Lilly

Lilly, Mama's Chihuahua, is doing fine! I am happy to announce that she is pretty much house trained! :) House trained dogs are a big deal in our house, as you have noticed!! :p

She will be a year old on the 25th of this month!! It is so hard to believe it has been a year since I had puppies!! :( How sad!

Hopefully I will have some soon!! I miss them! :)

Canine Dressup :)

My sisters decided to 'jewelryify' Mama's and my female Chis last night. :)

It was so cute!! I was happy with how they tolerated everything, not seeming to mind the brushes, necklaces and earrings. :)

Lilly

Julia

Since Julia has such a long coat, the earrings easily stayed up by catching in the tangles. :)

My Caine Training Journey

I have read how many people assume since Chihuahuas, and other small breeds, are so little they don't need to be trained much more then to eliminate outside. I see how one may think that, but do not agree. Little dogs have this complex; they think they are as big as any large breed. When we first brought our standard Poodle, Jackson, home our Chis weren't so sure about him. Here was this new huge dog, he is large even for his breed!! Shakespeare used to try to attack him!! Thinking himself was as big as Jackson. Jackson, trying to either play, or wanting this bouncing barking rat to leave him alone, would lightly growl and head butt him. I never allowed it to go further then that, but I doubt Shakespeare would have backed down till it was too late!

I own 2 Chihuahuas and take care of my Mama's Chi, Lilly, so there are 3 Chis total under my care. I need to be the dominate pack leader or my room is in an uproar! However don't ever forget your relationship with that dog!! He/ she will be more apt to listen to you if you are loving. He will want to obay if your relationship is sound rather then being forced to obey.

I have had trouble keeping Lilly, in particular, under control. She is not my dog, so I have not put a strong effort into our relationship. Her main habit, about a moth or so ago, was to eliminate in my brother's room before bed. She refused to sleep unless she did. I put her in a kennel so she wouldn't go in my room while I was sleeping. She kept me up night after night whining and whining. I would put her outside and close the door, but she would not leave the porch. She would not go potty outside!! :( I think it was about a week of this activity before I figured out what was wrong. She did not want to go out by herself! it was dark, we live on the edge of the BLM Land where there are coyotes right over the fence, and sometimes come closer then that. To shorten a long human/canine struggle, I focused on her and my relationship, or rather her personality. Yes! Dogs have personalities! :) Her temperament. I figured out she prefers to poop right at dusk... so, for the next 3 weeks I put her on a leash and walked around outside with her until she went, praising during and after. At first she was so proud of herself! She would jump on me, wagging her tail swiftly! :) Now, she tells me when she needs to go and will actually go on her own!! There has not been another 'Lilly axident' in our home in over a month!! I am thrilled! :)

Shakespeare and Lilly sleep in a kennel, which helps with submission. Shakespeare sleeps better, and prefers his kennel, then sleeping with me, but Lilly always wakes me up in the middle of the night to be placed under my covers where she sleeps the remainder of the night. Julia knows and accepts me as the pack leader and therefore I allow her to sleep with me all night. However it was not always like that... In April of last year Mama and I found out that Julia used went potty in the house. There had been lots of piles and puddles but I never thought it was my Julia... we had other dogs in the house and after all, I had Julia from 6 weeks old on! Having a puppy from a puppy to adulthood, does not mean that dog is going t be a good obedient dog!! You have to train them! And train hard! I have learned that the hard way! Anyway! I read about house training adult dogs and decided I would try it for Julia. It is called "Reverse Housebreaking"
What you are supposed to do is keep your dog in a kennel with food until they learnt to go outside. I started on April 20 around noon; placing her in the kennel with food and water. I took her out every quite a bit and she didn't pee until 3:45pm. It was rainy and wet and icky but I kept up with it. Talk about stubborn!! Maybe she get that from her mama ((ssshhhh)) LOL!! She refused to poop for 3 days!! She only peed once a day! I took her out all the time, allowing her to run on a leash so I was with her at all times. When we came in she went right back in the kennel with food and water which she did eat. But since then!! She has not pooped in the house!! I caught her trying to a few times after the Reverse Housebreaking adventure, but she seemed to know that was not the thing to do. I do know she peed once recently, but I take full responsibility for that cuz she told me she wanted out and I ignored her.

Shakespeare has been the easiest one, but that is because of the mindset I had before we even brought him home. I read up on how to properly house train a puppy and took him out often, saying "good potty potty" every time he went. He now, 8 months later, goes potty on command and will not go in my room, where he lives.

I believe basic training is important even for our adorable tiny Chihuahua dears! :) Basic training, i think, consists of "come", "outside", "potty on command", "stay", "hush", and, "go to bed".

