Mikey Davis, Author at Chihuahua Clothes

Puppy Coats for Young Dogs

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Puppy coats help keep little dogs warm at night and when living in cooler places. As owners, we get these little coats for our little puppies to make them more comfortable and warm, and sometimes to give them a bit of doggie fashion flair. These little coats for dogs counteract the tendency that chihuahuas and other little dogs have to cool off quickly when not being active and moving around.

If you’ve ever had a smaller dog like a chihuahua, then you know how much little dogs shiver and shake when they’re not running around. Especially at night, you’ll notice how much chihuahuas and other little dogs love to burrow under the covers to try to keep warm with you:

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And that’s exactly what chihuahua clothes and cheap and cute puppy coats are for: keeping your little dog warm. They’re little mini coats for puppies, typically made out of similar materials an in a comparable fashion to people coats, and you dress your little dog in them and they help your pooch out by keeping him a lot more warm and comfy.

There are actually some very cool, fashionable styles of these dog coats out there, if you look around in your local pet store or online through a dog coat store. After Paris Hilton set the chihuahua clothes fashion world on fire with her Tinkerbell, a lot of different styles dog clothing came flooding into the market, and a huge selection of puppy coats are now available.

Paris Hilton with chihuahua in puppy coat

Now, not every puppy coat is made the same: some are definitely more cool and funky and fashionable than others, and some are made to higher quality standards than others. God knows how many different little coats for puppies I’ve tried out that have basically fallen apart with just a couple of weeks of wear. But the upside is that this has allowed me the opportunity to test out quite a few different brands of puppy coats and find some really adorable ones that remain a staple in my chihuahuas’ clothes selection to this day.

Of all the places I’ve bought little coats for puppies, I’ve find the Chihuahua Shop to be the best. They seem to only carry the higher quality brands that won’t fall apart after just a couple weeks of wear.

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If you’re looking for a good coat for your puppy, I recommend checking their store out at the banner link below. Chihuahua puppy coats do a great job of keeping little dogs comfortable and warm, and if you like the look of a brand of puppy jacket from another store, my advice is to try and see if you find a place that sells them with a warranty of some kind, but whatever coats you choose for your little young dogs, you’re going to be keeping him stylish and warm, and that’s always a good thing! Speak soon, dog lovers.

Chihuahua Booties

Chihuahua booties keep your chihuahua’s paws clean when walking and protect the pads from wearing out when walking a lot on rough surfaces like concrete. There are many styles of these boots, but I would only recommend a few of the ones I have tried out on my chihuahuas: in my experience, the “Pawz” brand booties are one of the few brands that actually stay on your dog’s feet properly for an extended period of time and can actually be used for walking and more than just lying around in the house! Here’s what they look like:

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These chihuahua boots are straightforward: they don’t have any zippers or straps that can become undone. Instead, you just slip these on your chihuahua’s feet and you’re ready to roll. If you’ve ever tried out booties for dogs before that have the zippers and straps, you’ll know that they usually become undone and it’s only a matter of time before they fall off your little dog’s feet, and it’s not fun when you have keep checking your chihuahua to make sure her little booties are still on her paws! So I highly recommend the chihuahua booties that just slip on and hold by being a tight fit: they work best in my experience, with all of the dog boots shoes I’ve ever used on my own chihuahuas.

Owners of little dogs mostly buy shoes and chihuahua booties for their smaller dogs to give them enhanced comfort when walking: the doggy boots keep their chihuahua’s pads insulated from the scorching heat of hot sidewalks when walking in the summer and the freezing cold of the snow and ice in the winter. So booties for chihuahuas help keep your chihuahua more comfortable when walking on harsh surfaces like this, and they also keep your chihuahua’s little feet safe from things like lawn fertilizers and other chemicals your little dog might encounter on an adventurous walk, like car oil on the road, etc. The other side of dog booties is that they also make your chihuahua look absolutely adorable when you combine them with chihuahua clothes and make them a part of an overall chihuahua look you dress you small dog up in.

So where do you find them? If you’ve got a chihuahua and you’re looking for good dog shoes boots, you can go down to your local pet store and try them on there. Depending where you live, you may find a good selection at the local chihuahua clothing/pet stores. You can also find a wide variety of chihuahua booties online, but if you’re looking for the good Pawz-brand ones like I recommend, then GW Little is the place to find them. GW also sells little chihuahua dog socks your little puppy can wear indoors, too, which can be cute if you’ve got a super fashionista thing going on with your chi and you want to take it all the way!

