The Small Chihuahua Is The Oldest Breed In America

Chihuahua is the oldest dog breed in America, has a very fine structure of bones but very well developed muscles and their name comes from the region of Chihuahua in Mexico. Often called by its owners "Chi", this very distinctive dog breed has a unique personality with their human-like expression, are always full of energy and both grace, throughout the longest life span among all dog breeds, as much as fifteen years.

A Bold And Fearless Loyal Pet

The dogs of this breed are closely attached to their master from whom they solicitate a lot of attention and who consider them to be loyal and very devoted companions. The Chihuahua is very protective with its master and will guard him boldly and fearlessness from strangers to whom it is very suspicious, making a good watch dog though it may not seem so, due to its gentle as well as loving nature and good temper. This is not a suitable breed for children and don't take kindly other dog breeds, though they are very sociable with dogs from their breed.

Although the most known Chihuahua variety has a short coat, there is also the variety having long coat and both of these two varieties have small size, large and erect ears and large eyes. The coat of both long coated and short coated varieties of Chihuahua is composed of very thin and dense hair. Through standards have been defined many aspects of their weight, facial features and proportions, but their height was not defined, so there are Chihuahuas of many sizes, though all of them are small.

Any size of house can be home for a small Chihuahua dog, which is alert and intelligent, has a strong personality and manifests devotion to its master, who cherish it. The character of Chihuahua is difficult, as it seems to be high-strung and, because it attaches only to one person, to its master who offered it training and company, it can turn jealous to his children. This brave dog never hesitate to accost dogs of other breeds, no matter possible injuries, because they are clannish, they like only dogs of their breed.

Due to the very long human selection, many of these dogs suffer with their teeth, of epilepsy and seizure disorders or when they are giving birth. Hydrocephalus, collapsing trachea and patella luxation are common diseases among these dogs.

The Chihuahua likes to pick what it eats and can be quite choosy about its food and it needs good nutritious food but at the same time, care should be taken that it does not become overweight since that may cause it to sustain joint injuries, tracheal collapse as well as a shorter life and also chronic bronchitis

To describe a Chihuahua many use words like mini dog, pocket sized, tiny toy or teacup, and this shows how much they are cherished by their owners. Those who wish to owe a Chihuahua should expect loyalty and devotion from a noisy pet that can be aggressive to dogs of other breed. One must pay a lot of attention to training and socializing this breed in order to make an affectionate good pet of it. There are many sources of information about the history and origin of Chihuahua.


The oldest dog breed in America, Chihuahua dogs are the smallest of dogs but live longer than all. You may not believe it is a good watchdog because of its small size, but it is fearless, bold and noisingly suspicious with stangers. Chihuahua is not a suitable dog for families.

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