Gotta Find What Works

Mar 26, 2015 | Showing Chihuahuas, Tips, Training

So if you ever watched a dog show and thought “That’s so easy! I can do that”, I dare you to try. Get a show lead, put it around your dog’s neck and have it walk with it’s tail and head up and then stop on a dime and look up to showoff...

Training in Pairs

Mar 16, 2015 | KC, Showing Chihuahuas, Tips, Training

We have made amazing progress with Tipsy and her walking on a lead but she is still not showing the confidence that we would like.  With confidence comes a happy waggy tail. We haven’t even had a tail raised! We also still have some stops and starts and I know...
As The Saying Goes

As The Saying Goes

Mar 11, 2015 | Beamer, Breeding Chihuahuas

If you are a show breeder, you will totally be shaking your head in agreement with this post. When I look at my Chihuahuas around the house, I am studying their structure, looking at top-lines, tail sets, rears and fronts as they wag their tails in pure joy and...
Back To Training

Back To Training

Mar 5, 2015 | Smoochie, Tips, Training

I have explained our training dilemmas with Tipsy and I was posed with the challenge by a dear friend to work with her for 10 minutes every day and that should get her inspired to walk on a lead for us. Leave it to me to accept that challenge than wait until two days...