A pair of chihuahua booties keeps your chihuahua’s feet more comfortable better protected from the elements and clean and free of the dirt and grime of the city ground. Your cute little chihuahua won’t get any more cuts on her paws when you go for long walk in the city, and the booties will keep your chihuahua’s paws protected from branches and other little sharp thorns and debris on the ground if you take your chihuahua on more of a nature walk. And of course, if you’re into the whole chihuahua fashion scene, you can’t have a model walking down the runway/sidewalk without her shoes!–it’s just essential gear! Keep your chihuahua stay more comfortable and fashionable with a pair of little booties for chihuahuas: click here to find the best chihuahua booties I have tested out on my little dogs so far. I’ll speak to you again soon, chihuahua lovers. -Michelle

Dog Coats and Jackets Help Keep Your Dog Warm and Comfortable

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If you live in a place where a lot of people own smaller dogs, you’re surely seeing a lot of dog coats and jackets these days on those small dogs. I take my dogs for a quite a few walks throughout the week, and on cooler days, I pass by a lot of owners with chihuahuas and other little dogs wearing puppy coats. The purpose of these coats for dogs is of course to keep your little dog warm in cooler climates, as smaller dogs tend to cool down easier and shiver more than bigger dogs. If you have a chihuahua for example, it helps to dress her up in clothes for chihuahuas, to compensate for her body’s tendency to shed heat a lot faster than other dogs.

I used to think this whole dog clothing thing was ridiculous, but I’ve changed my mind about this ever since I first became joint-owner of my friend’s chihuahua, and now I’m an advocate of chihuahua clothes because I see how much more comfortable they make my little dogs, allowing my little snuggle bugs to actually enjoy their walks when it’s cold out, instead being stuck in an uncomfortable, non-stop shiver-fest!

Living in Canada last year with my chihuahuas, I bought and tested out quite a few different clothes for my little dogs in the span of about six months. I had doggy snowsuits, puppy sweaters, and the entire warm end of the dog fashion industry that I was dressing up my little dogs with. One of the most useful chihuahua clothes I came across for my little female chi was this dog waterproof coat that would keep her dry whenever it was either raining or snowing. Canada is a cold place, and you can’t really afford to get wet when you’re outside and it’s freezing out! So when it was snowing, this little dog raincoat would keep the flakes off my chihuahua’s back and prevent them from melting on her and getting her wet; and in the spring and fall it would keep the rain off her back and keep her dry and warm on rainy days. This was one of the most useful dog coats and jackets I’ve ever had for my little Namaste, and I had her wear it almost every day when the weather was lousy because it literally took her from a place of not really wanting to go out and walk when it was raining to almost feverishly jumping up on my lap whenever she’d sense that it was walk time–even when it was raining! This little doggy rain coat made a huge change in my chihuahua over the few months I had her wear it.

And of course in the winter, you have the little dog snowsuit to provide that extra warmth your little dog needs in the frigid cold. The snowsuits for dogs help combat the brutally cold weather you face in places with harsh winters, and if you couple them with four little dog boots for your pooch, your little dogs can actually enjoy walking in the winter time–something that is virtually impossible without the aid of these doggy coats and jackets if you’re living in a cooler climate. If you’re like me and you live in a cold place like Canada, then I really recommend you pick up a few dog jackets for winter weather if you have little dogs.

lightweight hooded body warmer dog coat for dogs

quilted dog parka with detachable hood in black

brown striped luxury ski parka for small dogs

Coats for dogs: where to find them

Coats for dogs help your little dog stay warm when the weather isn’t cooperating. The coats keep help keep your pooch warm when you go out for a walk in the cold, and they help your little bundle of love stay a lot more comfortable while the two of you are out walking, or indoors if you live in a cooler building. You can find these dog jackets at your local pet store, or you can find them online. If you opt for the online option, I highly recommend checking out the Chihuahua Shop for finding fashionable and functional dog coats and jackets for your pets. And if you happen to have a favorite store of your own that you use that you think has great dog coats, make sure you leave a comment below to let us know about it! Speak soon, -Michelle

Dog Pyjamas: Cute Outfits That Help Dogs With Short Hair Stay Warm At Night

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I’ll be honest: if someone had recommended I buy my dog a pair of pyjamas a couple of years ago, I would have thought they were on crack. Even today in the pet stores: “why on earth would my dog need a pair of dog pyjamas?!” many pet owners continue to exclaim when they first see them on the shelves in the dog clothing isle.

