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getting a Chihuahua
Hi everyone
I am looking for some advice . Hope I am in the correct group . We will be getting a 2 year old male from a close friend . Due to a change in our friends lifestyle they cannot spend the time with him that he deserves . The dog is a very loving and friendly dog . He currently has the run of the house and sleeps with our friends . he is also trained to go outside . We would like to have him so he sleeps in a kennel or crate at night . Also if we need to leave him for a short time or if we travel somewhere we would like him to be used to sleeping in a crate . Will this be a problem to retrain him . also what size and type of crate should we get . We are retired so during the day he will be with us and be free around the house . we will not be getting the pooch until may1st . I thought we should get a crate and take it to our friends house . They can start introducing him to the crate for short periods of time . it may make it easier for him . thanks for any advice |
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getting a Chihuahua
"traveller" wrote
Hi everyone I am looking for some advice . Hope I am in the correct group . We You are. will be getting a 2 year old male from a close friend . Due to a change in our friends lifestyle they cannot spend the time with him that he deserves . That happens and bless him for passing his little one to another. The dog is a very loving and friendly dog . He currently has the run of the house and sleeps with our friends . he is also trained to go outside . We would like to have him so he sleeps in a kennel or crate at night . Also if we need to leave him for a short time or if we travel somewhere we would like him to be used to sleeping in a crate . I'm not a real fan of crates but they aren't (when properly used) bad things. Will this be a problem to retrain him . also what size and type of crate should we get . We are retired so during the day he will be with us and be free around the house . I don't know enough to address all the question but the size I can. He's small so a small crate is what they say is right. Big enough to turn around in comfortably but apparently not much bigger. I had to check into that as my rescue dog was crate trained so we had to follow suit at least at the start to make him comfortable. I googled 'crate training' and used the rescue society (Humane society, SPCA etc) links. Warning, there are a lot of crazy sites too so you may want to stick to the more 'offical' ones. we will not be getting the pooch until may1st . I thought we should get a crate and take it to our friends house . They can start introducing him to the crate for short periods of time . it may make it easier for him . thanks for any advice Hehe as best as I recall, it was put the pooches favorite blanket in there and leave the door *open* at the start. My gathered information in the end of reading is the dog looks at it as their personal 'den of safety'. Kinda like their own little personal home within yours? Total down time relaxation as nothing can touch them without waking them first (once they reach the closed door status). The negatives had to do with never let them view it as a punishment. IE never yell at them then put them in there. Last part totally personal. My resistance to them is due to abuse of them and that Don has never used them. It;s a sort of 'new idea' from his viewpoint. He's the dog guy here in our house and I am learning still. He resisted the cage strongly but i read him the web info and that we'd make Cash uncomfortable if we just removed it right away. He agreed at last and Cash had a cage/den for the first week or so, door open after 3 days and he decided when *he* was ready to no longer use it. It's now on the porch supporting several plants and has been for 2 years. If your friends arent used to crates, they *may* object to you asking them to bring one even over. I base that because I would have felt that way before I learned more. |
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On Mar 11, 7:31*pm, "cshenk" wrote:
"traveller" wrote Hi everyone I am looking for some advice . Hope I am in the correct group . We You are. will be getting a 2 year old male from a close friend . *Due to a change in our friends lifestyle they cannot spend the time with him that he deserves . That happens and bless him for passing his little one to another. The dog is a very loving and friendly dog . He currently has the run of the house and sleeps with our friends . he is also trained to go outside . We would like to have him so he sleeps in a kennel or crate at night . Also if we need to leave him for a short time or if we travel somewhere we would like him to be used to sleeping in a crate . I'm not a real fan of crates but they aren't (when properly used) bad things. Will this be a problem to retrain him . also what size and type of crate should we get . We are retired so during the day he will be with us and be free around the house . I don't know enough to address all the question but the size I can. *He's small so a small crate is what they say is right. *Big enough to turn around in comfortably but apparently not much bigger. I had to check into that as my rescue dog was crate trained so we had to follow suit at least at the start to make him comfortable. *I googled 'crate training' and used the rescue