looking cool and staying warm in her sweater
Cookie’s been with us for almost a month and I’m happy to say that I no longer have thoughts of giving her up. We’ve established a nice routine and she’s better behaved now. But she still has severe stranger anxiety…which I’m not used to AT ALL. Whenever we take her outside, she barks at all of our neighbors then dashes between our legs. She does the i’mgettingslaughtered yelp whenever people come over and peer into her pen. She also freaked out when we took her in for her second set of vaccines. She peed on one of the vet technicians and struggled like a rabid animal that they had to put a muzzle on her. 
Every dog I’ve ever had has always been so friendly….sometimes TOO friendly - jumping up and licking everyone that walked by. So whenever Cookie goes into hysterics, I don’t know what to do.
Last weekend we brought her along to my in-law’s to play with Bubble. I was very nervous at first because of Bubble’s sheer size (Bubble’s paw is the same size as Cookie’s head!)…but Bubble, who is a few years older, is very sweet and gentle. It took less than 10 minutes for Cookie to come out of her crate uncoaxed. She spent the whole day with Bubble and eventually felt secure enough to play and run among my in-laws….but would still dash into her crate if my father-in-law approached her.
After the weekend, I felt like we made great strides in her socialization…but the very next day, she acted up again. I guess we’ll keep working on it. Maybe she’ll grow out of it as she gets older. Otherwise the vet tech suggested meds. 
Have you ever heard of that? Anxiety pills for dogs?! Wow.
July 15th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Hello, my name is Joon & I came across your journal looking for chihuahua pictures. I am getting a chihuahua pup in a few weeks, and I am so excitied! Anyway, I started reading your journal and it sparked me funny, I think you should consider writing more about your pup, perhaps into a story, I bet people would just love a stroy about a rough little pup, esp a small dog. I’m writing a story about my dog, he’s just great, I found him at a lake and he changed my life forever (enough to write a story about him, I know people will injoy!) and now I’m going to have a new pack member in my family, so it’s going to be exciting! I enjoyed reading your Cookie’s little entries, she sounds just adorable! (and sassy!) I would like to keep in touch, maybe we can exchange advice about our pups =) nice meeting you!
btw, yes I work at a vet as an assistant, and the anxiety pills work wonders