Are you a fan of Chihuahua's?
 

I always thought of them as lap dogs who YAP. We found this little guy roaming the street. He had no colar, no chip and was not fixed or trained. I posted signs and called all the local apartment complex's but no one claimed him after 2 weeks. The vet said he was about 2 years old its and its pretty common that people are abandoning dogs due to economic times etc.

Anyways, meet Jack. One of the coolest, most mellow little dogs who loves to chase balls and now has a good home.

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oh man, good on ya for saving that little guy!

Awwwww good job saving him!

my german shepherd/husky loves playing with the neighbor's chihuahuas, except the older one always bites my dog in the face, she is intense lol

Mine nipped at both my babies a few weeks back and is now living with my grandmother.

Nasty little critters, very vicious and expensive in care

Bit tiny for me but lovely looking dog :)

I've never let my dog anywhere with even the tiniest chance of getting near baby. It's one thing that would really worry me.

I'm not :)

oh, and i am a fan!

here's my little chihuahua when he was a puppy

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They're not infants, I just call them my babies, well...because they are.

They know better than to go near the dog while he's eating or in his space. He got them both in the same day, and this is a dog who hasn't had issue with kids for 2 years now. It wasn't that big of a deal, but enough reason for my girl to want him gone.

Thankfully my Grandma loves him and he spends his days being treated like a king.

We regularly have Pitbulls in the backyard with my kids. I have no issues with any sort of Dog breed being around them.

That is what I thought until I got this guy. Hopefully, his personallity wont change drastically as he gets older. I think its important to train them.

oh, and i am a fan!

here's my little chihuahua when he was a puppy

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Nice! ow old is he now? What is he like?

ya, they koo

Jack is cute. Nice to hear he is mellow, unlike some of the chihuahua I've known!

Every chihuahua I have encountered has been super skidish and a barking / yapping machine. I would never get one.

Too funny! I actually thought of naming him Meepers because he doesnt yap. He "meeps".

he is cute dog, i love small dogs, clean hair, lovely!

no. i love alaskan malamutes (i have 2 dogs!)

he is 3 years old and the best damn dog i've ever had. he goes with me everywhere pretty much, follows commands, doesn't yap, shake or any of the stereotypical chihuahua stuff.

he likes beer, hanging out at the beach and the ladys!

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Congrats on the rescue and adoption. I have several Chihuahua's. They certainly changed my life :)

My chi gets yappy when someone comes over that he's never met before or doesn't know real well, it can give people the wrong impression and I'm sure it can get annoying, but day to day w/ people he's familliar with he's pretty chill.

Aww that's awesome that you took him in! Their personalities really depend on how you train/raise them...so I am sure he will be a great dog for ya ;)

they are nice !

I'm glad he found a good home... :)

My neighbor has 4 hairless chi's next door with the little white mohawks running down their backs. I call them the aliens. I dont have anything against dogs but she leaves them in her back yard when she goes to work. As soon as they hear anything they all start yipping. I once timed it and they barked nonstop for 45 minutes straight. I then called the cops who issued her a warning.

It got better at the end of last year but now that summer is rolling around again she fell into the same pattern.

They're Chinese Crested :2 cents: :thumbsup

Not quite the same as chihuahua. I think they look pretty awesome, but they tend to have alot of health issues.

they make great chew toys for my mastiff

I have a chiwawa and a mini pincher. They are both very cool small dogs with different characters.
Looking at the pictures I think you have a mixture of a chiwawa and a min pin...

you have the most clever looking chihuahua i ever saw, congrats! :)

they grow on you

he's a happy camper

Well done on the rescue!

Our chihuahua was rescued from a puppy mill. He was born with a malformed eye, crooked frame, and broken tail. Not sure if the tail was from birth of the idiots hurt him at one point. But anyway, his name is TIKI and he's a great little dog.

he is.

wasn't always that way though. back when he was a pup, i inadvertently stepped on him- hard. i fractured his leg length-wise and shattered his kneecap. orthopedic surgery, a titanium screw, rehab, and $5000 later he's happy.

