Tsst!
Is this article an effort to demonstrate how Liberals (once the small dogs) poor behavior once tolerated and humorized has gotten out of control?
Tsst!
Chihuahua’s are ‘cute’ when they bark BECAUSE OF THEIR INHERENT FAILURE TO INTIMIDATE OR CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO THEIR SIZE. Simple as that.
However, a 5 pound ‘alpha dog’ Chihuahua can intimidate a 75 pound dog whether it barks or not. I’ve seen it with my own eyes.
Personally, I can put up with a big dog’s deep, explosive bark, even if he’s right next to me, a lot easier than I can stand the high-pitched yapping of a small dog.
No dog is cute when it barks. Someone moved in a few doors behind us and has two small yappy dogs. Luckily they are not left outside, but as soon as they ARE let outside the two of them are CONSTANTLY yapping.
The five minutes the lousy owners leave them out seem like an eternity. And in an hour they are let out again.
Our 85-pound mutt (2 years old) just sits on the deck and glances over there. Probably thinks like me “stupid yappy dogs”.
Virtually any type of dog can be trained to attack or cause injury. Having done dog training work, I can attest to this.
Admittedly, it’s harder for pugs. But just about any other breed can make it a bad day for the wrong person.
People unfairly slant the situation when a Chihuahua poo’s on the floor; they maliciously say it’s stinky and dirty. They MISUNDERSTAND the poo.
In fact, Chihuahua poo-poo’ing has different cultural tropes —it’s a kind of celebration. Do not misunderstand the CELEBRATION.
Too, Chihuahua’s lack economic power, and often they must turn to poo-poo when they lack alternative choices and have to access to alternative behaviors.
Let’s stop being narrow-minded and exclusivist against Chihuahua poo-poo, OK?
These alleged dogs, aren’t.
There was a news story years ago, I remember it distinctly. A woman was returning home from walking her chihuaha (sp?) and some man tried to mug her in the hallway of her building. The little dog leapt at him, bit onto his throat and did not let go. The woman was able to call for help and the mugger was arrested.
I myself was once nipped by a nasty little dog who jumped up and bit me on the street. When I told the elderly lady what her dog had done (yes, she was standing right there but didn’t notice!) she said “What do you expect? You walked behind me!”
I expected an apology but obviously didn’t get one.
So, small dogs can be treacherous too, sometimes for good, sometimes for ill.
Good article.
My best friend, who always had large dogs, recently bought a pair of “Hava-Malts” — a cross between a Havanese and a Maltese — adorable little balls of fluff no bigger than a slipper. She is taking them to dog training, just as she did with her German Shepherds, Labs, and Standard Poodles in years past. She is tough on those little guys, and I watch her working with them just as she did with the big dogs to respect human space, etc. They love every minute of it.
OTOH, her sister in law has a Bichon that has become truly obnoxious — no training and now nips its owner. Nobody will “dog sit” that pooch.
We were discussing this the other night — how people with small dogs let them get by with all kinds of infractions, whereas large dogs cannot get by with that garbage because they would be too distructive and/or dangerous.
Don’t I know about this. I live in a home with the 4 lb. Chi dog, which my daughter and wife conspired to get.
Everything in this article pretty much hits home, and I’m saving it for my wife. (My daughter thinks she knows everything, so it is pointless trying to change her mind, at this time.)
She will jump in my recliner when I lower it so she can jump on it. I am still higher than she is, as I am sitting up and she is on the lower seat.
There is no barking or growing when I tell her, “No.”
However, what she does to express her displeasure, is, DANCE. The first time I saw that, I had to try really hard not to laugh. That is the cutest dance I ever saw. But, it means, “Screw you, I don't want to mind you.”
She doesn't like to be combed and I do that and when I put her down, she dances.
I don't think dogs belong on a bed and she has never been there. She has her own bedroom, the downstairs bathroom, with her bed and doll in it.
She doesn't jump on people but loves everyone.
I am a calm person who likes peace and calm and I think our dogs pick up on how we are and emulate that.
When she is let out of her bedroom in the morning or when I leave and come back, she comes out and checks her food bowl (I guess to see if it is still there) and is calm.
She uses doggy pads in the kitchen corner for her private business and doesn't do that anywhere else.
She is a good, sweet, calm, dog who only barks when there is something to communicate.
I think she is the way she is because that is what I expect and she has figured that out.
On the other hand, most big dogs I either have or dogsit for think they are lapdogs for some reason.
"Down..."
(dog keeps trying to lick me in the face)
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