Readers' Pets: SkippyJon the "Chu-weenie"
Introduction: Meet SkippyJon. He thinks he rules the earth! Woe to anyone who walks through our door! He growls like a miniature chain saw! SkippyJon is the product of a tempestuous love affair between a Daschund and a Chihuahua.
Home: Gulf Coast, Texas
Age: 2 years.
Breed: ...ahem...Chu-weenie. Dad is a noble Daschund, Mum is a fiesty little Chihuahua.
Personality: With kids and family, SkippyJon is your basic lapdog. He just sits and looks pretty. Around company he starts showing off, growling and sparring with his father, Fritz the Daschund.
Likes: Bits of apple, his favorite blanky, a little plaid sweater he adores, and an old, stuffed Kermit the Frog he has slept with since he was born.
Dislikes: Our cat, Lolly. When she mistakenly wanders near his bowl...oh the carnage that ensues! SkippyJon also detests being bathed, which requires the removal of his beloved sweater!
Favorite Toy: His sister Caith's ear! She will only put up with so much though!
Favorite Food: Apples, Cheerios and oatmeal!
Trivia: SkippyJon was born 3 weeks premature with transparent skin and was unable to grasp a bottle. We fed him around the clock, each hour, by dropper until he was a few weeks old and could drink from a nurser. He was smaller than the palm of your hand! SkippyJon is now 2 and a monster! He is fierce and will attack anyone who comes on his turf! He was recently neutered and is a bit depressed about it but doing excellently. SkippyJon proved to us that a little effort is worth it! We missed a lot of sleep getting him to the point where he was self-sufficient and could eat on his own and we have an amazing buddy in return! **Small efforts sometimes yield great things**
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Cristobal DeLicia on March 11, 2009 at 07:34 PM
Be careful of Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD)!! Daschunds are especially susceptible
shelli on March 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Actually our Daschund, Fritz, began to limp at around 4 yrs of age. 3 vets gave us the same advice. 1. Try the surgery that was not guaranteed to even work, or 2. buy him a wheelchair. Fritz became so lame with a couple of months that he had to wear diapers and be carried everywhere. We finally took him to a Chiropractor who gently did an adjustment. Can you believe within 3 days Fritz was running all over the place! No diaper needed! He was completely well! XRAYS didn't show any bone damage or spinal damage, so we did the adjustment on his spine, assuming it was a pinched nerve. It's been a year and he still runs all over the place! I can't tell you how happy we are!
Lucy Fox on March 12, 2009 at 09:40 AM
He is absolutley adorable!!! xxx
Nat Sattayapornphisut on March 12, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Totally cute.................
cajun girl on June 11, 2009 at 09:47 PM
i have a dashund and we are about to breed her with a blue chihuahua how much do the dogs go for . they both are registered dogs