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Is this a full breed chihuahua?

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LikeABanana · 13/10/2023 07:23

My friend paid quite a lot of money for this puppy and she said its a full chihuahua with no papers.

She said its part Russian Toy chihuahua?

I was just wondering what people think as to me it looks like a mixed breed. Not full chihuahua?

Not that it matters in the dog itself, he's lovely and healthy. But in the context of what she paid and was told I think it's relevant.

Is this a full breed chihuahua?
Is this a full breed chihuahua?
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OrlandointheWilderness · 13/10/2023 08:42

1892 even!!! Bloody autocorrect 😂

Mrsjayy · 13/10/2023 08:45

OrlandointheWilderness · 13/10/2023 08:41

Nothing like a sprocker, this is a cross between two different breeds. A sprocker is a cross between a cocker and a springer, which until 1982 were the same anyway and smaller pups in a litter was cockers and the larger were springers. It is a spaniel x spaniel cross, unlike your cockerpoos etc and is 100% spaniel. Sprockers have intentionally been bred to work since the 40s and are excellent little dogs. I'm biased obviously as I have one and he is a cracking working dog.
Nothing wrong with a crossed pup anyway OP, it'll be healthier than a purebred. Anyway it's 100% dog 😂
Pic of sprocker. Just because. 😂

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Yeah I answered not reading on and not knowing there is no such thing as Russian Chihuahua. So absolutely nothing like a sproker.

ErrolTheDragon · 13/10/2023 08:46

So a sprocker is more like my standard/mini crossed dachshund example I guess?

OrlandointheWilderness · 13/10/2023 08:53

ErrolTheDragon · 13/10/2023 08:46

So a sprocker is more like my standard/mini crossed dachshund example I guess?

Yes probably a good analogy. It's still 100% a dachshund.
Sprockers have been breed for decades, it's thought that Scottish game keepers wanted the best of both spans in one dog. It irritates me slightly when people assume they are a modern designer cross like all the poos because they aren't.

itsmyp4rty · 13/10/2023 08:53

It would get on my nerves that she insists it's full chi when it clearly isn't. Tell her that you were talking to a friend and they said that Russian Toy's aren't Chihuahuas and you looked it up and it seems they were right. Soften it by saying it's cuter than a full chihuahua though which I don't think anyone could deny!

margotrose · 13/10/2023 08:57

I mean, it's clearly not a chihuahua but it looks much healthier than any chihuahua I've ever met, so I'd say she was on to a winner really.

ErrolTheDragon · 13/10/2023 08:59

Interesting - I saw a dog the other day and wasn't sure if it was a springer or (working) cocker. I suppose a lot of pet cockers are even more different from springers nowadays.

margotrose · 13/10/2023 09:04

Sprockers are becoming increasingly popular as pets though god knows why - they are super high energy with strong prey drives.

Babadook76 · 13/10/2023 09:06

OrlandointheWilderness · 13/10/2023 08:41

Nothing like a sprocker, this is a cross between two different breeds. A sprocker is a cross between a cocker and a springer, which until 1982 were the same anyway and smaller pups in a litter was cockers and the larger were springers. It is a spaniel x spaniel cross, unlike your cockerpoos etc and is 100% spaniel. Sprockers have intentionally been bred to work since the 40s and are excellent little dogs. I'm biased obviously as I have one and he is a cracking working dog.
Nothing wrong with a crossed pup anyway OP, it'll be healthier than a purebred. Anyway it's 100% dog 😂
Pic of sprocker. Just because. 😂

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Read again. She wasn’t saying it was a sprocker

Mrsjayy · 13/10/2023 09:07

Babadook76 · 13/10/2023 09:06

Read again. She wasn’t saying it was a sprocker

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I think you need to read again .!

OrlandointheWilderness · 13/10/2023 09:11

margotrose · 13/10/2023 09:04

Sprockers are becoming increasingly popular as pets though god knows why - they are super high energy with strong prey drives.

Any spaniels as a pet is a risk 😂. I've no experience with the show ones though, but my spans are pests if they don't get enough mental stimulation and exercise. Given that, the sprocker is a calm, steady and chilled dog. Although he is absolutely incapable of walking anywhere, he's like a Ferrari 😂.

OrlandointheWilderness · 13/10/2023 09:11

Ta @Mrsjayy 😂

Mrsjayy · 13/10/2023 09:14

I have a WCS god knows why he's just entered his teen years I'm like what's happening .😂

OrlandointheWilderness · 13/10/2023 09:17

Mrsjayy · 13/10/2023 09:14

I have a WCS god knows why he's just entered his teen years I'm like what's happening .😂

My sprocker is a complete sock addict. Luckily he likes to carry them, he doesn't eat them 😂 they are funny dogs. They definitely need a job to do! 😂

Toddlerteaplease · 13/10/2023 09:32

Less ugly than a normal chihuahua!

Mrsjayy · 13/10/2023 17:28

OrlandointheWilderness · 13/10/2023 09:17

My sprocker is a complete sock addict. Luckily he likes to carry them, he doesn't eat them 😂 they are funny dogs. They definitely need a job to do! 😂

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I adore mine he's such a loon 😄

SquashPenguin · 13/10/2023 17:36

Definitely not a chi, but a lot cuter than one!

beachcomber70 · 14/10/2023 19:08

Deer head chi's have the long noses. But those ears don't look like chihuahua ears...more like a Russian toy terrier. So it is a cross, not a full chihuahua at all.

ErrolTheDragon · 14/10/2023 19:16

beachcomber70 · 14/10/2023 19:08

Deer head chi's have the long noses. But those ears don't look like chihuahua ears...more like a Russian toy terrier. So it is a cross, not a full chihuahua at all.

Or maybe he's actually a Russian toy terrier but for some reason the seller thought they'd get more by selling him as some sort of chihuahua?

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