Paris Hilton started a fashion trend
with her Chiwawa purse pooch Tinkerbell. A Chiwawa dog was the purse pooch fashion accessory any bird-brained dolly bird
factionista had to have. After all the goddess of bird-brained dolly birds had
one.
Unfortunately, Chihuahuas are
sensitive living beings that need a loving and caring, but firm owner. They are
not toys to be used and discarded. Their individual temperament can be spoiled
by irresponsible treatment.
During 2010 the Paris Hilton purse
pooch fashion reached its peak and as the bird-brained fashionistas tired of
their fashion accessories, they were at a loss what to do with their now
unwanted pets. So Los Angeles and San Francisco animal shelters became the
repositories for these sensitive little animals.
This Chihuahua epidemic is caused
backyard breeders producing more “purse pups” to meet this demand, but “purse
pups” are not in such demand any longer. Some of the Chihuahuas the shelters
take in are strays or pregnant dogs, a clear sign of backyard over breeding.
Incidentally, if there is anyone out
there who thinks Chihuahuas are nasty ill tempered little beasts, that is often
due to the owner not treating the Chihuahua as a Chihuahua should be treated.
There is one such nasty aggressive Chihuahua in my town. I asked if I could
borrow his dog for 10 minutes, and the owner agreed. So my dogs and I walked round
the block with this nasty little dog, and within a minute or so alone with us
this Chihuahua had calmed down and was behaving like any normal social dog.
After the owner took his dog back and they walked down the road the calm
Chihuahua morphed back into a nasty little mutt. Dogs are happy and calm when
they know and trust their owner as their leader, and even Chihuahuas can become
nice child friendly dogs.
The overcrowded animal shelters on
the West Coast have found an unexpected solution for these unwanted little
Chiwawas. New York. New Yorkers apparently have developed a liking for
Chihuahuas. The dogs are flown doggy first class in batches of 24 at a time from
the West Coast to the Big Apple.