by Louise Kirby | May 24, 2022 | Behaviour, Dry food, Feeding, Health, Senior 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...
by Louise Kirby | Dec 13, 2021 | Characteristics, chihuahua agression, Socialisation, Training
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...
by Louise Kirby | Jan 20, 2021 | anal glands, barking, General
Why calm is important for your chihuahua Chihuahuas like a bark, anyone who has one will have experienced the sudden vertical take-off followed by crazy barking because they’ve heard something; a car door slamming, the cat exiting through the cat flap, or person...
by Louise Kirby | Jan 9, 2021 | barking, Behaviour, chihuahua agression, Socialisation, Your puppy
Your chihuahua puppy is an open book Their brain is a mass of flexible pathways and with the right management and training it’s easy to help them become bright, cheerful and an optimistic dogs. If we get it wrong then we can create the exact opposite, a...
by Louise Kirby | May 30, 2019 | Behaviour, Toilet training, Your puppy
Is your chihuahua marking in the house? Young male dogs will love to mark their territory. But it’s not the only reason a dog marks in the house and believe it or not marking is not confined to intact males. Females and neutered males can also mark. But,...