chihuahuas have great temperament with a good breeding and early socialization. They do tend to bond more with one person or one family over strangers. You need to socialize it with family and friends often. Have play dates with them and their dogs(shots up to date for the other dogs of course). Chihuahuas are little lap dogs, velcro dogs. they want to be with you or near you at all times. Very smart, very loyal, very cute. Just train one like you would any other dog. Not much difference if any at all. Patience and consistency are the keys. Crate training will work well but they will cry like babies until they get used to it. We actually use an xpen for ours rather than a crate and are used to them by the time they leave to go to their new homes. We also use baby crib pads to housetrain them on until they are ready to go outside.
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chihuahuas have great temperament with a good breeding and early socialization. They do tend to bond more with one person or one family over strangers. You need to socialize it with family and friends often. Have play dates with them and their dogs(shots up to date for the other dogs of course). Chihuahuas are little lap dogs, velcro dogs. they want to be with you or near you at all times. Very smart, very loyal, very cute. Just train one like you would any other dog. Not much difference if any at all. Patience and consistency are the keys. Crate training will work well but they will cry like babies until they get used to it. We actually use an xpen for ours rather than a crate and are used to them by the time they leave to go to their new homes. We also use baby crib pads to housetrain them on until they are ready to go outside.