Chihuahuas

Rating:
Summary: stay away from this book!
Review: Ninety percent of this book is not specific to chihuahuas. It is as though the author wrote 25 pages about chihuahuas and just pasted it into a generic book about dogs. After the first 25 pages, the rest of this book addresses dog selection, house-breaking, health care, breeding, dog shows, and more.

Although most of the content in these sections can be applied to chihuahuas--some of it is misleading.

For example, there is no mention in the feeding section about problems that chihuahuas can have with hypoglycemia. Also, a life expectancy chart is shown that goes up to 21 years old. However, it would be a rare chihuahua to live that long. What's worse, is that a choke collar is mentioned in the section about training. Because chihuahuas are small and it does not take much pressure to damage their tracheas, you would NEVER use a choke collar on a chihuahua. Even the information about using a leash and collar is a little dubious. (It's safer to walk chihuahuas with a leash and harness.)

Unfortunately, the only thing I can recommend about this book are the photographs.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent!
Review: Very helpful information. This has been a very helpful book for the first year with my first Chihuahua. In the beginning I referred to it many times and now I refer to it ocassionally for the needs of all my dogs. This is the best book on Chihuahuas I have found.

Rating:
Summary: Buy a Different Chihuahua Book
Review: Worst Chihuahua Book I have yet to read (and I read every one I can get my hands on). It was hard for me to even finish reading. There are SO MANY BETTER books to buy with much better information about chihuahuas. Just about any books concerning Chihuahuas are indeed better, especially for the first time owner. Not recommended!