Desi and Dolly sound like opposites... what fun to have one of each. All those toys sound wonderful for keeping the little guy busy and to keep him from gobbling his food.
I think socializing at a young age really does help... never thought about it with other dogs because there were kids in the house and their friends were coming and going and the dogs just naturally get socialized with children around <G> but, now, Benji is the first dog we've gotten since they have all left home so now we have to think about it. She is a very calm little girl, still very shy but not at all scared. I think she knows she is loved. She sure did wonderfully with the gang around here over the holidays <G> mj and benji On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Joan Croft wrote: Desi is a challenge at times. He is all bouncy and wants to play and Dolly just wants to be left alone to lay in the sun or on the recliner chair under her blankets. Desi walked on top of her while she was laying under the blankets on my bed and hurt her knee….she had to have knee surgery because of that. Although Desi is almost 17 months old, he still has tons of puppy energy…he loves everyone and will kiss people to death. He is also a little Mommy’s boy a lot of the time. For Christmas, my two got the Star Spinner and the Treat Wheel, the hide a bee, hide a bird, the plush gingerbread house with three gingerbread toys, and they also go the intellibone and the plush dog with removable rings. The star spinner is way too easy for him. The treat wheel was hard for him to get the caps off until I put the loops on them and he will go right to the toy and pull them all off…so now I am going to remove some of the loops so he has more of a challenge. I work with both of them when I give them the new puzzle toys so that they know what they have to do. Desi is very food oriented and Dolly is a little grazer and except for her wanting some of the treats all the time, she is not driven by food the way that Desi is. They both love to go out in the car in their booster seat. They just sit and watch out the window and at stop signs and stop lights they love to bark at the people in the cars next to me LOL They have a puppy stroller (which Desi chewed the zipper apart) and they really like being in the stroller too. They are very friendly to everyone. I got each of them when they were 8 weeks old, and they were socialized from the day that I got them. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of maryjane turner Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] He likes it!!! Desi sounds like quite a little challenge. Hard to keep one step ahead of that little mind. Sounds really really smart. How fun..... On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:29 AM, Joan Croft wrote: I got a little rubber piggy and I put Desi’s food in there. He rolls it on the floor and the food comes out. He loves it. If I didn’t do that and just put it in a bowl, it would be gone in 5 seconds…he is a gouger! MJ in AZ <image001.gif>
