He sounds just like every Chihuahua Iāve met in the last 20 yrs. He was very lucky someone
took him that could meet all his needs.
Iāve known one that was a beast and Iāve known two really sweet chihuahuas, so I guess theyāre not all like that.
A few years ago we were dining outdoors at a local restaurant. I kept seeing something dart in and out of the roadway. I thought it was an urban rat, but once headlights hit it, I realized it was a Chihuahua. I ran to the street to scoop him (intact male) up. He tried biting me twice, but once lifted in my arms he stopped and was shaking. No collar. I certainly didnāt want him and looked like heād been on the loose a while. Luckily the restaurant owner loved chihuahuas and said heād call animal control. If no one claimed him, he would keep him. Nasty but cute!
Well, they are supposed to be āterrier-likeā - not nasty. The standard says : āAlert, projecting the āterrier-likeā attitudes of self importance, confidence, self reliance.ā
And since they should weigh no more than 6 lbs, the 13 lb Chucky Chihuahua is just another crap-tastic breeding giving people the impression that the breed itself is the problem, not the idiots that produced it.
Not to say a Chi is supposed to be āfriendly and cuddlyā - because thatās not how you would describe anything that is supposed to be āterrier-likeā. If you wouldnāt want a terrier, you shouldnāt want a Chihuahua.
One of the sweetest dogs I ever met was a chihuahua that came from a pet store, no joke. The couple who owned her fell into the ājust have to save this oneā trap and paid something like $3k for her. Other than the typical Chi teeth that had to be professionally cleaned at least 2x/year, her health was good. And she loved everyone.
