I bought Dolly in July 2008. At that time, I could get on the floor and play with her by throwing her toys, etc . In January 2009 I had my third cervical fusion which still left two herniated disks in my neck; then in August 2009 I had three lower back surgeries and still have three herniated disks in my lower back. After all of this, I could not play with Dolly the way I felt she deserved to be played with. I wanted to get her a little sister, but when I went to the breeder in October 2009, all she had ready to go home were little boys. I held Desi who was a little ball of fur and fat.and soooooo cute. Dolly did not like him.and when we got home, she made all of our lives so stressful. I was so afraid that Desi would not survive through the first night here. Now, I look back and think that Dolly was just Chihuahua talking him and telling him the rules (#1 which was probably 'This is MY house'. LOL
I don't know when the fighting stopped, but I know that a couple of months ago, as I watched them sleeping in the chair next to each other, I realized that they are now good friends. They still have a little tiff here and there, but not the constant fighting that was before. I am glad that they are so different.Dolly will always be my little princess, and Desi will always be the little monkey or the entertainer. They have totally different coloring, and one is quiet and the other is always on the go! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ann banks Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 3:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] He likes it!!! My 2 little ones are very active but do stop to cuddle in my lap occasionally. I got them when 6 1/2 weeks old and the entire family loves them especially my 2 youngest grand sons who are 7 and 9. I thought I was too old to have pets any more but I still have lots of love to give. We had planned to only buy one but when I saw both we bought both of these cuties. These brothers were only ones in litter. Pedro and Chico are so sweet and lovable. Ann On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 3:23 PM, maryjane turner <[email protected]> wrote: 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>
