Chihuahua and poodle

While most designer dogs of the same cross breed will generally look alike and share a lot of in common this is not guarantee and a particular pup may turn out differently. To get a good handle on a particular cross breed like a Chipoo, one must have a decent knowledge of the parent breeds.

So the care and handling for any of the parent breeds will equally work for the designer dog. Simply by identifying the dominant parent breed in a particular area of the cross breed’s life e.g. feeding, training, grooming etc. and then applying the solution for the parent breed to the designer dog like a Chipoo.

What this also means is that before the acquisition of a designer dog one should first check out the parent breeds in the cross and advisably should only proceed if one is thoroughly satisfied with the parent breeds. This is because you could end up with any combination of the characteristics and/or temperament of the parent breeds.

The Chihuahua poodle mix is usually bred using short coated Chihuahua as the male parent (sire) and the toy or miniature poodle (dam) as the female parent. Chihuahua comes in either short or long coat but the short coat is the most popular while the poodle comes in three different sizes: the toy (the smallest), the miniature (bigger than the toy) and the standard poodle which was actually bred down to the miniature and the toy poodle. Three different sizes yet one breed.

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