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 | Sep 28, 2021 | barking, Behaviour, Feeding, possessive behaviour
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...
by Louise Kirby | Mar 17, 2021 | aggression towards dogs, barking, Behaviour, chihuahua agression
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...
by Louise Kirby | Feb 28, 2021 | Dry food, Feeding, Health, nutrition
How to tackle an overweight chihuahua It’s easy to overfeed a chihuahua because they are so small, just a few grams too much food and you have an overweight chihuahua. So if your chi is a bit on the chubby side don’t beat yourself up too much. Just as long...
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...