dear famous chihuahua,

my name is ana and this is charlie my chihuahua. he is 1 1/2 years old and weighs in between 1 1/2 to 2 lbs depending on how much food he’s eaten.

i got charlie from a chihuahua breeder in north carolina. when i first laid eyes on him, he was only a mere 14 oz at 5 months old! the breeder handed him to me and he gave me a huge kiss on my nose and that was it, i knew charlie was going to be my baby! i wasn’t able to bring charlie home until he weighed at least 18 oz, so i had to wait another 2 weeks for him to grow a little bigger before he could join our family.

charlie has 5 stuffed toys that i hand picked for him. he was so tiny that even a small stuffed toy from a pet store was too big for him, so I found him some small stuffed animal toys made for babies that came in mcdonalds kids meals. they were the perfect size. i also had trouble finding him a chihuahua collar or harness that fits properly.

little charlie lives with me and 4 other dogs in north carolina. he protects his toys from all the other dogs and his favorite play toy is his stuffed rabbit! he shakes it around and around and then lets it go flying through the air.

charlie saw snow for the first time last year. he didn’t know what it was at first, but he soon started to run and play with the other dogs in it. charlie loves to pose for pictures. everytime he sees me with the camera in my hand, he will stay still and pose to give mommy that special picture.

charlie is so tiny that he was already 9 months old when he finally was able to go up and down stairs. even now charlie can’t jump up onto the sofa and forget about him jumping off it. i have to lift him up onto it and then also put him down on the floor when he wants to get off.

charlie can now wear chihuahua clothes, but when he was 7 months old everything was huge on him. i couldn’t even find him a sweater to wear for cold days. my mom knitted him a sweater that he wore so much it ended up getting a hole in it. he is now finally big enough to wear chihuahua clothes, collars and to play with many toys, but he is still so tiny that i have to protect him often where i end up holding him so he doesn’t get trampled on.

little charlie is a very special tiny chihuahua, but don’t tell him he is tiny because he thinks he is a great dane when it comes to protecting me. the other day a friend of mine came to visit and when she was leaving she went to hug me good-bye and little charlie lunged at her like a fierce wolf! i had to pull him back and my friend jumped back and said it was okay, he was just protecting his mommy.

so yes charlie is very special to me and no matter what, he is a famous chihuahua to me in every way!

sincerely,
ana rodriguez, from north carolina

dear famous chihuahua,

this is my lovely ms. bella. she has been with our family for over 3 happy years. i found her while surfing the ads on the local penny saver. when i went to see her, i was truly shocked at the living conditions she was in. her owner was going through a nasty divorce and told me that he hated the dog and if i didn’t take her, he would dump her at the pound.

when he brought ms. bella out in her carrier, all i saw was this scared little chihuahua. it was obvious that she wanted nothing to do with him and because she didn’t want to come out of her carrier, i knew she had been abused. i knew then that i couldn’t leave her there so i took her home and tried to comfort her as she trembled the whole way.

later that night when my husband came home, she took one look at him and ran screaming down the hallway. we discovered as we nurtured her that she had issues with men because she was once terrified by them. this is can happen with the case of a chihuahua rescue. moving forward 3yrs, she is now my husband’s little sweetie and she loves to sit with him in the recliner.

her personality has come out in droves and she has adapted well to our family. my daughter finds her funny when she wears her little outfits, but amazing enough she loves to wear chihuahua clothes! the few times she’s been without them, she gets very upset!

from a once scared little chihuahua, to the fierce little champion of our home. we simply love and adore our sweet little ms. bella.

sincerely,

jen, ms. bella’s momma

hi famous chihuahua!

i am rocky the chihuahua and my story is truly a ‘rocky’ one, but it has a happy ending! i once was a puppy mill chihuahua who was first adopted by a family in florida. sadly though, i was abandoned by them when they could no longer afford my growing medical bills.

lucky for me however, this great organization called the bc chihuahua rescue at cchirescue.org heard of my story and flew all the way to florida to bring me back to vancouver, canada, where i was later adopted for a second time by a loving couple and their other rescued chihuahua shorty. at first i was very shy and scared, but shorty really helped me to relax and feel at home with my new family.

living in a high-rise in downtown vancouver made for several of new things to get used to like elevators, escalators and even some snow! for fun, i love to wrestle with shorty, fetch sticks and give out high-fives. my absolute favorite thing in the world are seashells dropped by seagulls; if i find one, i’ll roll around and play with it.

recently i celebrated my 2nd birthday in style with a pupcake, some cool toys and a fiery new birthday outfit. here is a photo from my birthday party, i hope you like it!

big kisses,
rocky the chihuahua from vancouver, british columbia

to the dear folks at famous chihuahua,

i’m writing to introduce you to my micro-sized chihuahua puppy named she-ra, the princess of power. she is named after a cartoon heroine from my childhood, the female counterpart of he-man, master of the universe! i chose her name because she is convinced that she is a giant super-hero. i bought her from a chihuahua breeder at the age of six weeks, and she is now a happy and healthy three months old. she weighs 15.5 ounces and the vet says she might not make it to two pounds at full-grown!

we received our new pink gingham chihuahua harness and leash today that we purchased from the famous chihuahua clothing store and it fits perfectly! i’m so happy to have a darling harness for my baby that fits right! i thought i’d send this photo of baby she-ra wearing it so you can see just how adorable she is and how well it fits her! thank you so much for making a product i can really use and that’s fashionable!

little she-ra’s favorite snacks are pup-peroni’s, and she loves to do tricks to earn tiny bites of them! at just eight weeks old, she was already sitting, laying down and dancing round and round in circles on command.

her favorite play toys are a fluffy stuffed raccoon that she drags around the house everywhere even though its much bigger than her and a little mouse that’s supposed to be for cats. because of her size, its difficult to find toys she can play with which is why the mouse is perfect. it’s funny to see her carry it everywhere by its little tail.

she-ra loves to sleep like a baby in the crook of my arm and prefers that to her bed, but beware of waking her! she will growl fiercely if i try to move her mid-nap. i’ve recorded this on my cell phone and will upload it to youtube as a chihuahua video soon. its incredibly cute, not to mention hilarious, to see such a tiny creature trying to be ferocious!

shre-ra and i belong to the san antonio chihuahua meetup group and had our first play group meeting last saturday where everyone marveled at how lively and sweet she was.

she-ra loves people and kisses everyone! we are stopped everywhere so people can take pictures with their camera phones. here we are at starbucks, where the employees love her and bring her tiny cups with warm milk or water.

thank you again famous chihuahua for the wonderful harness, we love it!

sincerely,

jessica norene and baby she-ra in san antonio, texas.

hello famous chihuahua!

i am bandito the chihuahua! i am 5 years old and was born in burlington, ontario, but today i live in vancouver, british columbia, canada with my mommy and daddy. last november we moved from a large house where i had my own huge backyard to run and play in that was full of squirrels so it kept me busy chasing them off our property!

we live on the 13th floor of a big building downtown vancouver where i no longer have to worry about chasing off squirrels, but i do have to take an elevator to get outside to find a spot to do my business! i like city living though, even if it did take some time to get used to.

i have a happy home where i am the center of attention at all times and i am very loved and get lots of kisses every day! i love to eat and i want to taste everything that anyone else is eating too! my favorite snacks are cookies, mini carrots, pieces of cheese, and anything on my parent’s dinner plates!

i love to play the “pant game” where mommy or daddy try to put their pants on and i grab the bottoms and pull and tug as hard as i can to keep them from putting their feet through! they always seem to win, but i play this game at least twice a day! i also sleep in a big bed with them and i find a way to sit on their laps at all times!