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Blown Away By Chihuahua Accessories

chihuahua-wearing-booties-and-a-hoodChihuahua accessories are everywhere in small dog stores these days, and it’s not hard to see why: they’re adorable! Recently at a friend’s house, I saw a teacup chihuahua dressed up in her chihuahua clothes–but she was also wearing a few little dogs accessories that made her look like no dog I’ve ever seen. This little dog, with her small dog sweaters and her dog costumes that her owner normally dresses her in, is cute, but I never really thought anything more about her. But seeing her all decked out in her little bling and her small dog accessories made such an impact on me… I’m still can’t stop thinking about it. She was just so cute!

Of course, a lot of chihuahua owners will pick out little raincoats for dogs and the other usual cheap dog clothes that we all love and know. These are the practical outfits we use to keep our chiwawa pups warm and dry and chihuahua-tiara-faux-diamondcozy when the weather to crap and it’s time to walk our chihuahuas. We dress them out in their cool chihuahua sweaters and their little chihuahua outfit, and we get used to seeing dogs in clothes: it becomes a regular part of our world.

But when you come across a chihuahua dressed up in these extravagant accessories for little dogs, it can really make you stop and think “…wow!” Chihuahuas wearing hats for dogs, chihuahuas wearing sparkling socks for dogs, chihuahuas wearing haute couture chihuahua costumes: these are not every day experiences for most people–even seasoned chihuahua fashion addicts!

punk-chihuahua-accessoriesMy friend’s dog was wearing one of her dog sweatshirts and had a dog collar tag and a tiny little dog tiara from dog accessories UK–or some similar brand: I can’t quite remember. But it was amazing. And the conversations it sparked at this little gathering were numerous! Teacup chihuahuas are cute alone, without dog clothes! But wearing these chihuahua accessories with her tiny dog outfit… I can’t emphasize what an impact it made. It was like walking into a Dali painting or something and seeing the manifestation of luxury in the tiny, bite-size, chihuahua form! Ohh! She was incredibly cute, even for the standards we are used to as chihuahua owners who dress our little doggies in xxs dog clothes–even for what I am used to as the owner of a chihuahua clothes shop. I was impressed.

chihuahua-panda-socksA dog wearing a dog outfit is nothing special. There’s nothing new to be seen–though they are irresistibly cute–in a chihuahua dressed in different puppy sweaters for chihuahuas each day. You will see the usual fare of chihuahua t-shirts and little dog sweaters on a little dog, and you will smile. But that dog probably will not blow you away the way this little dog with her pet accessories did me. Chihuahua accessories on a little dog seem to give it that little something extra–that X-factor–that just makes them stand out from the rest, grab your attention, and make them hard to forget. It’s why I’m going to be digging around and trying to find the best accessories for chihuahuas I can find anywhere for sale, and I will be bringing them to you soon… Stay tuned! I will be changing a lot of things on here pretty soon.

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Dog Accessories UK: Shopping For Chihuahua Clothes In England

I’ve been noticing it’s not exactly easy to find dog accessories UK made and sold, but the Chihuahua Shop is one place where can actually find small dog accessories that ship out of England. Especially when you live in London and you don’t feel like shopping form some American dog store and have everything sent overseas and having to pay a big shipping fee, as a dog owner who likes to spoil your dog, it’s nice when you can shop for little dog accessories in the United Kingdom. And that’s what the Chihuahua Shop is for.

The Shop carries the latest chihuahua accessories out of London. You can find England dog accessories in the local pet stores, but then you’re usually limited in the selection of small dog clothing and to the manufactured dog accessories in Europe. If you shop online, you have access to the whole world. The Chihuahua Shop brings in some of the best dog clothing from all over the world, to it’s warehouses in the UK, and then ships it out to you from there, so the shipping costs are low and the dog accessories UK shipments get to you quickly, which is nice.

Ordering Dog Accessories UK When You Live Here: A Waiting Game

It’s never fun when you live in the UK and you buy some new dog accessories online, and then you have to wait a month or six weeks for them arrive! You can find simple UK dog collars and basic UK dog supplies at your local Tesco, but if you want the nice chihuahua clothes and the cool dog costumes you see when you browse around online, you’re probably going to have order them online! The problem, of course, is that a lot of these shops are based in the US and so, like I said, it can take a long time for your ordered dog accessories to ship over to the UK, and it sucks when you have to wait forever for your new dog accessories to get to you over in England!

