Comments on: hollywood celebs love for chihuahuas creates crisis

By: KATHY (NH)

KATHY (NH) — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:27:34 +0000

MY NEW LITTLE DOG (BARNEY) IS A BEAGLE/CHIHUAHUA MIX – HE IS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD – I GOT HIM FROM THE NASHUA NH ANIMAL SHELTER BACK IN FEB! HE IS A SPECIAL LITTLE DOG – HE DEFINITELY HAD BEEN ABUSED BUT HE HAS GROWN TO LOVE AND TRUST ME IN THE SHORT TIME I HAVE HAD HIM! HE ARRIVED HERE FROM CALIFORNIA WITH ALL THE OTHER MIXED BREEDS…. IT IS A GOOD FEELING TO KNOW I HAVE HELPED SAVE THIS LITTLE DOG (PLEASE CONSIDER A SHELTER DOG!!) YOU WON’T BE SORRY

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:28:16 +0000

I’d just like to comment on the chihuahua issue that has become such a problem. It’s really a shame that this little breed of dog has been used for popularity mostly in California. Leave it up to the rich, famous, and wealthy to throw out their pets with ease like they throw out their wardrobe after wearing it only one time. They get bored in a matter of days, and discard their sweet little dogs. They have no remorse either! It’s such a shame. How can one abandon any animal and be able to sleep at night? I live in Montana, and it’s very difficult to find any sort of small breed dog. We mostly have cattle dogs, labs, medium and large mixed breeds. One of our shelters recieved 4 “Puggle” pups, and 3 “Chug” pups. There were so many applications the shelter was horribly overwhelmed. We would surely welcome these abandoned Chihuahua’s at our shelters with open arms. They would be adopted within a few days! I feel so sorry for the little dogs, it’s not their fault. Leave it up to inhumane people to create this sort of problem.

My plea: Stop using these poor animals for popularity!
Where is your compassion? If you can not commit to them, don’t adopt them in the first place! They live a long life and only wish to be your loving and faithful companion. They aren’t toys for (you) the rich and famous to dump off when you don’t find them flattering any longer. When you’re selfishly bored, don’t merely thrown them away! They have feelings too! All they want is to make you happy. All they ever wanted was for you to love them and take care of them. They don’t deserve to be mistreated and then abondoned! Bless their little hearts!!!!

Sincerely,
Mary in Montana

By: maggie

maggie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:56:50 +0000

hi i would just like to say that due to the celebs interest in the little dog they and the film industry have made it in possible for the likes of my self to buy one of these little dogs i have had chihuahuas for over 30 years i sadly lost my darling poppy christmas 2008 she was all most 17 years old and we had her from a puppy i still have all her food bowls and bed as i can not bring my self to get read of her things i have been looking for a puppy not to replace my little darling but to feel the void in my live she was my friend and my companion and i miss her very much but due to the price of these little dogs now it as made it in possible for me to buy one i live in the uk and chihuahua breeders here are charging between £800 and £1.800 pounds for the little darling s i am disabled and my husband is my carer so we do not have that sort of money i have been on the internet and all most got scammed by some evil person that said he had a chi that he needed a good home for i went out and got food and toys but he wanted me to send £200 by money gram for the little mite even though we said we could collect her in person so every one seems to have jumped on the bandwagon and is trying to make as much money as they can for these lovely little dogs i miss my little girl very much and feel very sad all the time we took her evry where with us and she was such a lovely little dog we really do miss her a great deal if i lived in the usa i would to have two of them from a shelter but sadly i live here in the uk i hope that all the chihuahuas find kind loving homes Maggie x

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:55:40 +0000

Were any of these California Chihuahuas shipped to New York ? I would adopt one, poor things.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:29:27 +0000

I think this is awful, no one should get a dog of any kind just because a “celebrity” has one then abandon it when it is no longer a “trend.” Dog have feelings too