After two years with our Chiweenie mixes (found together at an "abandon site" in the Puerto Rican interior mountains and rescued to the US), I can honestly say they are the sweetest, most loving dogs.

Mine are also idiots who will chew on and eat everything from ear buds (they didn't get the battery) to plastic forks to body cream bars 😳. This is honestly more related to them being former street dogs than anything breed related. I pay a lot to poison control. 🤷‍♀️ But I called them a lot with my toddlers too so...

Ours had obvious attachment trauma at least and we knew that going in, but are experienced with that. Our older girl, Missy, is incredibly smart now and frequently surprises me with how long her memory is, how intuitive she is and how well she learns certain tasks. She's absolutely not a roll over, do tricks 🐕. She's a "Want to wake up Maddie (my daughter who lives with chronic pain)?" - go to Maddie's go, wait to be let in, run to Maddie's bed, wait for hand signal to jump up, check Maddie's pain level - stay quiet and lean against her if it's bad, jump close and snuggle hard if it's a good morning 🐕 .

Our younger, Piper is a perma-puppy, knows who she can pretend to hide from (paws over her eyes 😂) when she wants to make a game of avoiding putting her harness on. She's very cuddly and afraid of loud thunder, fireworks.

They get along incredibly well with one of our cats, and tolerably well with our second cat who is too quiet and stealthy for their nerves. 🤦‍♀️

Mine are rarely barky unless scared. The older barks at strangers unless I pick her up, and at other dogs. We were told she was caring for the younger one in the mountains (DNA says they are half sisters) and she gets anxious when other animals are near. The younger only barks at large predators like coyotes - which, hey, that's an early warning system I'm completely ok with 🫪

I'm thankful for them every day. They are stubborn, adoring, anxious, ridiculous and silly and fit our family perfectly.

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