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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 difficult to toilet train your chihuahua: Their reluctance to get cold or wet and the...

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 bounce along assuming all’s right with the world and a pessimist will be...

Your chihuahua’s nose is amazing!

Here are some amazing facts about your chihuahua's nose. The area of a dog's brain that processes smell is (relatively) forty times bigger than a human. It is estimated that your chihuahua's sense of smell is a hundred thousand times better than ours. Experts tell us...

Excessive chihuahua barking, what not to do

Much has been written about excessive chihuahua barking and we have had many discussions on our Facebook page (join here) about the problem. Anyone who owns or lives with a chi will testify that chihuahuas like a bark. They will bark out the window at passers-by, car...