# Yet another reason not to get a Chihuahua **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675 "2003-08-07T22:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/41 "2012-07-22T14:20:18Z")
[Diefenbaker](http://i.digiguide.tv/up/0802/12182-DueSouth-1195213145923.jpg), now that’s a man’s dog!\* \*wolf yes, he self refers to himself as a wolf. Just ask him. Don’t ask him who the greatest baseball player ever was, tho, unless you want a long argument. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/42 "2012-07-22T15:05:31Z")
Eww, that one chick had a houseful of rats. Nasty! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/43 "2012-07-22T15:08:51Z")
> [@SisterCoyote](#): > > Chefguy - > > that’s CHEE-hooah-hooah. 😉 If its a little Marine one its a Chee huraw huraw. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/44 "2012-07-22T16:22:11Z")
> [@twillytz](#): > > Chihuahuas are indeed wonderful animals far better than many a human or their stupidity and so their lack of educating their young of how to treat animals .anyone who do not know shit about chihuahuas may say what they like but as a person who has several breeds of dogs including chihuahuas I can say your post is as misinformed and hateful as I’ve ever seen . > you stupid ignorance will lead others into take for granted one of the greatest breeds on earth. > stop it now and get information before propagate more ignorance !!! So, you new in town? ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/45 "2012-07-22T18:53:22Z")
> [@twillytz](#): > > Chihuahuas are indeed wonderful animals far better than many a human or their stupidity and so their lack of educating their young of how to treat animals .anyone who do not know shit about chihuahuas may say what they like but as a person who has several breeds of dogs including chihuahuas I can say your post is as misinformed and hateful as I’ve ever seen . > you stupid ignorance will lead others into take for granted one of the greatest breeds on earth. > stop it now and get information before propagate more ignorance !!! 1. What the hell did you google to turn up something this ancient? 2. Why do you have so many feelings about a nine year old thread? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/46 "2012-07-22T19:00:14Z")
**1st Kid:** Boy, those chihuahuas sure must be smart dogs! **2nd Kid:** Why? **1st Kid:**'Cos my Dad says the Mexicans use them to make burritos! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/47 "2012-07-22T20:44:14Z")
I doubt that Chihuahuas were bred as anything but verminators and psycho lapdogs because half the badass Mexican fellows I see are driving around with one perched on his potbelly so it can see out of the truck. I would not insult those guys’ choice of dogs. Anyway, I rather like the nasty little things, but I have a couple terriers and have a taste for small, horrid dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/48 "2012-07-22T21:28:11Z")
Years ago, I ran into a pack of rough looking chihuahuas. Awkward and slow, they took one deliberate, shaky step at a time. What were they barking? Was it, “BRAINS!”? Needless to say, I got the hell out of there. Haven’t been back since 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/49 "2012-07-22T21:33:06Z")
Couldn’t find the cite, but a couple of years ago there was a piece in the newspaper about a great horned owl which got into a house. Animal Control safely removed it. There was a sentence in which it was reported that two small dogs were trapped in the room with it. They were “cowering in a corner, (I bet!) but unharmed.” ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/50 "2012-07-22T22:01:38Z")
> [@troub](#): > > Who else has the feeling that this is because after the owner died nobody else could stand the damn thing so they just tossed it in the tomb, too? Me. I know those dogs can be good companions for some people, but every damn one of them I’ve ever encountered has been annoying. I use to have a client that would come in to have her tarot cards read for her; then, have a set of cards read for her very spoiled little pet. When the little rat dog died, I bit my tongue and told her all about peace it found in the doggie afterlife and how she would see it again some day (no doubt it could get some break time between training hell hounds to see her). ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/51 "2012-07-22T22:30:16Z")
We have a great Chihuahueña, doesn’t yap, isn’t the least annoying. Small dogs, big dogs, they’re all dogs. We also have a well mannered pug and 2 Malinois that can be very annoying at times. When they yap the whole neighborhood knows it. My daughter has a Boston terrier that rarely barks. Size doesn’t matter. And Brain Glutton, I think your joke sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/52 "2012-07-23T00:17:28Z")
Yet another chihuahua anecdote: I hadn’t been counting on getting another dog, as i already own two terrier mixes (one part chihuahua, the other some sort of albino rat terrier thing, not sure.) Around New Year, a relative who was renting a room in a house somewhere told me about his landlady’s neglected Chihuahua, who was living in the backyard and was constantly mauled by the children and seldom fed so as to avoid cleaning dog poop. I think she may have been collateral damage from the “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” fad of a couple years ago. My mother, being the soft-hearted person she was, offered to take her in, and the so-called owners were happy to get rid of her. My daughter and I fell in love with the skinny little dog immediately. She seldom barked, and was afraid of most people, particularly adult women (seems the “lady” of the house had taken to chasing her with a broom.) Over the past few months, this little dog has put on weight, and has begun barking, but not as much as other dogs. She’s just the sweetest, gentlest little thing. I rarely take her on walks, because she’s still afraid of most dogs and people. She loves kids, in spite of how she was treated in the past, and the toddlers in my family adore her right back. Also, she will happily sit on the lap of anyone willing to pick her up, and remains there quietly. I realize she may be the exception, and that other dogs of that breed may be disgusting little beasts, but this is how I see her. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/53 "2012-07-23T01:17:18Z")
> [@SisterCoyote](#): > > Petstore=not affectionate. > > Probably puppymill=definitely no affection > > avabeth=affection > > ergo > > chihuahua=attached to avabeth. > > Simple, no? 😉 “started growing” = Hulk-huahua ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/54 "2012-07-24T20:08:44Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > Yeah, I was just about to say. Pretty small penis, huh **friedo**? 😃 > > I love all kinds of dogs. Dogs rule. I’ve had all sortsw of animals. For dogs, I’ve had mutts, pit bulls, and now a 2 Labradors, Chihuauha (however the hell you spell it). To get to her, you would need to get past the Labs AND the cats - they’re all buddies. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675/55 "2012-07-24T21:00:29Z")
**tomndebb** , thanks so much for the notes about the age of the thread. I hope this will become SOP for the older threads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-not-to-get-a-chihuahua/193675.md?page=2)