Older versions - [[Pepina Care Guide 2025-05]] (Spain) ## Feeding Schedule ### Breakfast - Anywhere from 8am to 9:30am or whatever works with your schedule - Enough dry food to fill the bowl + small amount of meat ### Dinner - 12 hours after breakfast - Options - Same as breakfast - Half of a package of wet food and the rest dry food ### Treats - A busy stick (from a treat bag in wicker basket) ## Walking & Potty Schedule - 3 or 4 times per day ### Walking Behaviors - She knows "vamos", "por aqui", and "ven" as "come", but she is stubborn and might not move. A tug on the leash might help ### Potty - She has pooped either once a day or up to 3 times per day. It really depends - She should pee each walk ## Playing - She loves chasing her toys when she has the energy or interest - She also loves playing tug - She loves to dig for things hiding under blankets, like toys, toes ## Leaving Her Unattended It's okay to leave Pepina by herself for up to 10 hours. She will probably nap the whole time while you're gone. In this case, just be aware that she will probably want to pee as soon as possible, either in the house or out, but if you can take her out as soon as you get back home to avoid any accidents, that would be great. Additionally she will have a lot of energy later at night, and she would appreciate a longer walk (up to 30 minutes) if you are away for a while. ## Quirks - She doesn't like to be picked up but she loves laying on laps and bodies in general. - She doesn't the process of putting on clothes, but she's totally okay with having them on. - She is friendly to most things *except* - Flowers or new objects in the house (especially if they show up out of the blue--you'll have to introduce them to her slowly). She hated the Valentine's Day flowers I got Hannah and barked at them for multiple days straight. She also knows when new, large objects show up in familiar places, so she'll bark and avoid those as well - When she's on a person's lap in public, she will bark almost at any dog - Jumpy children (she's fine with calm children) - Puppies of large breeds that are excitable and try to step on her - When she feels afraid or ashamed, she'll hide under the couch or under the table that has two chairs. For example, when she really needs to go potty, she'll hide under either of the places mentioned because she doesn't want to go potty inside the house, but she'll also be afraid to go potty on the walkway, on the elevator, or in the lobby ## If People Ask - She's a girl - She's a pure chihuahua - She's 11 months old - No, she's not really afraid of people or dogs - No, she doesn't bite ## Bath If for any reason you need to give Pepina a bath, she does great with warm water. She can use gentle soap, but do not let it sit on her for too long (longer than 1 minute) because it will irritate her skin. ## Emergencies We haven't had any serious emergencies with her, so we don't have any concrete plans. Please call us if anything happens. We take her to do her check ups in the same clinic from where we adopted her in Sesena Nuevo, which is obviously far and inconvenient, but we will find a closer vet if needed.