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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amanda Nichole Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Went To Petsmart.. Right now he just as a regular collar. <http://graphics.hotmail.com/greypixel.gif> bumdick C2005 _____ To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:22:48 -0500 Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Went To Petsmart.. No I meant around his neck a collar or a leash? Sheila _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amanda Nichole Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Went To Petsmart.. No, currently it's one of those 10 feet plastic handled lock leashes, where I can cut down his distance. <http://graphics.hotmail.com/greypixel.gif> bumdick C2005 _____ To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:00:48 -0500 Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Went To Petsmart.. do you use a collar or a harness when he is on the leash? Sheila _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amanda. Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Went To Petsmart.. I was in petsmart today, and I looked into getting Chaz's nails done. He's a boston terrier/chihuahua mix. The lady in the grooming department said she can't groom him unless he's had his rabies shot. I KNOW rabies shots are mandatory, but right now I'm waiting to get it until I get him fixed so everything can be done at once (before someone rips my head off) - she told me that he'd have to have his rabies shot being a chihuahua, because she cannot put a muzzle on him. I asked her why and she told me that chihuahuas are prone to squeezing or a flat trachea and it's because putting him in a muzzle may put him under stress since Chihuahua's are very nervous animals. So, I was wondering has anyone heard anything about this? I've never read anything about it. Also are there some alternatives that I can go through at home to getting his nails down? I take him for walks quite a bit around the blacktop basketball court around my neighborhood, and his nails are still so long. Also, I looked into leash training him now that I know about the trachea problem - I'm just wondering what methods people suggest. I only use a leash currently when he needs to go pee (even though we have a fenced in backyard, we have dogs that stay outside all day and bark when he's out so of course he tries to run towards it) and when I take him into pet stores. The method I read about is just stopping in place when he tries to tug you, so he can't go anywhere. I'm just wondering if there's any other alternative that may work better. -Amanda _____ Express yourself with gadgets on Windows Live Spaces Try it! <http://discoverspaces.live.com/?source=hmtag1&loc=us> _____ Express yourself with gadgets on Windows Live Spaces Try <http://discoverspaces.live.com?source=hmtag1&loc=us> it!
