stacwase
06-23-2004, 10:08 PM
We just arrived home from Arkansas with my mom’s two Chihuahuas, Tony & Chloe (ages 8 months & 16 months). We never planned to take them, but Mom is very ill and (hopefully temporarily) unable to care for herself or the dogs. We really didn’t have a choice. The dogs aren’t housebroken, so nobody else in the family would take them. We don’t want to separate them because they’re very strongly bonded.
The plan is to housebreak them and then return them to my mom in November when we go back down to Arkansas for Thanksgiving. We had them spayed & neutered, and had their vaccinations updated.
The housebreaking is actually going quite well. We had them in the camper with us for 4 days. We’re crate-training them, and we haven’t had any accidents yet. Of course we haven’t given them the opportunity to have accidents – they’re never out of our sight.
Jake and Max aren’t too sure about them. I’m so nervous. I think Max will be OK with them, but he’s just so much bigger than they are! He’s not making eye contact with them at all. He looks at them and then looks away really quickly. Tony got down and tried to play a while, but Tony weighs 3.4 lbs. Max weighs close to 100 lbs! Max laid down on the floor near Tony, kind of looking at him out of the corner of his eye. He growled when Tony got close – but I think it was more like he was “talking” than growling. Jake just wants to play.
Chloe wants nothing to do with either of them. If they get close enough to her, she jumps up and bites their noses. It’s funny because she’s only 2.5 lbs.
Anyways – if any of you have any advice send it my way!!!! I want everything to go as smoothly as possible with Jake & Max. Ideally, nobody will have to get stitches or have any broken bones mended. It’s hard for me to tell why Max is avoiding eye contact.
Here’s their picture. They sure are cute little things – and so sweet! I can’t believe how observant they are, either. They’re great little watchdogs.
The plan is to housebreak them and then return them to my mom in November when we go back down to Arkansas for Thanksgiving. We had them spayed & neutered, and had their vaccinations updated.
The housebreaking is actually going quite well. We had them in the camper with us for 4 days. We’re crate-training them, and we haven’t had any accidents yet. Of course we haven’t given them the opportunity to have accidents – they’re never out of our sight.
Jake and Max aren’t too sure about them. I’m so nervous. I think Max will be OK with them, but he’s just so much bigger than they are! He’s not making eye contact with them at all. He looks at them and then looks away really quickly. Tony got down and tried to play a while, but Tony weighs 3.4 lbs. Max weighs close to 100 lbs! Max laid down on the floor near Tony, kind of looking at him out of the corner of his eye. He growled when Tony got close – but I think it was more like he was “talking” than growling. Jake just wants to play.
Chloe wants nothing to do with either of them. If they get close enough to her, she jumps up and bites their noses. It’s funny because she’s only 2.5 lbs.
Anyways – if any of you have any advice send it my way!!!! I want everything to go as smoothly as possible with Jake & Max. Ideally, nobody will have to get stitches or have any broken bones mended. It’s hard for me to tell why Max is avoiding eye contact.
Here’s their picture. They sure are cute little things – and so sweet! I can’t believe how observant they are, either. They’re great little watchdogs.