• Always check the doorway before you close the door, never let it bang behind you, as your little dog may be in the way, your Chihuahua could have its back or neck broken or worse could be killed by a door closing on it.
• Never let your Chihuahua off the leader unless you are in a dog/car free zone, please be warmed the Chihuahuas are notorious for running off even if they are expertly trained.
• Watch out for buttons, Screws, rubber bands, anything that may cause choking in your dog, they are extremely curious and love to taste things.
• Don't let your dog out when mowing the lawn, they can chase the mower, or get behind your feet and make you fall on top of them killing or injuring them as well as yourself.
• Whilst your pup is growing up it has to learn to avoid your feet, until they are more agile, shuffle your feet and walk slowly, this should help to avoid disaster of being trod on and wear soft shoes in the house this can lessen the injury.
• Chihuahuas are dare devils without much fear, they would think nothing of jumping from a table or arms, do not leave them unattended on any area that they cannot safely jump from on their own.
• Always hold your Chihuahua correctly, with your hand underneath them and two finger between the fore legs, Chihuahua will push off you're body to escape if they see something interesting, this a why you should always have a firm hold at all times.
• Never let strangers hold your dog this could lead to a tragedy if they are not familiar with holding this Wrigley breed. If they must hold them make sure they are sitting (on the floor if possible)
• Always pick your Chihuahua up slowly as it will feel like going up in a lift with no sides. (Quite scary hey?)
  
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• Never leave your Chihuahua unattended in the garden as they may escape of be stolen from any garden.
• Never say, "my Chihuahua would never do that" because they will love to prove you wrong!
• No chicken, pork or lamb bones as vet say that 80% of intestinal disorders are caused by bones, either perforating their gut or making them impacted (badly constipated)
• Never leave cigarette butts for your dog to chew (not that you should be smoking), as there is enough concentrated nicotine to kill or make your dog very ill. Be aware that cigarettes also contain small amounts of arsenic, fymeldohyde (embalming fluid)
• Don't use carpet fresheners that are sprinkled on to the carpet as they can cause breathing disorders and skin irritations.
• Watch out for wires they love to chew the most unusual things, you don't want to give them an unwanted perm?
• Careful when sitting down that your dog is not underneath you.
• Don't use collars on your small dog use a harness that can not damage their windpipe, as Chihuahuas and most small breed are prone to trachea problems due to their fragile size.

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Now that I have scared you all half to death, I want to say that Chihuahuas are incredibly resilient. They are dogs with very few ailments to speak of. I hope that we may help prevent avoidable accidents from happening just by raising your awareness of their likelihood.