My bewilderment came down to the thing I had in common with these in the pet stores today: I had never looked after, owned, fostered, or HAD a chihuahua, or any small short hair dog for that matter!

Once you finally spend a bit of time with one of these little guys in your life, you quickly discover that they spend an inordinate amount of time shaking and shivering! And it gets a little hard to watch after a while; “that can’t be comfortable,” you think.

And it’s the worst for these little dogs at night, because it cools down even further and the dogs are often snoozing close to or actually on the floor–where all the coldest air resides–and so they curl themselves into a little ball and just try to huddle up and keep as warm as they can while also shivering their little buts off, often.

And that’s where these dog pyjamas come in: they keep your dog a lot more more at night so this doesn’t happen, basically. They also happen to make your dog look ridiculously cute 😉

I was first introduced to dog pajamas years ago: my friend had bought a pair of them for her little yorkie, and I’ll admit it: I laughed when I saw them. I just couldn’t see the reason for buying pyjamas for your dog–“they have a coat of hair after all, don’t they? They don’t wear little pairs of puppy pajamas in the wild!” So I gave my friend a hard time for dressing her little doggy in these flannel dog pants and the little dog night shirt. The whole idea of it seemed funny to me, even if that little dog did look insanely cute in those pyjamas….

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The thing was, though, that up until that point, I had only ever owned and fostered bigger breeds of dogs: labradors, pit bulls, boxers, and a cocker spaniel. I had never had a need to dress any of my dogs up in doggie sweaters or any of those K-9 coats or anything like that. My dogs were just always seemed to be warm enough without any additional help from clothing during the day or at night from little pyjamas for dogs!

Fast forward a few years: I get into a relationship, and my new girlfriend has a chihuahua and a yorkie of her own, and they both shiver at night–especially the chihuahua. I had never lived with little dogs before so I had never seen this, but now it made sense to me! These little dogs actually do benefit from wearing their cute puppy pyjamas while they sleep. Otherwise, they jump up on the bed and try to burrow under the covers and snuggle as close as possible with me just to stay warm! So it wasn’t long after meeting my girlfriend that I was introduced full-time to the vast world of chihuahua clothes and all these different little coats and outfits for dogs!

There were sweaters and coats, costumes, and yes: even little dog pyjamas that they wore at night. I still find it a little funny, but now my little snuggle bugs come running over to me whenever I pick up a pair of clothes for chihuahuas in my house, practically begging for me to put them on them to make them more comfortable! They love these little dog jumpers and puppy sweaters… all of it! They look so cute all dressed up in their fashionable night pajamas for dogs!

Anyway, enough of my story. I’m sure you know what I mean when I say that little dogs look adorable in their dog pyjamas. I still find it a little funny and have to laugh sometimes when I see my little doggies running around the corner with their little chihuahua pajamas on, but I know it keeps them warmer and more comfortable at night, which is all I really care about. I’ve built up quite a collection of these little night clothes for my little adopted pooches and I’ve tried a lot of different retailers both offline and online when buying dog pyjamas for my chihuahua and my other little dogs, but my favorite lately has been this store here: GW Little. If you’re looking for a good pair of pyjamas for your little dog, click that link and it will take you to their selection, and you’ll find some of the best ones available. I hope that’s helpful, I’ll talk to you again soon! -Michelle

Chihuahua Clothes: Can You Use Puppy Clothes for Cheap Socialization?

In my opinion, yes and no. I was having a discussion recently with a chihuahua clothes loving friend who was expressing his opinion that chihuahuas are more difficult to socialize than other breeds of dogs, and that when people find cute little puppy clothes for cheap and then doll up their chihuahuas in those clothes, it only makes it even harder to properly socialize these little dogs.

I understood what he meant, but I disagree with my friend and want to share my opinion here. I think chihuahuas are easy to socialize and that the key to doing so is to simply treat them like any other dog–even when you’ve gone to the puppy boutique and you dress your chihuahua up in cute chihuahua sweaters and other small dog clothing–and not treat them like the little baby-waybies that a lot of chihuahua owners see them as. Treating them like a dog and giving them a decent amount of exercise just like I would any other type of dog has helped keep my two chihuahuas balanced and very social with people and dogs of every kind, including the burly pit bulls I’ve been fostering lately.

