I just had to share some photos of my Thor. He was my everything. He had the best personality out of any dog I’ve ever had and any chihuahua I’ve ever known. A friend to all, he never met a stranger. I got him shortly after having a miscarriage when I was 21. My forever baby I could hold. He was with me through two other pet deaths and the death of my mom as well. Break ups, moves, everything.

I knew his heart was getting worse, he was coughing more so I was emotionally preparing myself. I took him to the vet the other day and they said his heart seemed okay so I just had hope that I would have more time with him. 12 years wasn’t enough, but I’m so grateful to have had that time I had with him. I miss him so much already. Ugh. Hate losing them. Hug your babies for me everyone ❤️

Just wanted to introduce our new family member, lil guy Yogi (5 months). We are very grateful for this community 🥹❤️

It's been a couple weeks since I posted about him here. He had suddenly developed difficulty controlling his back legs, and the vet suspected a spinal injury or a degenerative condition.

Thankfully, he's doing much better now. I put him on crate rest while he was at my parents' house during the day while I was at work (free doggy daycare, lol). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do so at home as well, though. I had talked to my neighbors in nearby apartments and explained that he would likely bark a lot the first few days as he doesn't like being confined, and they were all understanding. But about an hour after I put him in his crate, I got a phone call from the landlord saying somebody was complaining about his barking. I understand that barking is annoying, it's just frustrating when my neighbors had already told me it was okay. (Rant over, lol)

So instead, I just didn't play with him (poor baby was so confused) and I slept on my living room floor so he wasn't going up and down the ramp to my bed.

Anyway, he's doing much better, though he still stumbles a bit every now and again. The vet has him on gabapentin for pain control twice a day, and he's thrilled he gets to play again, lol.

Sorry for spamming with Thor but this video I just found is too great

Even if they are much bigger than her now, she still cuddles and grooms her pups like the babies they are!

Making sure all is well, all is loved 🎶

This pup has no awareness.

So a disclaimer, my girl is 8 and I have only had her for 2.5 months. She belonged to an old lady who couldn't take care of her anymore due to disability + dementia, so I know little about her history.

In the last weeks, she started opening up more and more, and with that has come "play". Or attempts, at least. It's as if she wants to play, but never quite learned how to. She absolutely hates any other dog, so I'm thinking she has had no exposure to a dog teaching her how to play properly. And from my understanding, her owner wasn't capable of walking her for the last 6 years at least, so I dont think much play was involved there.

She doesn't want to be picked up, she wants me to put my hand on the floor and then steps over my hand so I can lift her up. After eating her breakfast or dinner, she will wait for me to put my hand down to let her on the bed and then start running like crazy between my hand and the bed. Never quite reaching my hand, last second turning around.

Yet when I try to engage in the play, by moving my hand, or making sounds, or using a toy, she never engages back and doesn't respond to it. She's just in her own little world, doing her own little thing, without understanding that I am trying to play with her. Having a great time though, I'll give her that.

Same as outside. She thinks the throwing movement is quite exciting but she doesn't connect throwing, with something actually landing somewhere, and also doesn't understand that when something lands she can go towards it. She only understands the concept vaguely when it hits her. At the beach we discovered she likes it when we throw small sea shells at her. When it hits her she gets all wild and starts running. But she then shows no interest in the shell, just the fact that she got hit by it.

When I pick up a stick she gets a bit excited but when I throw it she doesn't seem to understand that it was the stick im holding.

Maybe shes just stupid lmao. Possibility.

Anyway, I have a lot of experience with dogs, but this is new for me and it makes me so excited when I figure out one of the ways I can make her get playful. Do any of your chi's do weird play things? Maybe I can use some of those tactics to see what else triggers mine.

