Hi All,
I'm Alice and a new Chi owner. I have owned dachshunds (or rather they owned
me LOL) since I got out of college in the mid-90's. A little over a month ago,
my dachshund, Mortimer Snerd (Morty for short) passed. He bonded most with my
hubby. He was pretty much devastated. A week later, I talked him into going
to our local shelter "just to look". Well, we walked out having adopted a
Chihuahua mix. Hubby named him Mickey. The shelter thinks he's a mix but after
looking around the net a all kinds of Chi pictures, he's come to the conclusion
that Mickey is a deer head chi. I know it's not an AKC recognized breed and it
doesn't matter since Mickey is a companion for hubby. Mickey is much bigger
than a chi. He's 14 lbs, runs like a deer and hops like a deer.
This past week my buddy and shadow, Bob Barker, an 8.5 lb red dachshund passed.
I had to have him out down because of renal failure and he stopped eating. He
was 5 y.o. when I adopted him. 2 days ago hubby and I went to our local shelter
looking for a small companion dog for me. Well, I found a cream colored 8 mo.
old Chihuahua. The shelter named her ChaCha. I renamed her Minnie. She's on,y
6 lbs. for me, that's small but I understand that's big for a chi. Mickey is
twice her size. She's a sweetheart just like Mickey. They have somewhat the
same personality. At the meet and greet with Mickey, Mickey seemed to come out
of his shell more than he has in the month we've had him. He loved playing
with Minnie and plays pretty gentle with her. Oh, forgot to say, Mickey is 4
y.o.
I'm a first time puppy Mommy. Never thought I'd own a puppy. I'm happy about
it and glad Minnie is an older puppy.
My question is, what can I expect from an 8 mo. old chi? In 2 weeks Minnie will
be due for her 2nd set of puppy shots and a 2nd deworming according to the
shelter. She should be done with all that by 8mo, correct?
Alice
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