Chihuahua

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My grandparents spoil him and give him whatever he wants, so now he pretty much will only eat human food. He HATES dry food. What can I feed him? He’s a chihuahua and rat terrier mix.

Hello, I have a two-year old rescue Chihuahua, a female, named Mija. She will pee in the yard in the morning when she wakes up and right before bed. Sometimes she’ll also go at noon. I take her for a short walk (ten minutes) at noon and a thirty minute walk in the evening. I’ve had her four months. She has only had one accident in the house.

I tried some of that spray, that housetraining aid, and she just ignored it. But, she will go in the yard in the morning and at night. Is it normal for her to only go about three times a day? She will poop once a day on a walk or in the yard if the weather is bad. She is feed Beneful, and sometimes dry food.

My question, is it normal for her to pee twice while only on a walk? She has let me know that she needs to go out by being restless. If I leave the house, she is kept in a crate. I used a crate to train her. How can I know for sure? Thanks
I don’t believe in pee pads because I believe they encourage dogs to urinate in the home. I have made sure she goes outside. She doesn’t drink much water, her food has a lot of water, but is hydrated enough to keep her nose wet and gums pink. She goes for a thirty minute walk and has a couple play sessions per day.

I bought her from this one breeder last night. When I went to pick her up I asked her what she’s feeding her. She was feeding all her puppies and her adult dogs… Adult dog food.
So I went to the pet store with my pup and bought her a nutritious, puppy food, and one can of wet food. I got home and put some food in a bowl. She wasn’t hungry. This morning I offered it to her again and she put it in her mouth 4 or 5 times and tried chewing it but she kept spitting it out. She could not chew it.

So I looked at her teeth and she had the tiniest teeth! (still puppy teeth and i’m guessing some are still coming in.)
So I had to feed her wet food.
I don’t know how my puppy ate the ADULT dry food…

So my question is what do I feed my puppy? I don’t want to stick with only wet food cuz I don’t want her to have the runs, but dry food is too hard for her to chew.

She will be 4 months on the 20th of this month.
She is a Chihuahua
Thanks for all answers.
Correction: She has teeth. they are just very small.
I bought her: Blue Buffalo Puppy Food Formula

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2750078

I feed him Purina beneful dry food which he enjoys but the kibbles are too big for him. I would like something similar to that with all the nutrients he needs. Any suggestions? What do other people feed there small dogs for a healthy diet? I’m looking for a small bite dry food. Have any of you use Science Diet small bites?

My boyfriend of 4 years and I live with his Mother at her house, I like her but sometimes she can be a bit overbearing, she had gotten a chihuahua puppy about 8 months ago and everytime I would try to help her with it like take it for a walk or give her a bath or even feed her she would yell at me and say this is not your dog! but when the chihuahua pup needed to be taken out to go to the bathroom she was fine with me doing it, now me and my bf finaly got a pup of our own, he explained to his Mother that noone else in the household will be feeding the puppy or doing anything else with it except playing and we would take care of the rest of the stuff he needs, a couple days before we got him we went to PETCO to go buy food and what-not we picked Nutro Maxx because I wanted to start the pup on healthy dry food to avoid future problems when he gets older, well the day after he came home she went and bought him Pedigree wet and dry because she said that he didn’t like the nutro, even though I had seen him clear his bowl of Nutro before, now she’s trying to tell us that he can’t be around our friends puppy because it is going to make him aggressive, even though I have worked at a social doggie daycare for over a year and a half and have to take care of 15-20 dogs in one room by myself, I’m not sure how to approach her about this since she screamed at me for telling her that the pup was going to stay on a routine for potty and feeding I don’t know what to do please someone help me?!?!?!!

I mix dry food with Nature Balance Beef Formula.

I’ve been feeding her that since she was only 8 months, but she is still pretty skinny.

I heard that adding cottage cheese to her bowl will help.

any other tips?

One of our dogs died a few weeks ago due to liver problems because of something she ate, and ever since then, we have been switching our surviving dog’s food. She is a chihuahua-terrier mix and is 8 years old.

