This is probably going to sound a little weird, but I used to work chihuahua rescue for a local dog shelter, and I would use chihuahua clothes on the rescued chihuahuas to help them get adopted a lot faster. That’s actually one of the reasons I love chihuahua fashion so much: it’s so useful in making dogs look adorable, and when it comes to chihuahua rescue, appearances are everything!
I used to invite potential chihuahua adopters to all come over at the same time, on the same day, all five people who were interested in the same little chihuahua rescue doggie, all showing up at my place or at another foster’s pad at the same time to all see the chihuahua rescue at the same time. Nine times out of ten, when the rescued chihuahua was “naked” and not wearing chihuahua clothes, the people would see the little antisocial chihuahua rescue (if he was antisocial) and they’d start talking about his personality and how it might be hard to fit him into their home and how it might be hard to train him, and this and that. Personally, I think chihuahuas are the easiest breed of dog to train, rehabilitate, correct–whatever you want to do–because they are so small and really don’t do much “damage” even when you are working on their issues and they do something you don’t like. But that’s beside the point, here. Back to chihuahua rescue and how chihuahua clothes fit in:
The Chihuahua Rescue Dogs And Their Clothes
What I noticed is that when I’d do the same exact thing–when me and my volunteer friends were out saving chihuahuas off the streets and from bad homes, and we’d come to foster them, and then line up the 4 or 5 potential adopters to come over at the same time on the same day–and I dressed the chihuahua rescues in cute chihuahua clothes, it was a completely different story.
Instead of talking about the chihuahua rescue’s problems and how it might be so hard fostering chihuahuas that are damaged and these abandoned chihuahuas, etc; they would be talking about how awesome the little chihuahua rescue was and how they want to adopt her, and they’d almost break out fighting right there in my home over who was going to adopt this little chihuahua rescue dressed up in tiny chihuahua outfits!
It was hilarious to watch the same scene play out over and over again! It got to the point for me and some of the other people fostering chihuahuas that chihuahua rescues were a piece of cake to adopt out.
Abandoned chihuahuas rescued from the side of the road yesterday and spent the night at the dog pound over night? No problem: give him to us, we’ll dress him up in chihuahua clothing from the Chihuahua Shop, take some photos of him and then post them on Dogster, and within a few days we’d have enough potential adopters to hold another one of our adopt-a-chihuahua days at one of the fosters’ homes and get another chihuahua rescued and adopted into a good home. It was like clock work!
So I definitely have a soft spot in my heart when I see a chihuahua rescue and the people who helped rescue that chihuahua, who acted as a chihuahua foster, or who adopted a chihuahua: I think it is so awesome! My own two chihuahuas are chihuahua rescues, including Namaste, the Chihuahua Shop’s mascot.
So for all of you involved in chihuahua rescue, volunteering your time, I freaking salute you: you rock, and the world needs you. My advice is to help them get adopted easier by dressing them up in chihuahua clothes from the Chihuahua Shop before taking their pictures you’ll post online for people to see, or before showing the chihuahua rescue to potential adopters in person. And that will almost always help you get a chihuahua adoption with less work! Keep up the great work and keep rescuing chihuahuas, you amazing people!
