RE: [Chihuahuas] New Chi Mommy Needs Advice

2006-07-03 Thread Nonnie
Title: Message 7.5 weeks is TOO YOUNG FOR IT TO BE TAKEN FROM ITS MOTHER BEWARE.  It may be cute but you don't want to take it that young.   Nonnie   -Original Message-From: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jerseeegirlSent: Sunday, July 02

RE: [Chihuahuas] New Chi Mommy Needs Advice

2006-07-03 Thread Jerseee Lass
I appreciate the advice several of you have given me regarding the pup being too young to be away from it's mother at 7.5 weeks. I will call the breeder tonight. When I was there he had the four pups together in a playpen and they were eating puppy chow and they had water. He said the first time

Re: [Chihuahuas] barking dog

2006-07-03 Thread Betty Stewart
How do I get a chihuahua to stop barking too much?         I wish I knew. I've never been able to get mine to stop barking. Betty     __._,_.___ " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your grou

Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: IT'S OFFICIAL, TIA WON!!!

2006-07-03 Thread Sheri
What an adorable picture! She deserved to win.   Sorry, I haven't been on this board for months so I didn't get to vote. I've been busy with my meetup group for the spring and summer.Sheri ~n~ LilyBelle http://www.dogster.com/?199022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chihuahuameetup/   Talk is

Re: [Chihuahuas] New Chi Mommy Needs Advice

2006-07-03 Thread KAT
Marsha and several of the others gave you some excellent advice, I don't think that I could add to it. In answer to your question about training methods, I trained our little 6 mo. old chi "Tia" the same way that I've trained all of the other dogs that I've had in my lifetime and she was just

Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: IT'S OFFICIAL, TIA WON!!! (Sheri)

2006-07-03 Thread KAT
Thanks Sheri. That's not the photo I entered in the contest but I thought it was a cute one to send out on Tia's "thank you post" to the groups : ) Tia has a Dogster Page too, her and LilyBelle should become Pup Pals : ) Tia's page is http://www.dogster.com?315718 Kat & "Tia" Sheri wrote: Wha

[Chihuahuas] Emi - Luxating Patella

2006-07-03 Thread EIEIO
I am a newbie. Long Long story short. We rescued a Chi/Pap/? who we call Whatever. She was 2 months old, 1.6 ounces, skin infection, bald, (is long haired), had seizures, starving even had swallowed a feeding tube. Touch and go for a month or so but with hour to hour feeding a wonderful cou

[Chihuahuas] Emi - Luxating Patella

2006-07-03 Thread EIEIO
This is my third attempt to post this, I am a newbie. We have a long-haired Chi/Pap/? that we call Whatever because we are not to sure whatever she is. She was rescued at two months old, she weighed 1.6, had a skin infection, bald, starving, had seizures and even threw up a feeding tube where

RE: [Chihuahuas] New Chi Mommy Needs Advice

2006-07-03 Thread Nonnie
Title: Message they need to be with their mother for their socialization ... its not just eating.   Nonnie   -Original Message-From: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerseee LassSent: Monday, July 03, 2006 3:21 PMTo: Chihuahuas@yahoogro

[Chihuahuas] HAPPY 4TH OF JULY...

2006-07-03 Thread KAT
   HAPPY 4TH OF JULY FROM KAT & "TIA"       

Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: IT'S OFFICIAL, TIA WON!!!

2006-07-03 Thread Marsha Taylor
congrats Tia! I will admitt I didn't get a chance to vote every day, but I did vote several times. So glad others picked up my slack, lol! Congrats! Marsha > Hi Everybody, > > The winner of the June Pampered Paws Boutique photo contest has just > been announced, "TIA WON"! We could not have done

Re: [Chihuahuas] barking dog

2006-07-03 Thread Marsha Taylor
> Sounds like a joke just waiting for a punch line don't it?? lol Marsha > > How do I get a chihuahua to stop barking too much? > > > > > I wish I knew. I've never been able to get mine to stop barking. Betty > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Ya

Re: [Chihuahuas] barking dog

2006-07-03 Thread Betty Stewart
> Sounds like a joke just waiting for a punch line don't it?? lolMarsha       Yeah. I don't mean to make light of the question. I know how the barking can get on some people's nerves. It bothers my son and husband sometimes, but chihuahua's do tend to bark. As a matter of fact all my dog

Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: IT'S OFFICIAL, TIA WON!!!

2006-07-03 Thread KAT
Thanks Marsha. What counts is that you did vote and I really appreciate that : ) If I ever enter another contest like that please just "smack" me . Tia is entered in four other photo contest right now but they're all on Dogster and I don't have to ask anyone to vote, all of the group members j

Re: [Chihuahuas] barking dog

2006-07-03 Thread Marsha Taylor
> one of the good things about being Deafthe barking does not bother me! lol. All of my chis are barkers. Pepper, as a hearing dog, barks to alert me to sounds, but he doesn't bark needlessly, except when he gets his free play time or when he sees a cow, lol. When we are driving down the road,

RE: [Chihuahuas] New Chi Mommy Needs Advice

2006-07-03 Thread Marsha Taylor
I doubt the breeder is separating them during eating only. Chances are, he has separated them permanantly. That is sad. One of the main reasons a chi pup should stay longer is simply due to size. It isn't that they take longer to wean, or anything like that, but due to the fact that often times the

Re: [Chihuahuas] Emi - Luxating Patella

2006-07-03 Thread Marsha Taylor
this wasn't directed to me, but I seem to be running my mouth a lot lately, so will add here too, lol. The severity of LP varies from chi to chi. I would agree with you vet to try a weight loss regime and pain pills to see if that controls the symptoms before I put the little fellow through surgery

Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Hi from a Newbie

2006-07-03 Thread Marsha Taylor
> whether CKC is good or bad depends on who you are talking to, lol. I prefer the AKC, but am considering dual registering my AKC's because it seems most people are wanting CKC these days. So maybe your baby didn't come from the best of places. My first chi didn't either. I was in 8th grade, and h