Shortly after our dog died, she rejected her usual Alpo canned food and Beneful dry food. We started feeding her Innova mixed with boiled chicken liver, boiled chicken breast, and recently, potatoes and meat. She was eating the liver and chicken breast fine and would gobble it up, but recently she all of a sudden stopped wanting it so we gave her the potatoes and meat.

She hasn’t really pooped in a while, (we think it was because of the high fiber in Innova so we stopped feeding it) but when she does it’s kind of a loose stool. Just today she pooped blood just once. Besides that, there’s nothing really wrong with her. No attitude problems, no apathy, no lethargy or vomiting.

She is a very emotionally sensitive little dog. When she hears a loud noise or if someone in the family shouts she’ll run away. We think that she may be behaving this way because of the death of our other dog but that theory is kind of going out the window.

Her favorite food was Beneful, but only because she would take the red meat bits out of the food and leave the rest scattered on the floor. Ever since our other dog died, she didn’t want to eat it anymore. I know it’s a bad idea to switch a dog’s food so often but we’re at our wits end because we want her to eat and I"m scared that she’ll get sick like my other dog. Any ideas?

Thanks for everyone’s suggestions. I will try to somehow get her to eat the Innova. We recently tried Nutro but I don’t trust it. She didn’t even give it a second glance. I think we may have turned her into a finicky eater. We still don’t know if we’re going to get another dog though.

We have four cats and one small dog (chihuahua/mini-pinscher.) The dog gets only expensive veterinarian reccomended food, the cats get semi-cheap food (dry food for both.) The dog always has plenty of food, and she is spoiled, so she gets the food she likes best. Even so, I keep catching her eating the cats’ food. Any ideas on how to stop this? She got pretty fat a few months back, and we have stopped everyone (but her) from feeding her anything other than dog food. Now how do we stop her from just taking it? THANKS!

I was in a small pet store today to buy some plants for my pond,and they had four beautiful blue/fawn Chihuahua pups for sale.They were so tiny and cute that I was actually tempted to buy one!! They were 0.00,no papers,and 9 weeks old.One of them started sucking on my finger,so I questioned their actual age,but they were eating dry food and appeared to be in good shape. Of course I didn’t buy one – but I WAS tempted. Have you ever been tempted even though you know it would be morally wrong?
Thank God I’m not the only one!! They were just SO cute,but there is no way that I would buy one. I buy my plants there because the other pet store that doesn’t sell puppies doesn’t carry pond plants.
Joel – Most of the puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills or backyard breeders.I know for a fact that this store gets their pups from Ohio’s Amish Country – aka Puppy Mill Central. Yes,they will take mixed breed "accidental " litters and kittens from private citizens to sell,but the purebreds and "designer" mixes are from puppy mills or BYBs.
Tawney – I have purchased sick turtles for the same reason,and I have lost a few,but I have saved more!Sometimes,your heart just overrides your brain!!
KaRayZee – Your dog is gorgeous! You live in Cleveland,then? Don’t you just love Dick Goddard? He is such a wonderful friend to animals.
Edit: Yes,Chetco,it would be more ethically than lorally wrong.

Also,to be fair,this pet store does take good care of their puppies, at least.They have a fenced area in the back and kennels with roofs,and on nice days the puppies are all outside for air and sunshine.The little Chis were in a large playpen.They also had their huge sulcata tortoises ( owner is a rabid chelonian fan),their Bullmastiff and their Giant Schnauzer running around out there.Plus,they vaccinate and worm the pups and kittens and take them to the same vet I go to when they get a sick animal. They feed Premium Edge dog food and Royal Canin Cat food. So even though the pups come from seedy breeders,they are taken care of once they are in the pet store.Still,I couldn’t in good conscience buy one.
KaRayZee – I don’t blame you! I would love to live in the country.

I use Nature’s Variety Raw Diet…I feed my chihuahua the suggested portion everyday. Am I supposed to also feed him dry food? Is raw food supposed to be fed only once in awhile?