Training Articles

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...

Scatter feeding can calm your chihuahua

What is scatter feeding? If you have never heard of scatter feeding it’s a very simple process of throwing a proportion of your dog’s daily food allowance over the grass. They then must root about for it. It really is as simple as that. Why is scatter feeding a good...

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...