Wordless Wednesday: Playful Pups

The pups are now 3 weeks old and playing..

Wordless Wednesday: 1 week old Chihuahua Puppies

The puppies were one week old last Thursday night and I took these on Friday morning.. Enjoy.  :-)

Ginger with all 4 pups nursing

Little Angelica Rose is the cream girl in the middle.  Cocoa is the tricolor boy and Dusty is the lovely tan and black in front.  Big boys and small delicate girl

This is snow.. he really just wanted to crawl back to his Mama so this is his only picture for this week.. 

Ginger making sure all of her little Chihuahua puppies are ok with my picture taking!

This picture is very special to me and I've decided to keep these two little darlings.  Yes, Cocoa and Angelica Rose are staying with me.  

Just a note on the size difference in the puppies so no one will worry.. Ginger is a cobbly build chi and is about 8 lbs while the father, Susu is a fine boned chi weighing in at 4.5 lbs.   The 3 boys in this litter are cobble chis like their mother and the girl is a fine boned chi like her father.  They are all healthy and gaining weight right on schedule.  They simply have different bone/body structures and that is whey Rose is so much smaller than the boys.

Wordless Wednesday: The Guilty Face!!

Gets a little hard to deny with pee pad fluff in your mouth now doesn't it?

Whatever!!

Gotta love it when you just catch them in the act!  Hahaha!!

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Christmas Chis have extra FUN!

Merry Christmas everyone!!  We had a great time and It's been awesome having the extra time off to enjoy family and the dogs.  I thought I would pop on and highlight the Chihuahuas Christmas!! LOL  They had a great time!!

They played under the tree when they're not supposed to!

They helped Jordan with her stocking!!

They played with their new toys from Santa... 

And some of Jordans..

They played with their Doggie Mom

And then after breakfast and a good play outside they all got dressed up in their Christmas clothes! 

Susu

Cori

Fen

Cinna

Ginger

And then it was apparently Chihuahua nap time because they all fell asleep looking sweet as can be!

And a Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!!

Fen Goes Missing!!

It was a Tuesday and a pretty uneventful one at that.  The usual.. work, a little laundry, etc  And of course lots of Puppy Playtime!  Even had a new toy for a bit of added fun! 

It was a little after 10:00pm.  Everything was quiet.  My Daughter was already in bed.. Dogs were all sleeping..  and I was ready for some much needed relaxation when all of sudden there were only 2 puppies in the puppy pen instead of 3!!  


At first we just kind of stood there looking perplexed, since obviously there should have been 3 puppies. I silently counted them a couple of more times.  Yep, definitely only 2 puppies in the pen. 

Fen was Missing!!

Of course we started with the most logical explanation and checked our daughters room.. But no, Fen wasnt there either.  And then the panic began to set in..  He's only 12 weeks old... where could he be?!
   

The search for Fen was on!!  We called.  We searched in, under, and behind everything we could think of.  But still No Fen.  I pulled out treats and toys.. I shook the kibbie bag.. We looked in every room of the house at least 3 times.  We looked outside on the porch.  We looked and we looked. But no Fen.

And then we looked at the washer and dryer that had been steadily running the entire time we searched for our little Chi.  I always do a head count of all the dogs before starting the washer and dryer.  Always.  But Fen wasnt anywhere to be found.  And we had been looking for 30 minutes. 

All three of us stood in the kitchen, no one saying a word as we began to pull things out of the dryer one by one.  No Fen.  


So then we opened the washing machine.  Jordan and I stood there quietly as Bill pulled things out of the washer and there was wave of relief through the kitchen when he announced that Fen wasnt there either.

We went back to our searching for Fen and making plans to look outside 'just in case' when I suddenly spotted a bit of white fur with a lovely cream spot!  And there was Fen!  Fast asleep!

I happily announced that I had found him and everyone came to look!  Fen, of course had no idea what was going on and certainly looked like his cozy nap was being rudely disturbed.

We are all so thankful our Fen is safe.  It was a horrible scare and I just cant imagine if anything were to happen to any of our little ones.  They are all so special to us.

