No need for senior decline in 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 …
Help, my Chihuahua barks out the window!
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 …
What is your chihuahua’s emotional bucket?
At a glance. What is your chihuahua’s emotional bucket? Why is it important? What pays into it? Can we manipulate it? What is an emotional bucket? Some of you may …
How to deal with chihuahua aggression
Chihuahua aggression is something I get asked about a lot. They have a reputation for being yappy and aggressive. If you are a chihuahua parent, then you may be familiar …
Understand your chihuahua reactivity
Why do they bark at other dogs, why can’t they just get along, they’re all dogs after all? Understanding chihuahua reactivity is a big step in being able to work …
Is your chihuahua ‘action-prompting’ you?
If your chihuahua nudges you, paws you or barks at you to keep doing something they want this is called action-prompting. On the face of it, giving you a little …
Change your ID tag to reduce chihuahua barking
Can changing your ID tag help reduce chihuahua barking? Having an ID tag on your chihuahua is essential and a legal requirement. The most obvious reason so that if your …
How to toilet train your chihuahua
Chihuahuas are notoriously hard to toilet train. We get more questions about this than almost anything else apart from barking! There are a couple of issues that can make it …
Is your chihuahua a pessimist or optimist?
Scientist have discovered that like people, dogs can be pessimists or optimists and this personality bias will affect how your chihuahua interacts with the world. An optimistic dog will happily …
9 things you must do with your chihuahua puppy from the off!
Your chihuahua puppy is an open book Their brain is a mass of flexible pathways and with the right management and training it’s easy to help them become bright, cheerful …