--- In [email protected], "tabascojackpepper"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is growlilng a breed trait? I've never had a dog that growls so
much. If he's sitting next to
> us, and we move and he's crowded.... growl. If we lean over him....
growl.
>
> We've started "banishing" him (putting him off the couch or bed) for
awhile when he does,
> and telling him "no" sternly, and it seems to be helping. When he
growls, he's wagging his
> tail, and often goes "kissy face" (tounge lapping at us) right after
he growls.
>
> This is my (our) first Chihuahua, and I was wondering if they just
tend to be more growly.
>
> Nikki
I think all chi's are this way. Do you socialize them? I've noticed
that when I socialized my male chi he stopped doing that but with my
new girl chi we haven't socialized her as much and she's a growler.
That may help.
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