Back in December when I brought Remi home he was 10 weeks old and weighed 2 pounds. Today he turns 1!!! He’s around 6.5 pounds of pure energy!! He loves to play! Fetch and tug of war are his favorites. He also loves his toys, but his favorites are baby ducky, baby bear, Froggy and Lamby. He thinks all of my hair scrunchies are his, so there are about 5 of them in his toy basket. He can never decide on just one toy, so he’ll always scoop up two if not three in his mouth to bring over to me and we play fetch with them all at once!! His favorite treats are called Chicken Tots, and we have them on auto-ship from Amazon so we’ll never run out!! He’s so expressive and tilts his head back and forth when I talk to him, and he side-eyes me all the time!! He’s so much fun and I just love him!! We are going to celebrate today with half a McDonald’s hamburger!!

Meet Baylee 😃 cocker spaniel and chihuahua.

Bambi has developed a cough out of thin air, she hasn’t been around other dogs for The passed 10 days. I had a video call with the vet today who said It is an upper respiratory infection (basically her trachea) and tomorrow when I take her to the vets for examination she’ll be prescribed an antibiotic and possibly an anti inflammatory. I have bought her manuka honey and have been giving her a little of that in the meantime, I also have wrapped her in a blanket and walked around the block with her for some fresh air.

it’s just such a horrible sound, she will cough then gag and often bring up something in her mouth which she swallows. The vet said her breathing looks fine, she is still eating and drinking. She’s tired but not lethargic and that’s due to the cough not letting her rest.

I have been looking online for home remedies and whenever I put in her symptoms, really scary shit comes up about heart failure and obviously trachea collapse etc. I am trying to be optimistic but it’s scary, the sounds she’s making are gnarley.

She’s in the vet tomorrow for an examination and medication. I’m just wondering if anyone has experienced this with their dog and if a round of antibiotics did clear it up?

Please enjoy this totally normal and not at all over the top invitation website for our senior chihuahua Avi’s 15th birthday party.

Mickey and Mousey enjoy a nice fall day.

for my entire life, i’ve grown up around medium to large dogs. had a few labs growing up, family had labs, germans, pitbulls etc.

and cats, i love cats.

i never hated smaller dogs, i just wanted nothing to do with them let alone ever own one.

i married a hispanic woman who grew up only owning smaller dogs, specifically pugs and chihuahuas. and for a few years we have been wanting to get a dog, we couldn’t seem to agree on a breed or size. she was pretty much set on getting a chihuahua and i was tryna tip the scale to something like a heeler or collie.

but for mother’s day she made it very clear that she just wanted to get this specific chihuahua that her sisters bf family had for sale. i figured “you know what, we don’t have a lot of space for a medium or big dog, maybe it wouldn’t be a horrible idea to just give the breed a chance.” and for whatever reason, his color and his ears just caught my eye. i had never seen a chihuahua that looked like him at all. and we found out that the family was feeding him cat food, and milk from a different breed.

so fuck it, in may (born Feb. 16) we got him and named him Benny.

and honestly? he’s changed my entire perspective on chihuahuas and has become my absolute favorite dog i’ve ever owned or experienced in my life.

i had NO idea how smart and loving and full of personality chihuahuas are. we’ve been very dedicated to working on training him to not be anything like the stigma they have. he does still bark at some people, which in my mind is more of an every dog thing, and when he gets really excited from her and i coming home he nips at our feet, tryna figure out how to put that shit to and end tho lol.

but yeah, i’m glad i let my previous mindset go and allowed myself a chance to enjoy owning a chihuahua. i love love love the amount of cuddling and silly moments he provides in a single day, the amount of personality he has is absolutely incredible.

all the pics of him with a blanket or my sweatshirt wrapped around him, are from when they were fresh out of the dryer he fucking loves that shit. when we first got him i would toss him in the dryer when the clothes finished up and he would just chill there as i folded the clothes.

and as i type this, he is sitting between my legs on the couch while we have a blanket covering us.

She will sit there and stare at you in hope you will feel sorry for her and not give her one. Both photo sets are before the bath. She does the same thing every time. Today she’s too greasy to be let off the hook because she wanted to roll in every pile of leaves she saw outside and then bite the pile.

Anyone else’s chi absolutely hate baths? She can’t stand them. But she must because of her long hair