be…but over at my parents………when the dogs stare..I feel like theres this poor starving being that will die if it doesnt eat, and ‘there I am’ just feasting away.

So far my reasons are:
1.) She’s on wet food, and it will already be hard enough (maybe) to get her on to dry food, I dont want any more complications.

2.) I think its rude when animals try to stare you down to get some food.

3.) Its unhealthy (I dont have back up ideas on this, it just seems plausible)

4.) I already have enough hardships trying to get her to not pooh and pee in the house, we are working on training her.
and what else????
I REALLY dont want to use the ol’…………"look at your dogs, I dont want mine to end up like them" routine… no one likes that when it comes to children/teenagers/ or animals

and PS: Yes, my parents will listen, they’re not the kind that need reasons, I just want to assure them that it should only be one way for my dog. I am the owner. And she shouldnt feed anything I dont want her to have. So far I told everyone in my family not feed her ANYTHING at all or I will be p*ssd off……….my dad wasnt there at the time, and then yesterday, he goes…"Oh do you feed her table scraps/left overs" and just replied that we dont ever have any, and that we’ve been eating light…

Grawwwrrr!!

I have a Chihuahua who weighs 8 pounds!!! He should only weigh about 5 pounds. I do not over feed him and do not feed him table scraps EVER! My vet suggested cutting back his daily food from 1/3 of a cup to 1/4 of a cup! That just seems like so little and I am afraid he will be hungry but he needs to lose weight so he will live longer. How much do you other Chihuahua owners feed your dog?
To Tam-a-tranny or whatever your name is… 3lbs on a small dog is a lot of extra weight. Get your head out of your big fat butt and move along skank.
The vet said he was ok when he was 6.8lbs but ideally, for his bone structure he should weigh 5lbs to avoid having joint pain later on. Also, I met both of his parents when I bought him and Mom was 3lbs and Dad was 5lbs. I’m just going off of what my vet told me. Obviously I want my dog to live a long and healthy life.

ok i live in buenos aires, argentina. and i really really really want a dog. i was gonna buy a Chihuahua but well the one i wanted cost 3000 dollars. my dad was like wtf hell nahhh. so i decided not to get a chi anymore. cuz i now think yorkies are better. i dont want to buy a yorkie from a pet store because i think they are over priced. i keep checking breeders but they usually charge liek 2000 dollars (dollars not pesos) i dont know why i cant find a nice goood price. some that are cheap are puppies. and i really do not want a yorkie puppy. i just am not good with pups. idk help? should i get one from a shelter? pls give me soem shelters? or give me soem breeders? ive been spending my life searchign for them

I JUST GOT A NEW PUPPY YESTERDAY AND ITS A MALE CHIHUAHUA AND HE IS 3 MONTHS OLD THE 13TH. AND I HAVE PUPPY TRAINING PADS ON THE BACK PORCH. I ALSO HAD A FEW IN MY ROOM. YESTERDAY HE WENT ON THE PAD, BUT HE GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE AND ITS ANNOYING! IDK WHAT TO DO. ALSO HE WON’T GO OUTISDE AT ALL. EARLIER MY DAD TOOK HIM OUTIDE AND HE WENT #2 ON THE PAD ON THE PORCH, BUT NOW HE WON’T GO OUTSIDE ANYMORE. I ALSO TOOK HIM IN THE GRASS AND HE JUST SITS BESIDE MY FOOT AND LOOKS AT ME. IDK WHAT TO DO HE ALSO SEEMS LIKE NOW HE WON’T GO ON THE PAD AT ALL. ALSO LIKE THE 2ND TIME I WAS TAKING HIM TO THE PORCH I WAS HAVING HIM FOLLOW ME AND AS SOON AS I OPENED THE DOOR FOR HIM TO GO OUT HE STARTED PEEING ON THE RUG! DO U HAVE ANY TIPS OR ADVICE?

I’ve been thinking of buying this Chihuahua-Jack Russell Mix puppy (some calls it Jackhuahua or Jack-Chi). Can any owner of this breed provide me with some information as to temperament, behavioral traits, size, life expectancy, etc?

His father is a Chihuahua and mother is a Jack Russell. Owner tells me the full grown dog can is about 7lbs but from what I know they are about 12 to 15 lbs. This pup has dirty white coat and with green/gray eyes.

Also, is there a dominant part to this breed if dad is a JRT or a Chi? And does any owner have pictures of the breed — Father Chi, Mother JRT; versus Father JRT, Mother Chi. And pictures of the breed as a pup and a grown up?

I used to have a Chihuahua and he was such a good dog, he never barks, and is low maintenance. I hear that this breed is HIGH in energy — apparently that’s a given… true?

I hope I can get some quality answers from owners of such breed before I make this big step. Thanks a bunch!

We are looking around to buy anther Chihuahua to be a playmate for the one we already have. So yesterday me and my mom went over to look at a litter of Chihuahua pups, the smallest one was white and its legs were very small compared to the others (i think its 6 weeks old) but the mother and father has a tiny bit of silky cross, i think only the father, but the pups look like purebred Chihuahua, but the thing is i want a Chihuahua that has all the features that a Chihuahua has and i dont want one that has a long muzzle but the mother and father do, this is sort of what the mother looks like: http://walk-n-rollpilates.com/images/dscn0330.jpg
And the dad kinda looks like:http://www.quixotehumane.org/images/gabby.jpg
does that mean the puppy will turn out the same? cos i want it to look like a real Chihuahua like this: http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images18/ChihuahuaViansBigMacAttackMac3.JPG
but i dont know if that will happen when the parents dont look like that??

I’m looking into buying a mini chihuahua but I’ve heard that girls are more loving than boys when it comes to their breed. My dad has a girl & he definitely says his is very affectionate & obedient, whereas boys are "hard headed" & don’t listen. Does any one have their own opinion as to which one is better based on experience? Thanks!