According to reports, there are now shelters that are over one-third populated with chihuahuas. I've made my suggestion as to how to handle it (Someone want to forward that link to PETA for me? Thanks.), but in all honestly I'm kind of baffled as to what happened here. Do that many people really buy a pet based on a fad and then bail on it when they realize that...well, it a chihuahua.
Chihuahuhas Overrunning California Shelters
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And you got to feed them every day...
My cousins had twin Chi-Chi-hua-huas (in English not Spanish,) Taco and Tico. They were named for a Taco Bell clone, Taco Tico. So I fed another's Taco.
I remember the SPCA was worried that there could be a Harry Potter Owl pet fad. Thank Cod that never happened.
Dave
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Cod? You worship a Giant Space Fish?
Dave
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At least they're putting them in shelters. Not many people know the risks involved with letting chihuahuas go feral. They start getting together in these packs, and then they are truly a force to be reckoned with. A small pack of chihuahuas can skeletonize a cow in thirty seconds.
Well, the bottom fifteen inches of a cow anyway, but still, it's a disturbing sight.
Well, the bottom fifteen inches of a cow anyway, but still, it's a disturbing sight.
Cod? You worship a Giant Space Fish?[/QUOTE]
It is a leftover from a message board forum that I once belonged to. There were these 2 brothers from Norway with the listed family name Cod, Per and Torlof. And several of us started taking their name in vain instead of the big guy's.
Both were Military, one was a Norwegian Pioneer (Ranger type), the other came to America and became a Marine. The Marine was the best white hat hacker I ever came across. When we invaded Afghanistan the Marine died a horrible, lingering death.
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Yes, Funsize they are like a pernicious invasion of fire ants, except these are nearly Warm-Blooded creatures.
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Chazwozel
Why is there achihuahuha fad?
My guess is the Taco Bell commercials
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Chazwozel
Those commercials are from the 90's. They're ancient.
Dave
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Why is there achihuahuha fad?[/QUOTE]
Paris Hilton and other "celebrities" have these animals to carry around in their purses. This breed of dog has become a "cute" accessory.
Those commercials are from the 90's. They're ancient.[/QUOTE]Never said it was a good guess.
Dave
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Guys, are you really all out of the loop?
http://www.examiner.com/x-2786-SF-D...Beverly-Hills-Chihuahua-fallout-happening-now
this was the same shit that happened after
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822832/
and an influx of shelter bound Labs. Idiots thinking a dog is an accessory that's fun to have after watching a movie.
http://www.examiner.com/x-2786-SF-D...Beverly-Hills-Chihuahua-fallout-happening-now
this was the same shit that happened after
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822832/
and an influx of shelter bound Labs. Idiots thinking a dog is an accessory that's fun to have after watching a movie.
This is one loop I'm glad I'm out of.
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Chazwozel
Guys, are you really all out of the loop?
http://www.examiner.com/x-2786-SF-Dogs-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Beverly-Hills-Chihuahua-fallout-happening-now
this was the same shit that happened after
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822832/
and an influx of shelter bound Labs. Idiots thinking a dog is an accessory that's fun to have after watching a movie.
I've always known that you always get an influx of morons buying animals after seeing a movie with the title character being a dog, fish, cat whatever, but people actually try to mimic Paris Hilton? Really? She's a role model for some people? Really?
The Taco idea would never work. There is not enough of a ROI. It is a lot of work to boil and shred the meat that is on a Chihuahua. Have you ever cleaned a Chihuahua and prepared him as food?
neither have I.
neither have I.
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Iaculus
"There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."
- Ross MacDonald.
Yes, idiotic sorority girls love to imitate her. I saw it all the time in San Diego. Ditzy chicks with their rat dogs in their purses. I guess that qualified as walking the dog. Then they'd get mad when the overgrown rodent pissed all over their iPod and Blackberry.
And if your fully grown dog is smaller than a house cat, then it's not a dog.
Why is there achihuahuha fad?[/QUOTE]
http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/beverlyhillschihuahua/
The movie did crazy well.
Green_Lantern
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Yes! I am confused. Why so many people keep calling them Dogs, when they are clearly some sort of mutated form of rat?
Yes! I am confused. Why so many people keep calling them Dogs, when they are clearly some sort of mutated form of rat?[/QUOTE]
Because the rats would form a Coalition of the Swilling with the other vermin populations and declare open war on NYC in retaliation.
North_Ranger
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Guys, guys.
There's an obvious solution to all this, even if some prudes do not wish to eat chihuahua tacos. We need to do what we did to that killer whale from Free Willy movies. We need to release the chihuahuas into the wild - the freezing seas surrounding Iceland. Then we need to hire a few-million-dollar camera crew to follow the chihuahuas' adjustment to their new habitat.
Trust me, it'll be the greatest twenty-second documentary you've ever seen!
There's an obvious solution to all this, even if some prudes do not wish to eat chihuahua tacos. We need to do what we did to that killer whale from Free Willy movies. We need to release the chihuahuas into the wild - the freezing seas surrounding Iceland. Then we need to hire a few-million-dollar camera crew to follow the chihuahuas' adjustment to their new habitat.
Trust me, it'll be the greatest twenty-second documentary you've ever seen!
Green_Lantern
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There's also a Guinea Pig movie called G-Force that came out recently. I don't think it did very well. I don't know if there has been a surge of cavy purchases though.
Wait. Looks like there has been a surge. Yay!
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/1131814_gforce_film_boosts_guinea_pig_sales
Wait. Looks like there has been a surge. Yay!
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/1131814_gforce_film_boosts_guinea_pig_sales
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rabbitgod
I volunteer for a Greyhound adoption group so I get this monthly newsletter thing. One time they compiled a list of the stupidest reasons people brought back their greyhound. This one woman said that she couldn't have the dog because the brindle clashed with her furniture, despite specifically asking for a brindle. I guess that's the point of dogs, to match your furniture. Clearly I've been doing it wrong.
Despite their rat like qualities I kind of feel bad for Chihuahuas. They didn't ask for these sorority girls to fawn all over them and then toss them to the side when they chew their favorite pair of shoes out of boredom.
Despite their rat like qualities I kind of feel bad for Chihuahuas. They didn't ask for these sorority girls to fawn all over them and then toss them to the side when they chew their favorite pair of shoes out of boredom.
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