Dog Accessories UK: Where You Can Find Them

So to simplify this whole ordeal, we’ve set up the dog accessories UK branch of the Chihuahua shop, so that you can shop for the latest chihuahua clothes, puppy collars, hats for dogs, and all the other small dog accessories that you love right at home, in the UK, and have it ship out from our UK dog shop branch and not have to wait forever for them to arrive. In this way, shopping for pet clothes and dog accessories in Britain is a lot easier! So head over to the Chihuahua Shop now and check the dog accessories out, and I’ll speak to you again soon. -Mikey

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Doggie Boutique for Chihuahuas

When you own chihuahuas and you enjoy dressing them up in chihuahua clothes, you tend to visit a lot of doggie boutique shops. What I’ve been noticing lately is that these dog boutiques area really focusing on the banal and boring segment of dog supplies and would do so much better, I think, if they focused on selling the fun goods that people seem to love buying at the Chihuahua Shop and a few of the other chihuahua clothing store business I’ve been keeping tabs on.

I mean, I walk into these doggy boutique shops and what do I see? I see a miniature version of a major pet store: dog food, hair brushes, leashes and leads to fit every breed known to man, and even huge dog houses for bigger dogs. They have no focus. These doggie boutiques are trying to cater to everyone and, in doing so, they’re catering to no one. I walk into these dog clothing shops that, from their name and advertising on the outside of their store front, lead you to believe are going to be an entire store full of chihuahua clothes but are instead a small section of designer chihuahua clothes surrounded by many more generic pet supplies, again, these doggie boutiques trying to be copy the approach of the major doggie shops, just without the money to afford enough space to be one of those major pet store places.

And I think it’s a mistake. These doggie boutique shops have such an advantage over the huge dog stores because they are small and because they can choose to focus in on just one area of the dog clothing world. If you ask me, a little doggie clothing store that specializes and only sells the best small dog clothing is far more valuable than a store of the same size that is essentially trying to be a jack of all doggie trades. A small doggie boutique that focuses in on the realm of small dog clothing and sticks to selling those chihuahua clothes and yorkie outfits and Maltese costumes and shih tzu dresses, and very little else, will draw the crowds because they’ll become an authority on small doggie clothes over time and people will know them for being that way and as the place to go when you want to pick up some chihuahua clothes for your little dog.

Again, I think it’s far more valuable to the customer to have a niche chihuahua boutique that JUST sells chihuahua clothes and chihuahua accessories and things for chihuahuas than for that same person to have access to yet another pet store, but simply crammed into a smaller space and with less selection.

But that’s my opinion, and I can’t speak for all dog owners. But that is why I made the Chihuahua Shop into the kind of dog boutique that just focuses on small dog clothing for chihuahuas and the other small breeds out there. If you have a chihuahua and you’d like to shop for him or her, then head over to the Chihuahua Shop doggie boutique and have a look for yourself: I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised! -Mikey

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Chihuahua Fashion Dogs In The Heat

If you pay attention to the fashion dogs you see all over the place in the dog fashion magazines and the fashion TV shows for dogs, you’ll probably notice as I have that the number of chihuahua and small breed dog owners who want their little chihuahuas to look like devilishly cute fashion divas in their fancy chihuahua clothing is exploding right now.

It’s a major emerging trend, having a chihuahua fashion dog walking beside you on a leash or tucked under your arm as you walk through the busy mall of a major cosmopolitan city, today, and it’s probably due in part to the ever-increasing popularity of the chihuahua clothes that owners of these little guys are flocking to in droves right now. These little fashion chihuahua doggies seem to be coming out of the woodwork where I live, and it’s almost freaking me out a bit!

Now, the Chihuahua Shop carries a lot of small dog fashion clothes for giving your chihuahua pup that injection of extra chihuahua style. Whereas some owners will be watching those fashion show dogs strutting their stuff in their chihuahua clothes down the runway on television, others will have their chihuahua dogs all spiffed up in chihuahua fashion dogs outfits there, right in front of them, with their little chi prancing around and ready to make it big in the Broadway spotlight with the right training. These are the people who take fashionable dogs seriously and buy all the fashion dog accessories they can find for their chihuahuas and their yorkies and their Maltese pups, and if anyone is going to be famous in the land of chihuahuas and these other small breed dogs, it’s them.