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[QUOTE=dyna mo;17269475]he is 3 years old and the best damn dog i've ever had. he goes with me everywhere pretty much, follows commands, doesn't yap, shake or any of the stereotypical chihuahua stuff.

he likes beer, hanging out at the beach and the ladys!

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Great pics! I see hes a long hair. Going to take him to the beach tomorrow to see how he does :) Good to hear.

That is what I thought at first but not sure. I looked at many pics and the vet said he was a chihuaha.

When Chavez was a puppy he was playing with Rosie and they were runnung around the house. Rosie, being bigger, ran and jumped up onto the couch not using the pet steps. Chavez, right behind her, tried to do the same. He bounced off and hit the tile, broke his elbow in two places.

Needed a pin and a screw. Not sure how much the whole ordeal set me back, the surgery itself was $3k. I think I made it out all said and done still shy of $4k. What a fucking nightmare that was. Sorry to hear you went through this also.

I love my little butter bean though, he's worth every cent.

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This look screams "acting career". It's like "Dang paparazzi is everywhere"


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Clicker, that front door is to die for, btw!

Feel free to post more casa pics, please :)

thank you! enjoy you new little buddy. they really are great dogs, and as someone mentioned previously, they benefit from a great owner, which it sounds like you are.

wow, they are fragile when they're pups eh. i know exactly the ordeal you went through. my guy's situation was made worse because the jerk vet didn't have a small enough screw so he just used the smallest one he had, which literally poked out the other side of the knee joint and broke through the skin after awhile and caused a massive infection.

we had to keep the pin in for longer, the infection didn't stop, more xrays showed the infection near the bone and the bones weren't fusing together correctly and after 3 months we had to take the pin out. now it's a mass of bone and a *fake joint* he'll still favor that leg and will be bothered by it sometimes, like when walking in thick grass.

i keep him on glucosamine 2x daily and that helps a lot.

That's one tough lookin little guy. I would get him a spiked collar.

Also would have named him Shit Head. that way when you go out side to call him home the you get some fun looks from the neighbors.

My mixed chihuahua (despite his papers saying otherwise) He wasn't too happy in that pic. He just came from the vet.

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Never been a fan of little rat dogs, but its a dog, so I still love it.

We have had chihuahuas over the last 25 years or so. My best one lived 14 years and she was my constant companion. She died last year. People always found it funny because I am a huge guy, and i had this tiny chihuahua that was my shadow.

About a year before that chi died, my daughter got me another one with the idea he would learn from the other. He had been in a home with small kids, and they were abusing him, and my daughter offered to take him.
He still doesn't like kids, and for the longest time he didn't want any attention. In the last couple months he has been wanting to be petted, and has mellowed quite a bit. He adores my wife, and every night when she takes off her socks, he takes them plays with them for a while, and eventually takes them to the laundry basket. He also insists on getting on my desk, standing on the keyboard and watches the screen. The other day I came home and had several hundred windows open.
In January, we got a female, and she is quite a bit like the one who was my shadow. We have bigger dogs also, and she does not back down from them. As a puppy, she is into chewing. After leaving the house for a couple hours, I came home and found she had somehow got up on the bathroom cabinet and got out 8 rolls of toilet paper. She took them in the middle of our bed and shredded them for us. She also has a bad habit of getting in my wife's purse and rooting for treasure. Her name is Fancy, but she is often referred to as Shithead.

Sounds familiar. :1orglaugh

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they really are amazing animals! my nic for my guy is usually something like turdly burgerstein or shitlicker. not that he's a shitlicker, he's more a pee sniffer. lolololol

yeah but can he swim?


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this is taylor, technically she's ashleys dog but ive claimed her as my own, she's only yappy when someone new comes to the house, but 5 mins after that she's fine with them. she gets along with the other dogs and cat

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So cute! :thumbsup