| The Chihuahua is one of the few breeds
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| | deceased in the belief that sins of the
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| native to the Americans. Ancestors of
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| | human would be then be transferred to the
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| the Chihuahua trace back to the early
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| | dog. It is possible the people believed
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| Olmec, Toletec and Aztec civilizations of
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| | they were merely sending their pet along
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| Central American and Mexico.
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| | with its master or to live with the gods.
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| It remains a secret, however, how the
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| | With the arrival of Hernando Cortes in
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| Chihuahua originated, how it interacted
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| | the 1500's the Spaniards took over the
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| with its people and what became of its
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| | Aztec treasures but ignored the little
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| ancestors. Chihuahua history is put
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| | dogs. It is felt they probably brought
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| together from artifacts and occasional
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| | back a few dogs to Spain. Many of the
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| writings. Some breed experts think the
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| | little dogs just perished, others escaped
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| Chihuahua is actually of European or
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| | to the Mexican mountainside where they
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| Asian origin. The Chihuahua matured and
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| | lived off the birds, reptiles, rodents
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| prospered with the Americans. The
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| | and insects and whatever else they could
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| Chihuahua will forever be identified with
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| | find. These early Chihuahuas were larger
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| the land we know as Mexico.
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| | and had longer hair. They were better
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| From the carvings of the Olmecs'
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| | suited for life in the wild. It is
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| successors and the Toltecs we can
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| | unknown exactly how these early Chihuahua
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| conclude the Olmecs of Central America
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| | dogs developed into the modern Chihuahua.
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| probably developed the earliest
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| | It is felt the Techichi Chihuahuas were
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| Chihuahua. The carvings are of small
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| | crossed with very small Asiatic hairless
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| plump dogs with rounded heads and erect
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| | dogs brought in by migrating Indian
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| ears that clearly look like a Chihuahua.
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| | tribes. Others think European influence
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| The Techichi is believed to be the
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| | from the Manchester Terrier occurred. It
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| ancestor of most Central American breeds.
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| | was more than 300 years until the dog now
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| The Aztecs further developed the
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| | known as the Chihuahua emerged from these
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| Techichi along with several distinct
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| | early dogs.
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| types of dogs. Their dogs served as
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| | In 1850 small dogs with long hair and
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| sources of food and hair. As sacrificial
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| | short hair, some even without hair were
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| offerings, the Aztecs sought to ensure
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| | found near the Mexican border state of
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| prosperity by appeasing their gods with
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| | Chihuahua. The long and short-haired
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| ceremonial blood offerings of captive
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| | dogs were named Chihuahuas. The hairless
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| humans. When humans were not available,
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| | varieties were called Mexican Hairless.
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| they sacrificed dogs usually the red or
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| | Throughout the early 1900s the Chihuahua
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| gray Techichis that lived in the temples
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| | remained a rarity. The first Chihuahua
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| of the priests.
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| | was registered by the American Kennel
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| Many early cultures held beliefs that
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| | Club in 1904.
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| there were associations between dogs,
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| | Connie Limon, author of this article,
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| illness, and death, which are probably
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| | owns Little Guys Dog Clothes Shop.
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| why dogs were used as sacrifices. They
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| also believed a little dog placed on an
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| | for your Chihuahua, Mexican Hairless and
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| aching joint could make the pain go away.
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| The Aztecs took the belief further and
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| sometimes burned dogs along with the
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| | resource box.
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