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The Latest Small Dog Clothes for Little Dogs

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Searching around for the newest small dog clothes to bring in to the Chihuahua Shop, I’ve been spotting a few recurring trends in little dog clothing right now: I’m noticing that chihuahua owners who love buying their smaller dogs the chihuahua clothes seem to be going after the pattern-and-logo small dog shirts and hoodies; I’m seeing more and more small dog harness hoodies appearing in the small dog boutiques; and I’m seeing more and more small dog dresses and small dog costumes selling than ever before.

As I said, when it comes to small dog clothing, owners are going gaga for the logo/emblem/message small dog t-shirts right now. If you browse through a dog clothing boutique like the Chihuahua Shop, you can find literally hundreds of different popular designs to customize your shirts for small doggies. The messages and logos are fun, and just from the volume of these small dog clothes that have the messages on them that are showing up in the different stores, I think it’s safe to say they’re quite popular with small pet owners right now!

And the next trend in smaller dog clothes I’m seeing, like I said, is that chihuahua and yorkie and Maltese and other toy breed owners are really loving the new small dog hoodies we’re carrying. With the new arrivals for Halloween and the upcoming winter season, small dog owners are splurging on hoody shirts for small dogs, and it’s no wonder why: they’re adorable and practical at the same time–it’s two chihuahuas with one bone!

And like I said, the other thing I’m seeing with small dog fashion right now, especially with the chihuahua clothing, is that the chihuahua coats and small puppy fashion that is selling right now is the more dressy, flashy, stylish dog clothes and dresses for little dogs. Functional clothing for these cute little pet dogs is still in demand with dog owners, but the priority with little dog clothes has shifted from practical to fashionable. It’s very rare to walk into a small dog clothes store today and find strictly functional clothes for little dogs: sweaters, coats, and other warm dog attire. The focus in outfits for small dogs right now is on the fashion.

Small dog clothes: where you’ll find them

So if you’re looking, I believe you can find some of the best small dog clothes at the Chihuahua Shop right now. Act fast and you’ll be able to take advantage of the Autumn Sale right now and save some bones! Check it out at the link below, and I’ll speak to you again soon 🙂 -Mikey

Toy Dog Clothing for Chihuahuas

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Ever since I first adopted my chihuahuas a few years back, I’ve had a soft spot for toy dog clothing and the chihuahua clothes I love to dress up my little doggies with. For me, small dog clothing is my favorite way of really externalizing my chihuahua’s personality for others to see and “get” immediately, and to just have my own fun with dressing her up and living in a bit of a chihuahua fantasy land! But recently, I ran into a situation at puppy training class with a new chihuahua rescue I’m fostering right now where toy dog clothes were actually getting in the way!

So this chihuahua rescue I took in a few weeks ago, he has a lot of potential to be a chihuahua superstar: he’s very attentive, he’s super obedient, and he loves wearing his toy dog outfits. So I enlisted him in puppy training classes and have been taking him three times per week to his classes with him dressed up in his chihuahua clothing.

The problem is not with my chihuahua pup or any of the other dogs: they’re all super friendly and they get along famously. This bizarre problem has to do with the other dog owners and my little chihuahua doggie’s toy dog fashion that I dress him in: his toy dog clothing is drawing too much attention from the other owners in the class and they’re actually getting distracted from the exercises we’re supposed to be doing and it’s interfering with the entire class. It’s insanity!

I go to these dog training classes with my chihuahua dressed up in his toy doggie clothing, and I almost feel like I’m trapped in a zombie movie or something with all of these people coming after me and my dog who simply can’t control themselves and keep from coming after us to touch him and talk to me! It’s insanity! Combining this little chihuahua with his tiny chihuahua dog clothes is proving to be too much for these other owners to handle! They see my little Winston in his cool toy dog apparel and it’s like gravity pulling them away from their training exercises with their own dog: they have to come over and talk to me and comment on how cute my chihuahua is in his toy dog clothing and how he reminds them of this other dog they once had, and this and that… it’s madness, I say.