society (Humane society, SPCA etc) links. Warning, there are a lot of crazy sites too so you may want to stick to the more 'offical' ones. we will not be getting the pooch until may1st . I thought we should get a crate and take it to our friends house . They can start introducing him to the crate for short periods of time . it may make it easier for him . thanks for any advice Hehe as best as I recall, it was put the pooches favorite blanket in there and leave the door *open* at the start. My gathered information in the end of reading is the dog looks at it as their personal 'den of safety'. *Kinda like their own little personal home within yours? *Total down time relaxation as nothing can touch them without waking them first (once they reach the closed door status). The negatives had to do with never let them view it as a punishment. *IE never yell at them then put them in there. Last part totally personal. My resistance to them is due to abuse of them and that Don has never used them. *It;s a sort of 'new idea' from his viewpoint. *He's the dog guy here in our house and I am learning still. *He resisted the cage strongly but i read him the web info and that we'd make Cash uncomfortable if we just removed it right away. *He agreed at last and Cash had a cage/den for the first week or so, door open after 3 days and he decided when *he* was ready to no longer use it. *It's now on the porch supporting several plants and has been for 2 years. If your friends arent used to crates, they *may* object to you asking them to bring one even over. *I base that because I would have felt that way before I learned more. Thanks for your input . We will be going to visit them next week and i will bring the topic up . they are pretty open about most things so we will see . its going to be an open adoption .(HEHE) they will see him whenever they want . This will be interesting for sure . Fran |
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getting a Chihuahua
"traveller"
"cshenk" wrote: If your friends arent used to crates, they *may* object to you asking them to bring one even over. I base that because I would have felt that way before I learned more. Thanks for your input . We will be going to visit them next week and i will bring the topic up . they are pretty open about most things so we will see . its going to be an open adoption .(HEHE) they will see him whenever they want . This will be interesting for sure . I anticipate hearing lots of fun from your direction on this adoption! They are sweet little ones and little care needed. They can for example get most of the exercise they need just running about insde the house. Sure, they like walks outside, but they don't have to have a 1 acre yard to run in or be jogged for 45 mins a day etc. I do know when we watch smaller dogs for friends (or younger ones than say 2) we need to let them go 'pee' more often in the yard. Our general scale is about every 2 hours. Easy here as it's fully fenced back yard so we just let them out for 5 mins or so and set the oven timer to buzz to remind us to recover them (in nasty weather we wait and bring in right away). Chester (a Peke we are watching for the weekend, see other thread) isnt much bigger and so far he's happy to go pee every 2 hours or so while recovering from being neutered. Chester is 11 months old. He's a known fellow who's visited before and was taught to 'bark' at the back door if he needs out. His normal scale is about 4 hours. Overnight though, he can hold for 8. Am told Chester will bark if the occasional 'oops, gotta go' strikes but that isnt normally something that happens. Probably like Cash who will wake Don at 3am every 4-5 weeks with a 'sorry, just gotta go now' vice waiting until his normal time of 6:30am. |
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On Mar 12, 7:04*pm, "cshenk" wrote:
"traveller" *"cshenk" wrote: If your friends arent used to crates, they *may* object to you asking them to bring one even over. I base that because I would have felt that way before I learned more. Thanks for your input . We will be going to visit them next week and i will bring the topic up . they are pretty open about most things so we will see . its going to be an open adoption .(HEHE) they will see him whenever they want . This will be interesting for sure . I anticipate hearing lots of fun from your direction on this adoption! *They are sweet little ones and little care needed. *They can for example get most of the exercise they need just running about insde the house. *Sure, they like walks outside, but they don't have to have a 1 acre yard to run in or be jogged for 45 mins a day etc. I do know when we watch smaller dogs for friends (or younger ones than say 2) we need to let them go 'pee' more often in the yard. *Our general scale is about every 2 hours. *Easy here as it's fully fenced back yard so we just let them out for 5 mins or so and set the oven timer to buzz to remind us to recover them (in nasty weather we wait and bring in right away). Chester (a Peke we are watching for the weekend, see other thread) isnt much bigger and so far he's happy to go pee every 2 hours or so while recovering from being neutered. *Chester is 11 months old. *He's a known fellow who's visited before and was taught to 'bark' at the back door if he needs out. His normal scale is about 4 hours. *Overnight though, he can hold for 8.. *Am told Chester will bark if the occasional 'oops, gotta go' strikes but that isnt normally something that happens. *Probably like Cash who will wake Don at 3am every 4-5 weeks with a 'sorry, just gotta go now' vice waiting until his normal time of 6:30am. We are looking forward to this little guy . We had a yorkie for 13 years so we are used to the little dogs . Have not had one in 7 years and we are now retired and not busy people so we can spend lots of time with this guy . Our yorkie hated the car which made it hard but this guy loves to go in the car . Should be fun |
