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Little Bit About How We Started Our Love For Chihuahuas! It all started with my husband's illness. In 2003 my husband was diagnosed with Lung Cancer! My husband became very ill and had to go through a lot of Chemo & Radiation Treatments. He ended up taking an early retirement. Through all of this we talked about a lot of things and one night he told me had always wanted a Chihuahua. Well the thought of getting a Chihuahua had never ended my mind. I decided though if that is what he wanted, then we would find him one. It seemed like every time I would call about a Chihuahua that was for sale it would already be sold. My husband said just forget about it, but I was determined to find him what he wanted. I started looking online and found an ad in the Columbus Dispatch and called them. They said that had one cream male puppy left. Well we made arrangements with them and told them we really wanted him. We went the next day and the minute we seen him we knew he was ours! It was like we fell in love right away and needless to say Little Rink went home with us that day and has been in our home and our hearts ever since!! He will always be very special to us! Once my husband started all of his treatments, Little Rink went with us to all of his appointments and treatments. My husband did nothing for a year except his treatments and sleep. He was a very sick man and Little Rink layed by his side every day and night. My husband swears to this day that Little Rink is the main reason he is alive today. My husband was staged a 3B and he is very lucky to be alive today! It makes you look at life a lot different after going through such a horrible experience with a loved one! My husband went through a lot of years of ct scans and test to keep watch on any recurrences. At first they said he was in remission and after 7 years of being cancer free they have said he is cured! We feel very blessed to have this second chance with his life. So here we are 11 Chihuahua Babies later and 1 Large German Shepherd we call Bobby.
We live on a small 32 acre family farm in Newark, Ohio. you never know
what kind of an animal
we will have here. We had pigs, chickens, ducks, cats, calves and my pet goat Rocky. My husband and I between us have 5 awesome kids, 4 sons and 1 daughter and 1 very awesome little 3 year old grandson named Kyler. He is our pride and joy! My husbands daughter and her Finance and Kyler all live with us right now and they are expecting another baby early Nov. We are now putting a lot of time and love into all of our Chihuahuas since our kids are all grown and we are loving every minute of it. It's not always easy with 11 dogs and having puppies on top of that, but we enjoy what we are doing. They are all very special to us and they all have different personalities and are unique in their own way. We do not ever crate our dogs and we do not kennel them. Our dogs live in our house with us, they sleeps with us, they watch television with us and they go outside with us when the weather is nice enough to do so. When the girls are in heat my husband stays in the shop with the boys. This way we can ensure there is never a breeding that is not planned. He has a sofa bed, love seat, refrigerator, television with Dish Network out there. They pretty much have all the comforts of the house, so its not like they are roughing it. We spend almost every evening together in the shop and the
girls
that are not in heat get to go too.
I have included a picture of my husband with Little Rink laying with him. This picture was taken before his treatment had started. The other 2 pictures are of Little Rink when we first brought him home and one of how he looks today! Little Rink loves everyone and has never met anyone he doesn't like. His favorite two things to do are to eat and to play ball. I don't think no matter how old he gets that he will ever get tired of playing ball. Chihuahuas are lap dogs and if you don't want a lap dog, then I would suggest that you buy a different breed of dog. They love to sleep under blankets and up with you to get warm, but most of all they love to be at your side or in your laps or laying close to you. 
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