Chihuahuas: Anatomy of an unlikely athlete

East Vally Tribune ^ | April 29, 2010 - 12:49PM | Mandy Zajac, Tribune

[Jeff Chandler]

The first Saturday in May is always Kentucky Derby day, when the year’s top racehorses compete in the storied Run for the Roses. But forget pretty hats and mint juleps — the biggest races in this town are the Chandler Chihuahua Races.

[Jeff Chandler]

Ostriches, chihuahuas, we'll race anything.

[Ready4Freddy]

Do y’all race the chihuahuas against the ostriches?

[caver]

The local drag strip is racing skooters this weekend!

[Celerity]

I’m surprised their little hearts don’t explode.

[ridesthemiles]

Make sure they are all accounted for before the wandering illegal intruders try to consume them.

Locally, in Virginia City, they have ostrich races & Camel races.

[Jeff Chandler]

Do y’all race the chihuahuas against the ostriches?

Great idea!

[Jeff Chandler]

Make sure they are all accounted for before the wandering illegal intruders try to consume them.

I don't think we have very many Asian illegals.

[roamer_1]

Chihuahuas: Punting Practice.

[Tijeras_Slim]

For greyhounds you put a rabbit in front of them, for chihuahuas, a coyote behind them.

[colorado tanker]

[Bean Counter]

If you take one of those little doggie life vests, attach a 2’ steel leader to it with a large hook on the other end, and put it on one of these little dogs, they make excellent live bait when fishing for citation sized Chinook salmon. You just clip your fishing line to the loop where the leash goes, and when the little guys swim, the action really brings the big ones in...

I’ve seen some guys make over sized spinners for this rig too...it really adds a lot when using a short hair breed like chihuahuas, but if you rig up a medium sized Yorkie instead, especially if they have really long hair, you don’t need the spinner...

[WOBBLY BOB]

chihuahuas+ treadmills= new Obama green initiative.

[444Flyer]

My Chihuahua is a Rottie in mind and spirit. She'd have nothing to do with racing unless she was chasing after a potential threat to report on them. Good little watch dog.

[Irish Queen]

Howdy Ridethe miles!At night I can see Virgina City from my house in Stagecoach. The mustangs love to eat our sod lawn. Last year one band of five mares only had two fouls. This year all five mares have fouls. The band of bays I call the bachelor boys has gained a fifth member (a pinto). How’s the horse population up in the Virginia Hills doing this spring?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Biscuits and circuses! I, CHIHVAHVA!

[Bethaneidh]

Tune is the kid song, “I love coffee, I love tea, I love boys and boys love me”. Parentheses are before the downbeat. I will see if I can include the Finale NotePad file. Harmony tweaks warmly welcomed.

Three Pound Doggy

Oo oo oo oo
(I had a) whoop bang party last Saturday night
(All my) friends came over for a sip and a bite
Late that night bout a quarter to four
[faster](My)Three Pound Doggy slipped out the door

(A little) fancy footwork “shuck n jive”
(Gives the) freedom makes him feel alive
Lil bitty doggy havin his own party
(My) Three Pound Doggy doll.

(You know a) Three Pound Doggy is hard to catch
(Your only) chance is when he stops to scratch
(He’s) under the fence, no, he’s over the wall {How?}
(My) Three Pound Doggy doll.

Oh, oh, have you seen my doggy, well
No, no, we’re tryin to sleep, oh
Please, please, he’s my darlin doggy
[a’ tempo] There by your feet, he [key change, up] might be creepin he’s a

Tiny lil doggy with googly eyes
Not much bigger than a side of fries

What’s that there bout a half block South. AH!
[key change, up, faster]Thirty pound doggy with him in his mouth, so I
Grabbed his legs and gave him a drag, he said
“Leave me alone, I’m just chewin a rag.

Where’s my little doggy, {WAH I want my doggy}
(My) Three Pound Doggy doll.

[a’ tempo] (You know a) Three Pound Doggy is hard to catch
(Your only) chance is when he stops. [scritch scritch, gradually faster]
(So) now I’m playin my last bet
[fast] Chasin my doggy with a butterfly net. {GOTIM ! AHHhhhhhh.}

[very slow] Early next mornin bout the break of dawn, well I
Must be sleepy cause I’m startin to yawn...
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[a’ tempo] Lil bit later bout half past ten
[fast] Three Pound Doggy slipped [key change, up] out again
Oh, oh, where’s my little doggy
Oh. oh have you found my doggy

{Oh no, where’d he go?
Gotta get him trained.
Call Cesar!}
[Very Slow] Where’s my Three Pound Doggy Doll?

[Bethaneidh]

Cheese, I Copy and when I go to Paste, it’s greyed out.

[Manic_Episode]

people only watch these because they want to see a chihuahua crash.