Some of my favorite canine training books are:

  Shelby Marlo's New Book of Dog Training  I love how human and dog relationship is stressed by this author.

Puppy Preschool By John Ross and Barbra Mc Kinney

Civilizing Your Puppy By Barbara J. Wrede This is an easy-read handbook, containing lots of information about owning a puppy.

Enjoy your puppies the most by training them!

Julia and Lilly

Here are my good girls! Such beautiful doggies. :)
So... Julia did not go into heat last month. :( I am hopping she will this month. I will keep my puppy blog up dated, as well as our web site.

We're Home!... :) :(

I made these earrings one of the first days we were gone. They are heavy, but I really like them. I am planning on posting them on my jewelry blog... www.cinderellasjewelry.blogspot.com to sell. If you are interested in a pair let me know!! I also will put them on a silver 'snake' chain (necklace) for those of you without pierced ears, or if you'd like a set.

This is Julia today. She was so happy to see us!! Look at her coat!! I have never seen it this full or long before!! I pray she will have all long coated puppies with Shakespeare being the sire! :) I brushed her hair last night and dewormed her (just in case:}) and started both her and Lilly on their oils for softer coats, future puppies' healthy and smart brains. :)

Oh! I also weighed each of the Chis...

Julia weighs about 9lbs.

This seems to be Lilly and Julia's favorite place to chill. Lilly is just BEAUTIFUL!! She looks just like her dad, but is very pretty non the less. HEHE!! :p

Lilly is about 6lbs.

Shakespeare did very well on our vacation, once he adjusted. His coat is long and soft, though you cant tell so well in this picture.

Shakespeare weighs about 3lbs... almost 4, if I remember correctly. :)

Julia and Lilly

Julia isn't a very photogenic dog. She doesn't hold still for anything! LOL!
She loves being scratched!! :D

Lilly is such a Chi! LOL! Here, she was on my sister's bed.

My Favoroite Picture!

This is my very favorite picture!!... They are so cute! I took it yesterday on my phone.

This was also taken on my phone, though not my favorite. :) It was so funny, they both were just laying there; Shakespeare inside, Lilly outside, looking at each other! :p

S and L

Last Friday, I couldn't find Shakespeare... again! LOL! He's so small and hides easily in stuff. I have figured out, if he's not under my bed, he'll be hiding out in my parent's room; usually on Daddy's bed side of the room. This time, he was under Mama's rocker she has in there! He was so cute I had to get some pictures!! :) ...

Ezzy and Lilly kept jumping on me and eating my hair... they wanted attention too. :) Ezy can't fit under the chair, but Lilly squeezed in there, so I shot some pictures of her too. :)


You can see Shakespeare peeking out behind her.

I have had these three pictures on my chip for so long. LOL!

She is so pretty!

Lilly and Shakespeare

This picture was taken last night. I have figured out that if he stays awake all day he sleeps all night, without getting up to go potty or anything!! So I try to keep him outside all day, cuz he won't sleep out there. Hehe!!


This is fuzzy, because I cropped it from another picture. I thought it was so cute! :)



I did not pose this!! Lilly was laying down and Shakespeare sat 'next' to her and I was able to get them!! I love them!! :)



Look at Shakespeare's broad shoulders! He's so cute!


Lilly is the most beautiful Chi I have ever seen! She is such a lady. :)

They were both sniffing. Hehe!!

This was SO cute...
Lilly is licking Shakespeare's ears!! :) He didn't mind, but kept biting her as if to say, "Stop! Lets play!" Hehe!

I can't wait to see what kind of puppies they through! :)

I love this one! He is so alert and fuzzy! :)

Lilly and Shakespeare

Shakespeare and Lilly, my dear Mama's Chi pup (from Julia's last litter), love to play with each other! I think it is so sweet, and funny! :) They really get to rough housing and growling. :)

This was taken just this morning. Shakespeare can fit under Lilly, them both standing up. :) I am hopping he grows a bit before Summer! :)

Shakespeare is tough... it's funny, but not very gentilpuppyily:}, Lilly is not allowed to eat until after he gets full. Often times he finishes the food and I have to put more out, putting her out of his reach, or he would keep eating. He will eat until he bloats!! He will groan and moan and sleep. LOL!

Shakespeare will be 13 weeks old tomorrow and is 24.4 oz.

Lilly will be 16 weeks tomorrow and is 2.64 lbs!

This is my oldest brother's dog, Ezmeralda, and Shakespeare. She is about Lilly's age and is bigger then Julia. :) Ezy is a minuter pincher, terrier (I forget what kind). She is such a puppy, but is really cute. :)

Aww! Look at the tiny purple flower! :D This is the extent of your greenness:} here in the desert. :)