You can probably hear a little Cesar Millan coming through in this post, but what the Dog Whisperer says is true: in western cultures, little dogs are more often treated like babies than what they actually are: dogs. I see it all the time amongst my friends and the friends they have: emotionally unbalanced owner is having some kind of emotional crisis (ie: a breakup) and decides to buy a cute little dog to fill the void. She buys the little dog, buys the cute little chihuahua clothes to go with it, and dresses him up in all these crazy little dog costumes and adorable puppy sweaters. On one level, it’s a beautiful thing we can do this and adorn our little pooches with our love like this. But it’s almost a perfect recipe for screwing the poor little dog up if this is all we do, and we don’t make an effort to also provide what the dog needs (exercise, discipline, and then the affection [again, thank you Mr. Millan!] so that it’s earned and is perceived by the dog as a reward and not as “oh, they love me… I can do no wrong in their eyes… I can get away with whatever I want! …etc).

I have seen too many chihuahua owners who buy all the little clothes for chihuahuas and dress up their chi pup and focus all this attention on the little dog, and then never take him for a walk (the fundamental dog activity that lets a dog feel like a dog). I see the cutest chihuahuas on the planet with their high fashion and their haute couture “chiwawa clothes”, but the little itself dog is a psychological mess: it wants to nip and bite people and other dogs, and the owner hasn’t socialized the poor little puppy and let him be a dog because she was so caught up in showering him with affection and dressing him up in puppy coats, and now this little dog now has no clue how to interact with others of his own kind. I don’t mean to be harsh here: I think most people like this truly love their dogs, but simply don’t understand dogs as an animal very well. They don’t know what a dog’s needs are, and so they don’t provide for those needs, the needs that–yes–even little dogs have, and so the dog only receives affection (physical petting, food, water, ect…) without ever having to work with it and earn that stuff the way he would in his natural habitat within a pack of dogs…who haven’t solely been showered with affection and dressed up in the latest clothes for puppies.

What does any of this have to do with socialization? It has everything to do with it: if an owner isn’t providing for his dog’s needs and is only dressing him up in the latest chihuahua fashion because he found some great puppy clothes for sale at the doggy boutique, that dog is likely to develop issues and become unbalanced, and unbalanced dogs have a very hard time being social with other dogs, both because they will tend to not want to socialize very much with other dogs, and other dogs will also not want to socialize with a dog that is exhibiting unstable behavior. “Nature attacks weakness;” it doesn’t befriend it, you’ll notice if you watch. And it has nothing to do with the dog wearing chihuahua clothes: it has to do with the state of mind the owner nurtured in that dog via the way he treated the little dog. Finding puppy clothes for cheap and dressing your chihuahua up in them can help attract people to your chi and help you socialize him by increasing the frequency of interaction, but all of this has to be carried out in the right fashion if it’s going to go well. Socialization is more about maintaining a balanced state of mind in the dog when meeting new people and dogs than it is merely finding everyone and every dog to interact with and plopping yourself in front of them, I think.

So you can make socializing your little dog much easier by working to keep him balanced. By giving your little dog what he needs–what every dog needs: exercise (a proper walk); with discipline (making sure the dog is following you, the leader, on the walk and not pulling and just doing whatever he wants to do but is instead following you and your lead); and then the affection, to reward the good behavior. The affection you give your little dog in those cute chihuahua clothes nurtures the state of mind he’s in, so it’s best to only ever give affection to a dog when he’s in a good, relaxed state of mind, who’s being sociable and not being a terror. If he’s being unstable or trying to nip, do not give affection because that will actually be nurturing that state of mind and making things worse for the dog, sending the message to him “I like what you’re doing. This is good: keep it up.” This is one of the biggest mistakes dog owners make when working with difficult dogs: giving affection at the wrong time, and if you can walk away from this article with having just learned this one piece, I think you’ve gained something very valuable!

I think chihuahua clothes can help you socialize your dog with people because they tend to attract more people to your little dog, but you might find an exception when it comes to kids: those cute, cheap puppy clothes might actually work against your intention of keeping a good relationship between the kids and the little dogs, because little dog clothes make your dog look even cuter and therefore more attractive as a play toy for kids to run up to too fast and try to grab them in that excited way that kids do. I know that chihuahua clothing is so damn cute, but you may want to factor this into your socialization “strategy” for your little dog if you find yourself in situations with a lot kids around, often! Anyway, I hope this was helpful, I hope you find some puppy clothes for cheap and use them intelligently when socializing your dog, I hope you learned something new here, and I’ll be back here again soon with more news from the adorable but responsible world of chihuahua clothes 🙂 haha, take care. -Michelle