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The Modern Chihuahua Handbook

Behaviour, training and everyday life, from choosing a puppy to the senior years

Most breed books tell you a Chihuahua is a handbag dog. Then you bring one home and meet the real thing.

A tiny dog with a big dog brain. This book is about that dog, and what to do about it today.

I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd talk to you if we were stood in a field together.

Inside the book: 127 pages, 18 chapters, 2 formats (PDF and EPUB). Try this today: small things to do with your dog at the end of almost every chapter.

What's inside

  • Where the Chihuahua came from, smooth and long coats, and teacup warnings

  • Is a Chihuahua right for you? Children, cold weather and one-person dogs

  • Teeth, kneecaps, tiny puppies, hearts and the soft spot

  • Exercise, home life and your puppy's first week

  • Socialisation, adolescence and training foundations

  • Being picked up, the big voice and the doorbell: Chihuahua training challenges

  • Often one person's dog, enrichment, family life and other animals

  • Common behaviour problems, and how to stop small ones growing

  • Chihuahua myths, and living well with your dog into the senior years

What's inside The Modern Chihuahua Handbook: three real pages from the book, fanned out

There's a Chihuahua checklist at the back to keep coming back to.

Who it's for

Anyone thinking about a Chihuahua, bringing a puppy home, living with a teenager who's forgotten their own name, or sharing life with an older dog.

About the author: Renee Patience with her boxer Kookie. Qualified behaviourist and founder of Paws Academy Dog Training & Behaviour, Mayo. Over 30 years training dogs, Dog Trainer of the Year 2025 at the National Ireland Pet Awards, competed at Crufts and Olympia.

What you get

A PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer.

The Modern Chihuahua Handbook

€9.99Price
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