The Chis are now Barkers on The Dog Journal!

Just wanted to announce to everyone that the Charming Chis of the house have decided to tell their side of the story of life in my home!  They are all so excited and Ginger already has made her big debut as a Barker on The Dog Journal!!

I hope you will take a look and follow them along there as well!!

What in the World is That?!  by Ginger

Camera Shy Gingie!

Hahaa!  Apparently Ginger has decided that having her picture taken is just not going to work for her.   And to top it off she figured out exactly when the flash is going to fire so she is very well prepared to ruin all of Mommies pictures of her! 

umm.. nope too busy sleeping to have my picture taken..

hahh!  nope.. couldn't possibly.. no time..

hhehee.. I'm just toooo fast for ya Mom!  Give it up!

But.. Moms persistence finally gets the big payoff!!!

Oh, you just gotta love a cute, quirky Chi!!

Stranger Safety Needed for Small Dogs!!

I ran across a news story this morning that really made me stop and think.  Do we need to teach our small dogs 'stranger safety' much as we do with our children?


I am constantly hearing about the importance of socializing our dogs to accept and be friendly towards strangers and I do believe that is a good thing.  But for those of us that have small animals, it may also be wise to teach our dogs not to approach a stranger without invitation.  And why should we assume that others will be kind to our animals?  While most people enjoy seeing small dogs and our cute little furbabies, the unfortunate reality is that some people are just mean and small dogs are fragile.

-- Case in point.. An 11 yr old boy was walking his chihuahua near him home when the 5 lb chi ran to 'say hello' to a stranger.  In the end, the woman grabbed the dogs leash and tossed the dog away from her breaking his neck and killing him in the process.  

Now, the woman charged claims the chihuahua was nipping and biting at her pants leg.  And I certainly think the force was excessive given the size of the dog but realistically we cannot always expect others who are unfamiliar with small dogs to understand how truly fragile they are.  And we certainly shouldn't assume that strangers on the street are 'dog friendly'.

This is such a heartbreaking story.  Ultimately it is our responsibility to ensure the safety of our beloved pets.  Whether it should be or not can be debated til the cows come home.  The truth is if this little chi had not approached this woman to begin with he would still be with his family. 

Asking permission before greeting someones dog AND before allowing your dog to greet a stranger is not only good manners but it's also a safety issue.  Simply approaching a dog without invitation is well known to be dangerous and can incite a dog to possibly bite but often little thought is given to the danger we may be putting our dogs in when we allow them to greet new people.

And I think its time we dog owners become more aware of these dangers when allowing our dogs to approach others without invitation.  Often owners of small dogs simply assume that others would never see their dogs as threatening or hostile because of their size.  Or we just cant see how someone could hurt something so small cute and innocent.  This is simply untrue.  Some people are afraid of small dogs too. And in the real world, animals and children are harmed everyday by people with ill intentions.  We must not assume that the lady on the street is nice and open to meeting our little angels.  We must stop and think about whether that man on the corner is someone we would want our dog to meet.  It's a tough line to walk balancing keeping our dogs people friendly and people safe but it is a line that must be walked.

Keep your dog on a leash or contained in some way when out and about so that you are in control of the situation at all times. Make it a practice to always go through the formality of asking if your dog may greet a new person.  This not only protects you from possible legal situations, it also protects your small dog from possible injury or emotional trauma from an encounter with someone who doesn't like dogs and just simply didn't want to meet yours.

Stay Safe and Have Fun!!

To read the full news article referenced above.. 
http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/606071--woman-charged-after-she-snaps-neck-of-boy-s-chihuahua

Chihuahua Puppies Birth to 9 weeks

I've got so many things I want to blog about and lots of fun exciting things coming up in the near future but for today I thought I would take a short little trip down memory lane and post some baby pictures of the little chihuahua puppies.  The blog has been getting some new readers who havent seen them as newborns so today I'm just going to sit back, enjoy my coffee and let you see just how much they have grown.   By the way, if you notice the snowflakes on the blanket that will sort of give you a size reference too.