This is an indelicate, but common, question. Really! Because rescued animals often have digestive problems. So, while I hate to have to use the “d” word, you are more than likely going to have to address the problem of your rescue cat or dog with diarrhea. […]

I have recently concluded that the Chihuahua breed of dog saves millions of lives of unborn, unwanted puppies every year! Pretty gutsy claim, huh?! HOW in the world could that be? I just volunteered to help out at an all-day spay/neuter clinic sponsored by our […]

When my own child, Hannah, was itty bitty, before she could even talk or walk, her favorite book in the whole world was named that: Two Good Friends. It was a little hardcover book with simple illustrations of two animals, a bear and a duck, […]

Whatever arguments prevail about which is the better small dog to be the human companion of, Chihuahua or Chiweenie, one thing is certain: BOTH HAVE THE BIGGEST HEARTS YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO FIND. And what is Christmas, if not a time for heartfelt love? […]

If you have read this blog before, then you know that I have a Chiweenie, Tucker, and a Chihuahua, Frida, and have posted about them not infrequently. I have to say, as a new “owner” of (though, in reality, it’s more like I’m “owned by”) […]

I can’t swear to the “wise” part, but I can definitely attest to the “happy, healthy” part of the above title. My long-haired Chihuahua puppy, Frida, is 7 months old now, and she is the happiest little soul alive . . . and marvelously healthy. […]

Just about every animal lover these days has one or more rescues. Be they canine, feline, or equine — and sometimes feathered and finned as well — there are more and more rescued animals being taken into forever homes every day.  Go online and you […]

You just haven’t lived if you’ve never dressed a Chihuahua. Having had only large-breed dogs for years now, I surprised myself last fall by adopting an adorable 2-year-old Chiweenie (a Chihuahua/Dachscund mix), Tucker,  from the local humane society here in Santa Fe. THEN, I downright […]

“Every profession has something to be thankful for. Ours is that Chihuahuas don’t come in the size of Great Danes.” Thus proclaimed the veterinarian for whom I worked in my early 20’s as he wrestled with the tiny terror on the table — a teacup […]

I thought it was about time I checked in with Tucker, my Chiweenie heartthrob, to find out how he feels about Frida, our Chihuahua puppy, since she’s now a little over three months old and has been here about seven weeks. Tucker just sighed and […]