by Louise Kirby | May 24, 2022 | Behaviour, Dry food, Feeding, Health, Senior Chihuahuas
We all want our dogs to live forever and chihuahuas are blessed with a longer lifespan than most dogs. Chihuahuas can easily live until they are 16 and some have happily made it to past 20 years old. Which is well over 100 in human years. But there is a difference...
by Louise Kirby | Mar 11, 2022 | poo, Toilet training, Training
Chihuahua toilet training can be hard to crack. It is a standing, but unfunny joke, that chihuahuas will go out and then come in and pee in the house. It is something that I get messages about a lot. It can be a relationship breaker for some chihuahua owners. In the...
by Louise Kirby | Feb 16, 2022 | barking, Behaviour, chihuahua agression, fear based aggression
If your chihuahua barks out the window you’re not alone. I get a lot of questions about how to reduce it. Chihuahuas like a bark and barking out the window is something they excel at. If your chihuahua barks out the window this article will give you some helpful...
by Louise Kirby | Jan 31, 2022 | Behaviour, chihuahua agression
What is your chihuahua’s emotional bucket? Why is it important? What pays into it? Can we manipulate it? What is your chihuahua’s emotional bucket? Some of you may be familiar with the term ‘emotional bucket’ and how it fills and empties over time, affecting our...
by Louise Kirby | Dec 13, 2021 | Characteristics, chihuahua agression, Socialisation, Training
How to deal with chihuahua aggression is something I get asked a lot. They have a reputation for being yappy and aggressive. If you are a chihuahua parent, then you may be familiar with the ‘curled lip of doom’ and the growl of disapproval towards strangers and the...
