Behaviour Articles

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 nudge with their nose to keep to stoking them seems harmless enough but this behaviour can escalate into...

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 pup gets lost you can be contacted quickly. But can the type of tag reduce chihuahua barking? It’s...

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...