But lately, I’ve been spotting a few chihuahua clothes fashion fanatics who could almost be said to be taking the whole fashionable dogs thing a little too far. Down here in the Puerto Vallarta area of Mexico where I’m living right now, it’s bloody hot, and it’s not usually the type of climate you’ll want to dress your chihuahua up in any sort of seriously heavy chihuahua clothing if you can help it. Where you’ll see a lot of people getting their chihuahua fashion dogs fix is indoors, in the heavily air conditioned rooms where their chihuahuas are down on the floor, in their little chihuahua dog beds, resting and inactive, and otherwise shivering and shaking to death without their little dog fashion outfits on their back. You don’t see a lot a chihuahuas wearing their chihuahua sweaters outside in the heat, and thank god!–except for lately, perhaps with the increasing popularity of the Beverly Hills Chihuahua scene in Puerto Vallarta, I’m seeing chihuahuas dressed up in layers of fashion forward chihuahuas clothing, and it’s crazy!

I’ve seen at least five different chihuahuas dressed up in three or more layers of chihuahua clothes in the past week alone, and while I am fully a fan of dog fashion, when you’re layering clothes over clothes with chihuahua accessories on your little dog like this in the heat, when it’s an oven outside right now, this August of 2011, that’s really pushing the boundaries of what’s considered humane treatment of an animal if you ask me! I know they mean well, but these little hairy chihuahua buggers have it rough in the heat like this without all that insulating fashion dogs clothing covering them up!

So please, if you’re going to make your chihuahua into a fashion dog with his little chihuahua clothes, do so responsibly! I know you, as someone who reads this chihuahua fashion blog, would not make this mistake, but if you see anyone who’s really pushing it with too much fashion dog accessories and clothing on their dogs this summer, ask them what on Earth they’re doing 🙂

The Chihuahua Shop carries these fashion dogs clothes for chihuahuas and the other small breeds, so if you need to get your dog fashion freak on, you know where to go to gear up for it!

Speak soon, -Mikey

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Shopping For Small Dog Accessories, Beverly Hills Chihuahua Style!

Seeing some of the new luxury small dog accessories at the Chihuahua Clothes Store reminds me of of an experience I had last year as a very excited small dog owner who had the chance to shop Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive for Chihuahua clothing and accessories for my little dogs back at home. I was on my way to Thailand for a few months and had a day-long stopover in L.A., so I raced out of the airport, into a cab, and my friend an I hauled ass over to the small dog fashion mecca of Beverly Hills for an afternoon!

The whole small dog accessory shopping experience reminded me a lot of Chloe’s experience at the start of Beverly Hills Chihuahua, in all seriousness. There were a lot of designer collars for small dogs and little dog booties and these customizable rhinestone dog collars in the windows of all these little pet fashion boutiques along the rich streets of The Hills. I’d seen dog accessories before when shopping for my chihuahua dogs and my other smaller foster dogs, but this was a pet shopping experience on steroids.

There were puppy accessories costing in excess of $1000 a pop, for a diamond studded chihuahua collar charm. There were puppy supplies from luxury labels like Gucci and Chanel, their luxury small dog carrier handbags that would open up on the end to let your little dog in and out. It’s insane what you can find in the way of little dog accessories when you’re in this part of Los Angeles!

There were even small dog clothes woven with cashmere–I have never seen chihuahua outfits so nice. Seeing the rest of the accessories for dogs, the little bling chihuahua accessories and the custom dog collars like we actually carry here at the Chihuahua Shop–it almost made me dizzy, thinking of all the fashion possibilities for dressing up my little doggies back at home!

If you are looking them, go and check out the Chihuahua Clothes store to find great small dog accessories like these. Our chihuahua collar charms are extremely popular right now and so, if you’ve got a little dog you like to dress up and spoil with small dog clothes and accessories, check them out here, and you won’t have have to make the trip to Beverly Hills to find some of the very best chihuahua clothes and jewelry on the planet!

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