THE_TRUTH

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FIRST LET ME STATE: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TEA CUP CHIHUAHUA!!!!!
FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE THINK THAT ANY TINY DOG IS A "TEA CUP"; I AM NOT SURE WHERE OR WHY THAT SAYING EVEN GOT STARTED BUT ANYONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT DOGS KNOW THAT THIS IS SO UNTRUE.
THE CHIHUAHUA IS A SMALL BREED AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PUPS BORN WHO WILL NOT GROW TO BE BUT A COUPLE OF POUNDS BUT THIS IS NOT THE NORMAL FOR THIS BREED.

THERE ARE "BREEDERS" OUT THERE WHO ARE TRYING TO MATE THEIR CHI CHI'S TO GET THIS SO CALLED "TEA CUP" AND THEY DO SOMETIMES GET A TINY TINY PUPPY BUT WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT WITH THAT TYPE OF BREEDING GOING ON A LOT OF CHI CHI'S ARE BEING BORN WITH HIP PROBLEMS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING THESE PUPS ARE FINDING OUT THAT THE PROBLEM DOESN'T SHOW UP UNTIL THE PUPPY IS ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS OLD AND BY THEN THE PUPPY HAS BECOME PART OF THE FAMILY AND THE BUYER CAN'T PART WITH THE PUPPY SO THE BREEDER IS "OFF THE HOOK". BUT THE NEW "PARENTS" ARE LEFT WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN VET BILLS.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE NEVER OWNED A CHI CHI, DON'T BUY ONE FROM ANYONE WHO STATES THAT THEIR PUPPIES ARE "TEA CUP" OR FROM ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT THE PUPPIES WILL WEIGH ONLY A COUPLE OF POUNDS.
AS WITH ANY BREED NO ONE CAN KNOW FOR SURE HOW MUCH A PUPPY WILL WEIGH WHEN IT IS FULL GROWN!!
MOST CHIHUAHUA'S WILL BE UNDER 10 LBS WHEN FULL GROWN.

CHIHUAHUA'S ARE A BREED THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF TIME AND LOVE.
BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALLER BREED; THEY CAN HAVE A LOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS IF NOT IN A HOUSEHOLD THAT FULLY UNDERSTANDS THAT CHIHUAHUA'S DEMAND CONSTANT ATTENTION.

TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THEY CAN AND WILL GET INTO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN.
CHIHUAHUAS'S LOVE TO CHEW AND THEY DO NOT CARE WHAT THEY CHEW ON.
THEY WILL CHEW SHOES,CLOTHES,ELECTRIC WIRES, AND ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND.

THEY ALSO LOVE TO GET "STUFF" FROM ANY SURFACE THEY CAN REACH OR JUMP ON.
WHEN WE GO OUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO CHECK EVERY TABLE IN THE LIVING ROOM TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING THAT OUR TWO CAN GET THEIR LITTLE MOUTHS ON.
WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF SHOES, COASTERS AND HAVE HAD BOOKS AND PAPERS CHEWEDTO SHEREDS THANKS TO OUR LITTLE BABIES.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STATE THAT MOST PEOPLE WHOM HAVE NEVER OWNED A CHIHUAHUA HAVE AN IDEA THAT THIS LITTLE BREED IS A "MEAN" "NASTY" BREED; BUT THEY ARE NOT. MOST CHIHUAHUA'S WILL APPEAR TO BE "MEAN/NASTY" BECAUSE THEY WILL PROTECT THEIR OWNERS AND ANYTHING THAT THEY FEEL IS THEIRS.
BUT ANYONE WHO OWNS OR HAS OWNED A CHA CHA KNOW THAT THIS BREED IS A VERY LOVING BREED AND ONCE YOU HAVE KNOWN THE LOVE OF A "CHA CHA" YOU WILL TRULY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THE LOVE OF A WONDERFUL DOG.

HOUSEBREAKING AND TRAINING A CHA CHA

WHEN YOU TRY AND TRAIN YOUR CHIHUAHUA PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS BREED WILL NOT LEARN BY BEING SCOLDED OR HAVING THEIR NOSES RUBBED IN THEIR "MISTAKES".
CHIHUAHUA'S LEARN MORE WITH LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.
WHEN HOUSEBREAKING A CHA CHA "PARENTS" NEED TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT PRAISE AND LOTS OF HEALTHY TREATS WILL QUICKEN HOUSEBREAKING.

BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT LIKE CHILDREN, THE CHA CHA'S WILL SOMETIMES HAVE ACCIDENTS.
AGAIN THE IDEA IS TO NOT SCOLD THEM BUT TO TAKE THEM OUTSIDE AND LOVINGLY TELL THEM THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE TO GO "POTTY" AND ONCE THEY DO MAKE SURE TO GIVE THEM LOTS OF HUGS AND HEALTHY TREATS.

IT TOOK US ABOUT A MONTH AFTER GETTING OUR FIRST CHA CHA PUPPY; WHO WAS 3 MONTHS OLD, TO HOUSEBREAK HIM.
OUR LITTLE GIRL CHA CHA CAME FROM A HOME WHERE FROM THEY DAY THEY GOT HERE ( WE WERE NOT TOLD THE AGE THEY GOT HER AT) WAS LEFT OUTSIDE ALL DAY ALONE TO DEFEND FOR HERSELF AND THEN AT NIGHT SHE WAS PUT IN A CAGE, SO SHE WAS 4 MONTHS OLD, NOT HOUSEBROKEN, NOT FRIENDLY AND WAS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING, BUT WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND CARING SHE ALSO WITHIN A MONTHS TIME WAS FULLY HOUSEBROKEN.
SHE DOES HAVE A BAD HABIT THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON, SHE WILL "TINKEL" WHEN SCARED OR EXCITED, AND THAT ONCE AGAIN COMES FROM HER BEING IN A HOME WHERE
SHE HAD BEEN BOUGHT FOR A CHILD AND THE ADULTS DID NOT CARE TO TAKE THE TIME TO TRAIN HER OR EVEN SHOW HER HOW TO BE LOVING. I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS LITTLE CHA CHA NOW KNOWS THE MEANING OF BEING LOVED AND SPOILED.

THIS SHOWS ONCE AGAIN THAT CHA CHA'S NEED TO BE PLACED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIME TO CARE FOR THEM AND WITH PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS BREED NEEDS.

NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHAT A CHA CHA WILL WEIGH WHEN FULL GROWN.