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I'm a dog lover and Chihuahua breeder, not a professional dog trainer or dog expert! Many of you reading this may have more knowledge of dogs than I do.
Anyway, welcome to my site and for allowing me to share my dogs and experiences with you. I hope you have a good time here browsing some of the pictures and information on this web site.
You're welcome to take any advice or recommendations and use them for your blog, web site, or whatever. But a link back acknowledging my site would be much appreciated.
My name is Pat Ellison and I live in the beautiful state of Oregon, with my husband and the last 3 of our 8 children.
I am an animal lover and have been my whole life. I've had a dog or a horse in my life since I was a child, and have spent years training and working with my horses.
At present, our family includes 6 dogs, and 3 horses. We used to have 6 horses and 3 dogs, but as the children grew up and left home so did the horses.
I went from training and working with a very large animal to a very small one, a Chihuahua.
Having 6 dogs in your house can be very chaotic at times, and keeping things somewhat under control can be a real challenge. These dogs live indoors with us and share our space, unlike my horses who graciously share their outdoor space with us.
So, how did we end up with 6 dogs you ask?
When my husband retired we started looking for a small home business venture, it had to be something we both enjoyed, we looked at our life experiences and it involved raising children and animals. We still have 3 children 15 - 19 left at home, after almost 40 years of raising children that was definitely enough for me.
We had, and still have 2 dogs a female American Eskimo Dog (Little Bit), and a male Scottie X (affectionately called, Hairy).
We wanted to keep our business small and you can’t get any smaller than a Chihuahua. We did our homework as to what we needed to produce High Quality Chihuahuas, we visited a lot of breeders and learned all we could and made our choice of breeding stock.
We have so much enjoyed these precocious little ones. Each has such personality its hard to believe this is a business for us.
Then reality hit.
When I was training my horses, I knew from the beginning I had to be Alpha or I could easily get hurt. It was different (I thought) with a little 3 or 4 lb. dog, I just assumed they knew I was Alpha, well very quickly I was headed to the bottom of their little pack.
Chihuahua’s are very intelligent, but also very stubborn, so I had to be extra vigilant, which was hard to do with so many running around.
I have learned so much from these little guys, and they are so loving I can‘t express the joy they have given our family.
There are a lot of good resources out there to help dog owners, I will try my best to pass these on to you.
I will share what I have learned and experienced, what has worked or not worked for me and hope you will share your experiences with me and others who visit my site.
My original intent for starting this site was to present Beautiful Chihuahua puppies for sale, but it has evolved and has been a wonderful experience unto itself.
So what are my Plans for This Site?
Well, let's see.....the site is around 9 months old now, and already has a good number of you visiting every day. That's great, thank you all for your support.
So here's the plans for the next few months.
- Expand the sections on my Chihuahua dogs. This has been quite popular, even though it's new.
- Continue the Chihuahua puppies for sale section.
Just remember, this site is about dogs, your dogs and mine, and how we as dog lovers can best care for them.
So if you think I'm missing something, just let me know. Drop me an email, to let me know what you would like to see on the site.
Please sign up for my Newsletter, I'll send info on great products I find, give you updates regarding any puppies we have available and News regarding Chihuahuas or dogs in general.
I hope to keep it interesting, but if you don't find it worth your while simply opt out.
Take care, Pat
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