Chihuahua

Shorthaired companions may need a little extra warmth, sometimes burrowing under covers to maintain their body heat while asleep. It is believed that Chihuahuas may be the oldest breed of dog to exist in the American continents. This little powerhouse has a huge heart so don’t be fooled by its tiny ...  

Dognappers have struck again in Delaware County, this time swiping a high-priced Chihuahua from a Springfield pet shop. Police reported that a man in his 20s stole the light-gray dog Saturday morning from We Love Pets, on Baltimore Pike, then climbed into his getaway driver's silver Ford pickup truck.  

The operation to fly San Francisco's overflow of abandoned chihuahuas to New York has been delayed, due to the high demand for space on flights to the East Coast after this weekend's blizzard. SF Animal Care and the New York ASPCA have been trying to negotiate the airlift with Virgin America, but it looks like it will now have to wait until early January. That means that this excess of chihuahua's are hanging out in town over the holidays...  

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The airline is teaming with the San Francisco Animal Care and Control to transport the dogs to New York. The dogs will be received by employees of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who will place the little dogs into adoptive homes  

Chihuahuas have been flying out of California since other states learned about the glut of little dogs in the Golden State.A group of 25 dogs has already arrived at the Humane Society for Greater Nashua in New Hampshire, thanks to Grey's Anatomy actress Katherine Heigl, Kinder4Rescue in Studio City and American Airlines.A group of 43 was set to leave for New Hampshire this week but bad weather in the east caused a delay, said Kathy Davis...  

About a dozen Chihuahuas abandoned at San Francisco animal shelters won't be getting a white Christmas after all. Virgin America canceled an event to export the pound pups to New York on Tuesday, deciding instead to give the plane seats to humans. It was...  

OK, I’m caught between a rock and a hard place.Dissent the Blog is a lot of things, but, to me, it is first and foremost a watchdog. There isn’t a heck of a lot of internal watchdoggery in this district, that’s for sure. And there is no effective external watchdoggery. The Accreds? It is to laugh. The press? They're a skeleton crew on a sinking ship.There's DtB. We’re a scruffy little Chihuahua, yapping in the corner.We’ve got full-time jobs...  

The infestation of chihuahuas at animal shelters across Maricopa County has been contained.Shelter officials say that because of an "overwhelming response and generosity of the community" all of ...  

Los Angeles -- California has more Chihuahuas than it can handle, and it has Hollywood to blame. There are so many Chihuahuas at shelters in Oakland, they have started shipping the dogs out of state, said Megan Webb, director of Oakland Animal Services.  

California has more Chihuahuas than it can handle and it's pointing the finger at Hollywood, the AP reports.There are so many Chihuahuas at shelters in Oakland, they have started shipping the dogs out of state. They have sent about 100 to Washington, Oregon and Arizona.Chihuahuas make up 30 percent or more of the dog populations at many California shelters. And experts say pop culture is to blame, with fans immitating Chihuahua-toting...  

California has more Chihuahuas than it can handle, and it has Hollywood to blame. There are so many Chihuahuas at shelters in Oakland, they have started shipping the dogs out of state, said Megan Webb, director of Oakland Animal Services. They have sent about 100 to Washington, Oregon and Arizona, she said, "and as soon as they get them, they are ready for new ones."  

California is overflowing with homeless Chihuahuas. As reported by the LA Times and other sources, shelters in California have more Chihuahuas than they know what to do with. This is not really the case in other parts of the US. In fact, many of these Chihuahuas have been sent of different regions where demand is high and little dogs are few. What caused the overabundance? It was probably a combination of several things. First of all...  

California has yet another unique problem to add to its ever-growing list of troubles: Too many chihuahuas. As the LA Times recently reported, about 20 to 30 of these wee dogs are deposited at LA dog pounds every single day, constituting 30 percent or more of the dog populations at California shelters. One Bay Area shelter expects to reach a 50 percent chihuahua population within months.  

​It was only last year that the Chihuahua was Hollywood's "it" dog. Paris Hilton still uses a pair as accessories, and the breed stared in the 2008 film Beverly Hills Chihuahua. But for every flow there is an ebb, and it seems that many of the people who rushed to the pet store to get their own toy dogs are now dumping them en masse at California animal shelters. The story first took flight in San Francisco, where the Chronicle noted that one...