Thanks, Peggy. I didn't know about stress and sugar levels. Minnie strains to poo. Her poo is pretty hard. I'm not sure if that will settle into normal poo when she settles in and gets use to his new home.
\ \ /\ Alice ( ) [email protected] .( ). Sent from my iPad mini On Mar 18, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: Congratulations! I am so glad that you adopted rather then buy! Two very cute babies!! My little Gigi was found on ebays classified for free......not a good thing to give any animal away free, not that she didn't cost me a mint in Vet bills. Anyway she was about 5-6 yrs when I got her two and a half yrs ago and she weighs 7lbs, she was 6 pounds before her spay. She is a Long Hair. She is a very sweet and quiet chi, not barky and not a mean bone in her body. The most wonderful thing about the chi breed is that they come in all sizes, colors, and shapes. Personally, I feel that any of them that are super big are not all chihuahua. They have something else hiding in those genes, lol That mainly being because of all the so called designer dogs that have been bred in PMs and BYBs for so many years, and when it comes to shelter dogs many are found on the streets and their mama could have been a chi, but most of the time if she too was stray then no one knows what bred to her. But once you own one no matter what they look like they are your baby and it really doesn't matter at all. The protocol for dog shots has changed. Once they are given the initial series of puppy shots, they only need a booster one year later, then for most of the virus's out there they have immunity for life, and that depends on where you live and what virus's are prevalent in your area. The same series of shots is given to an adult dog who has no history of vaccinations. Rabies is mandated by the Federal government, so they can get a one year or a three year shot. Be aware that the rabies vaccine is the exact same vaccine and the exact same amount is given whether it be a one or a three yr shot, and the same dosage is given whether it be a St Bernard or a Chi. Some states recognize the Immunity level lasting for three years, while others recognize it for one year. They are trying to push it for 5 yrs and I sure hope they do that fast, as most Vets agree that just one rabies shot actually last for a lifetime. So here are a couple of links and I strongly suggest reading them and doing your own research before giving them unnecessary shots year after year, which only compromises there immunity level once in their senior years. If you never owned a chi before, you should be aware that stress can lower their sugar level fast. Some signs are, sleeping a lot, no appetite, shaky, diarrhea. Nutra-Cal comes in a tube and is loaded with electrolytes to increase their sugar level and appetite. Pedialyte is great to prevent dehydration from the diarrhea. I always keep them in stock just in case. I also rescued a Mini American Eskimo from a shelter about 6 yrs ago and Princess will be 8 this summer like her fur-sister Gigi. I also have two parrots who are now 24 yrs old and 23 yrs old. <RoseSmiles3Bk-CaNb-1Ka-1.jpg> http://www.itsfortheanimals.com/DODDS-RESUME.HTM http://www.weim.net/emberweims/Vaccine.html http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2011/10/27/new-canine-vaccination-guidelines.aspx Gigi <34-DSC02277-FXlg Copy.jpg> Princess <1000.jpg> -------Original Message------- From: lwr0032 Date: 3/18/2013 4:50:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] New Chihuahua Ownder 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
