It depends on where you live but in general shots should be done by 8 mos but an unknown background in a pup may make 2 sets of distemper etc necessary. At 4 mos they can get a one year rabies then every 3 years after that. Most people do not get distemper etc after the dog is an adult. I don't give lepto since it often has bad reactions, only covers some strains and my dogs aren't near rats. I use Ivomec for heartworm prevention, $38 for 3 yr supply for all my dogs + and Dominon L for flea prevention. A chihuahua should be 6lbs or under but with all the BYB and PMs I have seen "purebred" Chis of 20lbs and "purebred" Minpins of 18lbs and 15". I adopted now 8 mos old Alice about a month ago and am taking her to CGC classes. She is my smallest personal dog and foster at 3.5lbs. HoneyB is an under standard MinPin at 9" and 5.5lbs. Alice is a very happy pup with a constant wagging tail. I have rescued 3 other Chis but they were 6lbs each. Gotta watch where you sit with the weee ones..lol.
Robin, the Dobe Axel CGC, TT, the German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, the Chihuahua Alice and the MinPins HoneyB, Brutus, IMPS fosters Jordan and Mack www.minpinrescue.org www.chi-rescue.com -------- Original message -------- Subject: [Chihuahuas] New Chihuahua Ownder From: lwr0032 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] CC: 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
