Chihuahua’s are ‘cute’ when they bark BECAUSE OF THEIR INHERENT FAILURE TO INTIMIDATE OR CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO THEIR SIZE. Simple as that.
However, a 5 pound ‘alpha dog’ Chihuahua can intimidate a 75 pound dog whether it barks or not. I’ve seen it with my own eyes.
“However, a 5 pound ‘alpha dog’ Chihuahua can intimidate a 75 pound dog whether it barks or not. I’ve seen it with my own eyes.”
No kidding. This past weekend I had my GF’s little rat dog on the lead when the neighbor’s full size lab came over to graze around the food bowl. The rat dog leaped into the air to snap the lab’s face when the lead caught flipping it’s body upside down with jaws wide open a fraction of an inch from the lab’s nose.
Looked like a great white coming out of the water after a seal.
We have two really bad chihuahuas, both adoptions. One was about 6 when we got him and, according to the family surrendering him, he had been crated about 99% of his life. He is an “alpha.” It is horrifying; I dread the day he meets the wrong dog. I have seen him terrify goldens, blood hounds. But, he loves his family dogs, and will melt in any person’s arms.
The other one won’t attack, not an alpha bone in his body, although he does mimic the other one at times. But, no one, and I mean no one, can touch him except us. He turns into the tasmanian devil.
So I have. Recently while walking my chihuahua, we encountered a great dane and his human. Chihuahua 1, great dane zilch. Of course, a great dane is a total couch potato and typically non-agressive. Anyway, never underestimate the power of a small dog’s bite or aggressiveness.