[MChis]

Aww your piggy sounds sooo adorable!! Watching him with the horses must be the greatest. Haha...I am such a shy person I was so nervous about showing. I guess I lucked out at our first show because everyone was so nice & welcoming (I had heard so many horror stories & hear how political it can be). I figure I may run into some not so nice people but eh...I'm there to show Lulu & if I meet some nice people it's a bonus.

 

[tysoncallmetyty]

Understood. I'm shy too and a loner... Horse people are really odd ones. I'm glad to finally have a place where I can have my horses at home and ride on my own.. although it's a little dangerous....but, the horse thing can get competitive and weird.

Good luck with your little Lulu, you have me scanning puppy pictures! LOL! I need to get to work and stop being Chi obsessed! lol... not likely... let me know how your next show goes.....

I would love a snow white chi....

 

[svdreamer]

LOL LeStatKelly....

A Chiweenie is a cross between a dachsund and a chihuahua... OmG! When I was doing extreme trail riding out in the New Mexico Sevilleta, huge canyons where we canyon jumped, boulder jumped, trails straight up and down, the trail master had a chiweenie... and that was her name...she was tiny and looked like she had some terrier in her too, long like a dachsund and scruffy... she ran with those horses, jumped boulders, stayed out of the horses way, she was amazing! Then, he would put her up on his saddle and he would ride on the saddle with him, that's when I really started falling for small dogs and started wanting a chihuahua bad.... that little dog was tough. But, after reading stuff on this forum, I would never ever let my little Ty do something like that or even step out unsupervised. Right down the street from my house is a tiny tiny black and tan chi named Baby... him and his sibling are out all the time running up and down the street. They are not very socialized... but, these chis are not babied at all, no pun intended.... lol... and, seem to do just fine, but like I said. Not mine. It killed me to have to leave him to go to work today. It's his puppyhood and I want to be with him every minute. Yeah, the designer dog thing is just a gimmick for people to make big bucks. I like a full blood pug and a full blood chi, but that little trail dog chiweenie was pretty darn cool....

Yeah, these dogs are so much more tougher than people give them credit for. If I had the set up like your trail master, I'd have quite a few of my dogs with me, too. I used to hike and packpack all the time when I was younger and we always took our dogs, especially my brothers little terrier mix. He was tougher than my GSD.

 

[tysoncallmetyty]

Yeah, it was fun. At the time (2 years past) I had a lab Sharpei cross who was the best dog! She was a great trail dog and came with us all the time, I also had a rescued (from the freeway) bassett hound and several rescued pugs, one blind, one from a puppy mill and crippled and one gorgeous but really freaked out and would run away. A person came to visit me and while I was sleeping one morning, why I don't know, he decided to let all my dogs out. The rescues ran away..since they were pure bred, the bassett and the pug, someone picked them up and didn't turn them in. The little blind pug I had to put down which just killed me and the pug from the puppy mill passed away. My lab Sharpei was used to being the alpha female of the pack, so she turned on the horses... she began nipping their heels and when I tried to contain her, she jumped through two windows to get to them. I gave her to a friend who simply adores her. She was a wonderful dog! I talked to him yesterday and he said that he loves that dog so much. So, that is a good ending and then I decided to go with a small dog, but I wasn't going to get two. I did though, and now my boo-boo is so much happier. He was stuck alone all day by himself. Yes, those little buggers can be really tough, but they can also be really fragile.....

 

[catz4m8z]

Def does look like a very cute full Chi to me! Chugs are usually stockier and sometimes look like mini boxers (which i think is really sweet!LOL)
But then fawn with a black mask is quite a common coloration in the UK, esp in the short coated.
As for 'designer' dogs, I luv my little Chiweenie!! She is just the best.

 

[tysoncallmetyty]

aw thank you catz4m8z! Little Ty kinda looked like a teeny boxer cause of his coloring and his black face a few weeks ago; now he's starting to get that slender long look of the chi and his nose is becoming more pronounced.... Chiweenies are cute! I just love pugs too! They are so freaking cool..... but, I think if another doggie comes into my world, I'm gonna have to go with a Chi with a pedigree.... ugh, I'm turning into such a snob....lol! My gf want a Chi for Christmas and there are some for sale down by my house, so we are going Chi shopping on saturday... but only for her! I've got my babies and after this I'm going to be very very picky or should I say snobby! lol!

 

[catz4m8z]

Yup, you definately have the bug!!