# Did they kill those 174 Chihuachi's in California? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257 "2003-08-01T00:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/1 "2003-08-01T00:58:41Z")
What did the judge decide? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/2 "2003-08-01T01:11:09Z")
What is a “chihuachi?” ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/3 "2003-08-01T01:14:22Z")
I don’t know, but I think it rhymes with hibachi. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/4 "2003-08-01T01:16:05Z")
Holy [Double Whammy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199752), Batman! ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/5 "2003-08-01T01:19:15Z")
Here we go… you meant _chihuahua_. > [@](#): > > Animal Control claims only 36 of the remaining 190 are worth saving, while the rest are just too vicious. [http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/505.htm](http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/505.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/6 "2003-08-01T06:32:13Z")
Nothing worse than a wounded _chihuahua_! [/MP] ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/7 "2003-08-01T11:38:45Z")
Well, spelling nonwithstanding, what happened to those dogs - the last I heard (which was on/about July 17th) a judge was about to rule on euthaniszing them - Gregory Peck’s daughter was about to hold a candelight vigil and animal lovers everywhere were upset. Plus the leaders of the pack were killing their own kind while incarcerated. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/8 "2003-08-01T15:11:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*What did the judge decide? \*\* Sounds like you’ve got a tussle on [i[your\* hands county! > [@](#): > > Fighting the county are the dogs’ owner, Emma Harter, 72, and a Chihuahua-advocacy group led by Kimi Peck, daughter-in-law of late actor Gregory Peck. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/9 "2003-08-01T18:47:12Z")
Does anyone else envision a Far Side cartoon showing roaming packs of chihuahuas? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/10 "2003-08-01T20:17:37Z")
Heh… “Incarcerated Chihuachi’s.” Heh heh. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/11 "2003-08-01T22:15:22Z")
I heard on the local news those that weren’t vicious were put up for adoption. The means ones were being sent to a farm where they could live out their lives without hurting anyone. They showed video of one of those fake hands they use to test whether a dog is vicious or not and these chihuahua’s were attacking the plastic hand hard enough that if it had been a real hand the person would have lost a finger or two. deb ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/12 "2003-08-01T22:59:18Z")
Now, how many Dobermans would it take to beat a 174 Chihuahua’s ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/13 "2003-08-03T06:20:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DreadCthulhu \* > \*\*Now, how many Dobermans would it take to beat a 174 Chihuahua’s ? 🙂 \*\* If the chihuahuas all grabbed a mouthful of each dobie all at once, they might beat the dobies really badly. Until they got full, at least… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/14 "2003-08-03T07:14:17Z")
“Chihuachi?” And to think that I actually used to doubt that “misreduplicated” was a useful word. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/15 "2003-08-03T13:42:10Z")
Isn’t “chihuachi” what a Mexican woman has between her thighs? As in calling home from the office and saying “Honey, I can’t wait to get home and kiss your chihuachi”. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/16 "2003-08-03T14:38:57Z")
I believe chihuachi is the rarely used plural form of the more common _chihuahuas_. _chihuahuae_ anyone? [Just yanking your chain, **county** :p.] ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/17 "2003-08-03T19:20:10Z")
This should be a Stephen King movie: **Cujo II:The Swarm** ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-kill-those-174-chihuachis-in-california/192257/18 "2003-08-04T02:27:45Z")
Much thanks to “deb2world” for answering the question. For the remainder, well you can thank me for your entertainment, although I did particularly enjoy the “rarely used plural form” comment.