My mom got a chihuahua when I was still living at home.
Two amazing things about them...
1) It's amazing how stupid one looks (and feels) when walking around the neighborhood with an animal the size of a rabbit at the end of a leash.
2) It's amazing how much heat those things require. Ours used to shiver all winter long in a well-heated house, and then when summer came he could not get outside fast enough. In the hottest 95 degree days of July and August we used to set him up outside with a bowl of water and a little blanket under the shade of a tree. Without fail, he would always immediately drag his blanket out into the blazing sun and plop down and happily bake there all afternoon.
I liked Jeff..fah..fah Done-HAM's (Jeff Dunham) take on the chihuahua that his wife and kids have.
"Nothing like a yapping beanie-baby."
And the reason that chihuahuas shake.....?
Jeff has a golden lab-retriever.
He said when he was house-training his dog, that when it pooped on the rug, he rubbed the dogs nose in it and said NO! Then took the dog outside.
Three times later the dog had the idea that, "I'm not supposed to crap here (on the rug).
When they were house training the chihuahua, he did the same thing. Dog pooped on the rug, rubbed it's nose in it, said NO! and took the dog outside.
Three times later, the brain-dead chihuahua figured,
"I'm not supposed to poop AT ALL!"
That's why they shake.
This dog we met at the party was like all calm and stuff. Would nudge your hand up in order to pet it. All sorts of madness going on- the hua was like all cool.
We had friends that testified that the dog was like that all the time- all relaxed and stuff. Maybe it was a mutant-??