On Jun 30, 8:27*am, FurPaw wrote:
diddy wrote:
I agree about chihuahua's *I've met more nasty than nice ones. But I don't
fear for my life from chihuahua attacks. If worst came to worst, and i
really feared for my life from them, I'd just step on em. problem solved..

Some how I don't see you doing that, diddy.

My impression w/r/t Chihuahuas is that the problems lie more with
the owners than the dogs, when the owners don't train the dogs or
* set boundaries for acceptable and unacceptable behavior, and
tolerate snapping and snarkiness because they are "just so little."

And just like any other breed, there is a range of dispositions.
* IME with up close and personal knowledge of 9 Chis, 5 were
pretty stable and never snapped or snarked at anyone, as far as I
knew, 3 showed the potential in adolescence but it was controlled
by training, and one was a snappy, snarky little thing whose
owner was clueless about how to control her.

I don't have much experience with Dachshunds, but I'd bet the
same kind of thing happens with them.

FurPaw

--
The plural of anecdote is not proof.

To reply, unleash the dog.

When I was a kid I had one friend whose mother raised "teacup"
chihauhaus. I didn't know at the time what an awful thing it was to
breed these little things for size, with no regard for health,
temperament or anything else. And they were SMALL. They only weighed
a few ounces. They shook all the time. I thought it was from nerves,
but my friend said it was cold. They were so small they couldn't
maintain any body heat. I have no idea whether that was true or not,
but it was sad. They weren't very nice dogs either, snappy and
frightened. I guess so, when a crow could pick you up and carry you
away! Those little dogs scared me, but I don't know if was fear OF
them or FOR them. On the other hand, I had yet another friend whose
family raised Saint Bernards. Big, healthy, bred-to-improve-the breed
dogs. They were beautiful, and I had no fear of those gentle giants,
ever. You've never lived until you've rolled around a livingroom
floor with a about a ton of romping Bernards! Bliss!! A friend of my
mom's had a couple of nasty little miniature poodles that were bitey-
face dogs too. We got **** when they bit us. My mom's friend actually
said to me once that "Casey" gets upset when he has to bite us, so
stop making him do that. Hmmm, methinks I see a pattern here. Small
dogs=bad. At least when you're exposed to bad ones while young. I
wonder why I chose a toy breed at all? Well, the Cav's are the
largest of the toys....

Phyrie