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"traveller" wrote
"cshenk" wrote: We are looking forward to this little guy . We had a yorkie for 13 years so we are used to the little dogs . Have not had one in 7 years and we are now retired and not busy people so we can spend lots of time with this guy . Our yorkie hated the car which made it hard but this guy loves to go in the car . Should be fun I bet it will be! Chester (visitor for the weekend) is still mostly playing speed bump though not too bad. He's just not jumping about in normal style. He played gently with some of the toys littering the house and communed with the cat. Right now he napping nose to nose with Cash. |
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On Mar 13, 10:16*pm, "cshenk" wrote:
"traveller" wrote "cshenk" wrote: We are looking forward to this little guy . We had a yorkie for 13 years so we are used to the little dogs . Have not had one in 7 years and we are now retired and not busy people so we can spend lots of time with this guy . Our yorkie hated the car which made it hard but this guy loves to go in the car . Should be fun I bet it will be! Chester (visitor for the weekend) is still mostly playing speed bump though not too bad. *He's just not jumping about in normal style. He played gently with some of the toys littering the house and communed with the cat. *Right now he napping nose to nose with Cash. How many dogs do you have . Hope Chico won't be too sad when he comes to live with us . They say dogs live in the moment but i don't believe that . I think they miss things when its gone. He will be confused when we fist get him |
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"traveller" wrote
"cshenk" wrote: Chester (visitor for the weekend) is still mostly playing speed bump though not too bad. He's just not jumping about in normal style. He played gently with some of the toys littering the house and communed with the cat. Right now he napping nose to nose with Cash. How many dogs do you have. Just one but we reviewed a second to add that didnt turn out compatible with the existing one. Chester above is just with us for the weekend, maybe Monday. (He just got snipped and his buddy Peke was licking the stitches). He's looking almost feisty today though not jumping or running much. Playful but careful with how he sits as you'd imagine. Hope Chico won't be too sad when he comes to live with us . They say dogs live in the moment but i don't believe that . I think they miss things when its gone. He will be confused when we fist get him He'll be sad and confused yes, especially if he's not used to spending the night elsewhere now and again. Chester for example is used to here but confused that his buddy peke isnt here too. But, he's happy to see his furry feline friend Daisy and his big brother friend Cash. Joe (Chester's owner) came over this morning to play with him a bit and to take fresh 'Chester smell' back home. Would a less abrupt shift work better? Like Chico comes over for a few hours on a weekend with the current owners first? |
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On Mar 14, 12:15*pm, "cshenk" wrote:
"traveller" wrote "cshenk" wrote: Chester (visitor for the weekend) is still mostly playing speed bump though not too bad. He's just not jumping about in normal style. He played gently with some of the toys littering the house and communed with the cat. Right now he napping nose to nose with Cash. How many dogs do you have. Just one but we reviewed a second to add that didnt turn out compatible with the existing one. *Chester above is just with us for the weekend, maybe Monday. *(He just got snipped and his buddy Peke was licking the stitches). He's looking almost feisty today though not jumping or running much. Playful but careful with how he sits as you'd imagine. Hope Chico won't be too sad when he comes to live with us . They say dogs live in the moment but i don't believe that . I think they miss things when its gone. He will be confused when we fist get him He'll be sad and confused yes, especially if he's not used to spending the night elsewhere now and again. *Chester for example is used to here but confused that his buddy peke isnt here too. *But, he's happy to see his furry feline friend Daisy and his big brother friend Cash. Joe (Chester's owner) came over this morning to play with him a bit and to take fresh 'Chester smell' back home. Would a less abrupt shift work better? *Like Chico comes over for a few hours on a weekend with the current owners first? i was thinking that . they need to go to a party next saturday so i thought it may be good for Chico to come here while they were away |
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Getting a nice little chiuawa it's very nice. they are very nice
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