Behaviour Articles

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...

How to deal with chihuahua aggression

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...

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...