Chihuahua Dog Breed Description, History and Personality Traits

Description: Unlike other breeds, the Chihuahua breed can vary in height, and are more measured by their weight. American and British standards state this breed should weigh no more than six pounds, but the British standards, recommends between two and four pounds. This breed can grow as tall as 15 inches, this being the exception rather than the rule. This breed has both long and short hair Chihuahuas. This is classed in the tiny toy dog size category. They have a well rounded head and a short pointed muzzle. However, these have a soft spot on top of their skull, which has usually closed by adulthood. This breed has beautiful round eyes large in appearance and set well apart. With erect ears, that are large in look. Their tail curls over the back or to the side, this is long and is sickle shaped. The coat comes in both short coats; wavy or flat coat and long coat. All colours are acceptable in this breed. This includes splashed and solid. A few examples of colour are red, cream, blue, black, chocolate, and black and tan, and merle, though this is not recognised by all show standards. This dog can live up to 17 years but between 10 and 17 years is more likely.

History: The Chihuahua breed comes from South America and is native to Mexico; this is how it gets its name from the state of Chihuahua. This is the oldest breed of dog on the American continent. Here we see the smallest breed of dog in the world. This dog was thought to be sacred to the Pre- Columbian Indians. There is debate about the facts of these dogs history and could, in fact, go back to Malta in the Mediterranean, but this is seen through art work rather than a fact. There is also an idea that this dog came from China some 200 years ago. DNA suggests that it is of Old World origin, this form of analysis only checks on the mothers' side so the fathers' side is not clear or known. We know as a fact this dog has a long history in Mexico. With links to the Toltec breed, which are a slightly bigger dog and whose history goes back to 2nd century B.C.

Temperament: The Chihuahua dog is very territorial and can be very protective. With a temperament that can be easily provoked. This dog, though small in size needs good and strong leadership from the human, this dog is a pack dog and needs you to be the pack leader. This is often forgotten due to their small size and that is why a cloud of misinformation follows this breed. While they are protective and territorial this does not have to mean badly managed. Often it is us humans that change the rules, and we then get the bad behaviour. If this dog was bigger we would treat them as a dog and so have fewer problems. The answer is, they are a dog and need to be treated like a dog. The AKC describes this breed as "A graceful, alert, swift-moving little dog with saucy expression, compact with Terrier-like qualities of temperament".

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A Brief History of the Chihuahua Dog

Chihuahua dogs are named after a state in Mexico where they are said to have originated from. It is often believed that these dogs have been bred from a variety of fox rather than wolf as in the case of most other dog breeds. With their triangular pointy ears, small size and alert, quick minds, they do resemble foxes much more than they resemble wolves.

These dogs were apparently bred for the Aztec or Toltec royalty and have since become popular among common people beyond Mexico as well. It is difficult to determine precisely how a dog breed comes about but that the Chihuahua comes from South America is commonly accepted as fact except by some theorists who trace the breed's origin to Europe. Apparently the Toltec people did have small dogs called Techichis but not much precise information is easily available on whether the modern Chihuahua is the Techichi or a mix.

According to the Federation Cynologique Internationale, the international federation of kennel clubs, the country where a dog breed originated has the right to determine the characteristics of a 'typical' specimen of that breed.

Mexico at various times, has called for the typical Chihuahua to have a flat tail, short legs and be about 1 pound in weight, but these things too keep changing, particularly since it isn't Mexico alone that determines the typical Chihuahuas characteristics but also popular television advertisements and big brands that use Chihuahuas as mascots and the type of Chihuahua they use quickly becomes the accepted representative of the breed among people.

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Chihuahua Dog History

Chihuahua Dog History is the history of all dogs contending that is all dogs may be traced to one ancestor and that is the wolf. There are many different theories about the originally of the chihuahua dog. Chihuahua dog history and the history of all dogs may be traced to one ancestor and that is the wolf. Even the smallest breeds are directly linked to the larger canines. Even though there are no true wolves that inhabit South America, a small, dark subspecies called the Mexican gray wolf still exists in Mexico today. It is often referred to as el lobo and this is the animal which many experts believe the Chihuahua dog descends.

Who knows why but for some reason, probably his diminutive size the Chihuahua dog is often considered by the uninitiated to be somewhat less of a real dog that other canines. This is ironic, because when proper research is done, what is learned is that the Chihuahua dog is the oldest dog breed on the American continent and one of the most authentic of all dogs. Those who know the Chihuahua dog best do not need to be convinced of the breed's indisputable right to his place among the most remarkable of all dogs, past and present.

The Chihuahua dog will always be regarded as a Mexican, an assortment of contradicting theories suggest that the Chihuahua dog's origins actually may lie much farther away than Mexico. A lot is based on speculation, but the stories are compelling and have yet to be proved as either fact or fiction and it is unlikely one will ever know for sure which is true.

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