I like to use chihuahua dog clothing to help dogs and people, not interfere with them, so for the last two classes, I’ve actually left my little chihuahua pup’s toy dog costumes and small dog coats off, in the car, just so that he isn’t quite as much of a draw. It’s been helping, as the other owners are doing a better job of concentrating on their work, but now my little Winston isn’t getting his training while wearing his small dog coats and his little dog clothing, which isn’t ideal because I want that association to be there. Perhaps I’ll have to dress him back up in his toy dog clothing after a few more sessions and see if the other owners can behave themselves.

I’m almost hesitant to do this because I know that whenever you dress up a chihuahua in clothing for toy dogs, it’s like giving the world an invitation to come over and touch your dog and squeal with delight and remark over how cute your doggie is! And then I have to almost get into that “alright bitch, back the f!*# away from my dog!”-mode just to stop all the commotion and continue with what I was wanting to do. I don’t like having to go there, but sometimes duty calls, you know?

Haha! Well anyways, the Chihuahua Shop has some super high quality toy dog clothing that I think you should check out if you’re into your chihuahua toy dog’s clothes and you enjoy dressing her up into that toy dog fashionista diva superstar. So head over to the Shop, check it out, and I’ll back again soon, probably with another weird story about toy dog clothing that hopefully does not involve me punching someones lights out for not giving me and my chihuahua the space we need to do our training work, after I snap, black out, and lose it. Lol. Speak soon, -Mikey

Help Socialize Your Puppy By Using Chihuahua Clothes As An Aid

A weird but nonetheless true way of looking at chihuahua clothes is that they can be used as a training device. If you have a chihuahua puppy, dressing her up in little dog shirts and costumes to draw in a lot of people and have them wanting to pet and touch your dog can aid you in your socialization efforts with your little chihuahua. Go with me on this. When you have a new puppy, one of the main things you need to do to condition your puppy into being a balanced dog for life is to properly socialize her, both around dogs and people, during these impressionable months. Well when you put chihuahua clothes on your little dog, what happens? Exactly!–people come running from all corners of the earth–OK, bit of an exaggeration, but at least from across the street, to check out your little cute and cuddly puppy with her adorable sweater and coat and pet her and see how cute she is and use that high pitched squeaky voice and tell you how cute your chihuahua is in her little clothing. In this way, chihuahua clothing serves a very useful function in aiding your efforts in socializing your chihuahua dogs with humans.

Now don’t get me wrong: I think chihuahuas are cute enough without the clothes, but they are even cute with, and if you’re going to do something, you may as well do it well, with your chihuahua wearing the human magnets that are chihuahua clothes!

Something to keep in mind when employing this strategy seriously is that chihuahuas are famous for being excited and not-very-balanced dogs, psychologically speaking and, as a result, with regards to their temperment and outward behavior. This is probably because for their whole life, pretty much all they’ve known from people is that excited, unbalanced energy of “OOOOHHHHH!! HOW CUTE!!! OH, SHE”S JUST SO ADORABLE!!! CAN I PET HER!?? NO, OH WELL NEVER MIND YOU–I”M GOING TO ANYWAY!!! OHH!!!! HELLO CUTIE PIE!!! OhoohOOHHOO!!!…” So unless you want your dog to be semi-screwed up for life in this way, you’re probably going to want to encourage people to interact with and help socialize your chihuahua dogs in a more calm, relaxed, balanced manner, regarless of how cute and adorable they look in their little doggy clothes. To this end, chihuahua clothes by default and on their own are largely going to work against this purpose because they tend to attract that kind of unbalanced attention from people. But, if you set a rule for people and you enforce it and use the small dog clothing to attract people over but require people interact with your chihuahua in a calm way, you can see amazing results in your socialization methods.

Using this method with the little dog clothes has made socializing my little dogs a snap: it has never been much effort for me to accomplish adequate socialization of my own chihuahuas for this very reason. My little doggies are usually wearing chihuahua clothes anyways, and when we go out for our daily walks, they usually attract people like crazy. So if you’ve got a young chihuahua or some other breed of small dog, try this out and use the little dog clothing to pull in the people and have them help socialize your pups. It’s pretty easy and it makes the task a lot simpler!