Chihuahua advanced training graduation

We couldn't find a mortar board big enough so Farfl stood on top of it instead..... Right before Christmas Farfl and her fellow chihuahuas graduated from their advanced training course at PetSmart. Click on the title above or the "more" link to see all the great pictures of her displaying her advanced skills! Charlie, Mac and Farfl wait patiently for instructions. Before they could earn their...

Farfl starts an all-chihuahua advanced training group

Farf and bouncy BobbyTonight Farfl had her first all-chihuahua advancd training session at PetSmart. I've been looking forward to this class for months - and it didn't disappoint! There were just three other dogs - Bobby, a very bouncy and friendly little chi, Mac, a long-legged cutie-pie with a barking problem and Charlie, a very shy fawn-coloured Taco Bell chihuahua. Julian was our trainer this...

Best Chihuahua pet carrier I’ve ever seen!

Farfl curled up in her new carry case I'm lucky enough to be going to London, Ontario next year for a couple of months to perform in a theatre play and Farfl's coming too! I'll be travelling between London and Toronto mostly using the train so I've been searching high and low for a good bag to carry Farlf in. Her hard-sided carrying crate is a bit unwieldy to shlep around with a suitcase! All the...

Farfl in the park

Chihuahuas may be small....but they sure are mighty! I worked really hard with Farfl to socialize her as much as possible with dog of many different breeds, sizes and energy levels to make sure that she would be as confident as possible wherever we went. And it certainly paid off! Here she is off-leash with a couple of other dogs at our local park. Unless she is surrounded by many dogs she...

Best chihuahua snowsuit ever!

Farfl's snowsuit arrived! [View with PicLens] Click on each photo to see it full-size. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a made-to-measure snowsuit for Farfl from Bloomingtails. I was very excited -...

Chihuahua birthday pictures

Farfl the chihuahua is one year old! This week Farfl celebrated her first birthday. I guess I can't describe her as a puppy anymore..... Although her birthday was on Monday we really celebrated on Sunday when I took Farfl to the Toronto Chihuahua meet-up at PawsWay. Farfl won third prize in the fancy dress competition in her taco costume that I bought at Bloomingtails. Er...her costume...

This week’s cute chihuahua picture!

The weather in Toronto has been amazing recently - cool, but sunny with blue skies and fantastic autumn leaves in the trees. I've been taking Farfl out in the afternoons - it's too cold in the morning and the evening and she simply refuses. So we go for a long walk after lunch - usually about an hour - and finish up in the park where Farfl loves to chase and chew sticks....

Farfl and the fleece

Okay, so my first mistake was dropping my fleece on the floor. Once Farfl got hold of it it became her new bed. And she hasn't given it up yet. The only thing that distracts her is when my kid comes home....

Cute chihuahua picture of the week

Farfl relaxes on her blanket Farfl was "chillin'" (as I believe the kids say) and I couldn't resist taking some pictures of her. I knitted the blanket for Farfl before she was old enough to come home. Click on the "More" link to see more pictures. Farfl likes to chew on her bone The blanket is on top of a cushion that my best friend Emma made for me before I emigrated to Canada from England. It's...

Chihuahua costumes for Halloween

Is it wrong to want to dress Farfl up like a taco? I know I only just wrote about Bloomingtails but I just got a Tweet from them (you can follow them on Twitter here) reminding me that Halloween is coming up. I saw this costume for Farfl but for some reason forgot to order it in my excitement about getting Farfl's custom-made fleece playsuit for the winter. I just went back online and ordered it...