Which Breeder?

Why and how I picked a breeder So I finally decided on a chihuahua. But where should I get one from? Did I want an adult dog or or a puppy? From an animal rescue shelter or from a breeder? I hadn’t had a dog in a long time, and I’d never had the opportunity to train one from scratch on my own, so I decided to get a puppy. Which meant finding a breeder, because I would never buy a puppy from...

Why a Chihuahua?

Of all the dogs in all the world...... It's what everyone I know asks - why a chihuahua? And it’s a good question. First off, let me tell you that it took me months of thinking, reading, planning and researching to decide: a) to get a dog at all and b) to get a chihuahua. There was my family to consider: my husband is fairly afraid of dogs (he had some bad experiences as a child) and...

Why Get a Dog?

Why I got a dog I was going to entitle this post “Why a Chihuahua?” but I soon realized as I began to write it that there needed to be a prequel – why get a dog at all? I have a cat - she's super-low maintenance - why complicate things by getting a dog? Dogs form some of my earliest memories – I was born in Leicester, England, and my parents ran a pub at the time and had a border...