Behaviour Articles

My chihuahua nips ankles!

Help, my chihuahua nips ankles when visitors or workmen move! If this happens it’s because your chihuahua is over aroused, worried, and anxious by what is happening. When visitors enter the house there is likely to be a lot of excitement around the door. This...

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 happily made it to past 20 years old. Which is well over 100 in human years. But there is a difference...

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 is something they excel at. If your chihuahua barks out the window this article will give you some helpful...

What is in your chihuahua’s emotional bucket?

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...