Although most small dogs are fearless and don't seem to realize their small size, some of them are totally aware of the fact that they are small and everything and everyone is giant. Sometimes they will out grow their "fears" and sometimes not. Scooter has never been abused, but to this day will piddle if you reach down to pet her. Our solution is to call her up to you so she is standing on her rear legs with her front legs on you. She then cannot squat to wee. It sounds like she is becoming quite comfortable with Chico and likes to play with him. As long as she isn't hurting him, I would accept this as play and he will set her straight when he becomes too annoyed with it. If she shivers and runs for her cage when she does something wrong, well, at least she recognizes that she is doing wrong which means that she should learn not to do it pretty easily. I would suggest that you lightly scold her, but never intimidate her. And remember that her cage is the one place in the world that she should always feel safe in, so once she's in there, don't approach her to closely. As long as she knows that she has made you unhappy with her, she will learn. Dogs always want to please us. She probably has low self-esteam and needs some ego boosting. Some good doses of playing, training and praising should help a lot. It takes a while, but she should adapt and fit in with her surroundings in time. I am familiar with the vomitting situation, but cannot tell you how to solve it other than trying to keep her from eating grass. Joy B ----- Original Message ----- From: Julio Fuentes To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 10:58 AM Subject: [SPAM][Chihuahuas] I need assistance!!
I have a Chihuahua that I found in the Penny Saver and she was abused by one owner and then the second owner had a Female Chihuahua that was terrorizing her to the point where she would Pee if you came up on her or she would cower down with her tail between her legs. She was not Spayed when we got her and we had a Male Chihuahua (Chico) that really accepted her and they got along great. All of a sudden the new addition (Baby) came in got adjusted and started doing the same things the Chico that the other dogs did to her. She runs like a Gazelle and she is suppose to be a Fawn Color, Deer Shaped but a Chihuahua. She takes her head and up ends Chico or nips at his rear legs and he just keeps pushing on. She is jealous when he gets near me and he gets jealous too. The one thing that is puzzling me is how she goes out and eats grass comes in the house and Vomits. She looks like she is bucking and out comes the crap. This happens at least once ever two to three months. I have had her in the Vets office at least 6 times and they said she has no Worms or illnesses. She was a little woozy after the Spaying and Chico lost his mind for two days trying to hump her. Now they don't even come close outside of the running outside or when we walk and she nips at his heals. What is causing the Vomitting? She shivers when she does something she knows is wrong and runs for her cage. Don't know what to do!!
