Vicki , Thanks! you wouldnt believe Mia...from day one i decided shes not going to have an accident in the house...i took her out every hour and i do mean every hour, set my alarm all night long , over and over...every hour during the night too...took her to the same place in our front yard...she never ever messed in her crate (crate trained her from day one too,thats another story that went excellent -got her to love her crate from day one) and shes only had one "accident" in the house Ever....(thats a funny story) she ONLY chews on her toys,cause from day one if she tried to chew on Anything else id say "Ehhh" and give her a toy to chew on instead....shes not mouthy at all cause again from day one i trained her otherwise....she was fully housetrained by 4 months old ...now she sleeps on the bed with me....i take her for walks & if were in a safe place i can leave her off leash cause as soon as i call her she comes right to me...and she dosnt go far from me either...i trained her right from day one....plus shes got a great temperment ...so its all good...she dosnt pull on her leash ...shes just amazing...i treat her like a big dog...shes very independant...Everyone who meets her says things like"Oh My God shes a chihuahua, she dosnt Act like one at all!" The only problem i really have with her is everyone who meets her wants to take her from me...even both my sons who are in thier 20's both say "Mom if anything happens to you ill take Mia " lol Sorry so long,Im long winded abt dogs,T.heres my website :
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People complain to me about this or that behavior about their dogs alot and i try to help them...its just so much easier to do it right from the start than to have to retrain once its a problem!