Chihuahua
Chihuahuas are very old breed, and their history still keeps many secrets. Ancient Mexican tribes – Incs, Maya, and Aztec, were living together with small dogs. But then, this breed was known as TECHINI. Small dogs were a luxury, and keeping them was a prerogative of wealthy indians. They were treated like saint animals, slaves served them, and, after some sources, those dogs were fed with a human flesh. After serving their master for a life time, dogs get burned and buried together with him. It was a believe, that since that moment, dog leaded a master soul through the darkness, to the sky, and there was also a believe, that chihuahuas were able to heal those who were sick, by taking a disease from one person to another. There’s an opinion, that chihuahuas were living in mountains, together with people from wild tribes, those who climbed trees, and moved only when it was dark.
There are different opinions about who actually created the chuhuahua breed – were they ancient Indians, Egyptians, or Chinese. There’s a theory, that with help of people from Mediterranian , breed reached Malta. And there are some common things found with chihuahuas and with mexican hairless dogs of those times. Drawings of chihuahuas, which were created aproximately between 500 and 2000 year before the birth of Christ, were found in ancient Mexican caves.
But at the same time, those chihuahua drawings remind of some other breeds, and thats why history of chihuahua will always be a secret. In the beginning of a XVI century, Hernando Cirtez destroyed a culture of Aztek, but some on them survived, and so did their dogs, and in 1850 y., Americans found tiny little dogs in a Mexican village named Chihuahua, and thats why there’s a believe, that chihuahuas are coming from Aztek saint dogs.
But also, an about 3000 y.o. mummy of a dog was found on Malta, and it reminds a lot of chihuahua. It seems like those tiny dogs were living also on Malta, and there was found a very old drawing of a man, who holds 2 chihuahua alike dogs on his hands. In the beginning those dogs were named „Malta terrier“. According to this theory, chihuahuas have European origin, and they were brought to Mexico by Spanish. For this theory speaks a Botticelli fresco of Moses, which comes from a year 1482, and clearly shows a chihuahua, and it was about 10 years before Columbus trip to the new world.
Chihuahuas are known as courageous, agile, initiative, and active dogs. They are very true to their master, and they show their love with lots of kisses (if possible, to master’s mouth) .They like to stay at home, but are always ready to keep master a company during his walks, visiting friends, and even in the office. Chihuahuas are often being compared to the little warriors, which have a great soul hidden in a tiny little body. Often chihuahua masters get tired of a walk before their little dogs.
Chihuahuas love to be in the centre of attention, whenever they happen to be.
Usually they are welcome in every company. Sometimes they appear to be too true to their master, and may show some jelousy. Chihuahuas are very good guards, and protectors of master’s property, and they welcome strangers with a loud barking.
Chihuahuas are distrustful to small kids, in which they see a hidden danger. Due to this, this breed is not recommended for keeping in families with small children, but it doesn’t mean that its totally out of question. Just in this case, is necessary to explain to children, that small dog is not a toy, and also chihuahua itself needs a protection from possible dangerous things that children can unintentionally do to them.
