Thanks Linda. Bob Barker was the hardest lose. He was my little shadow and slept with me every night. Minnie has been good for me. She's a shy little one. My friends say I'm the typical first time Mom LOL! It's true....reading all I can about chi pups.
Alice Sent from Incredimail for iPad From: Webville Lady Yesterday Hi Alice: Welcome to the group. So sorry your dachshunds passed recently. Really happy to read you rescued 2 Chis. Great pictures!! Good luck! Hugs, Linda From: lwr0032 <[email protected]>To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 1:51 PM
Subject: [Chihuahuas] New Chihuahua OwnderHi 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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