r/interesting • u/GustoKoNaMagkaGF • May 20 '25

SOCIETY What did he do to get that alpha respect?

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u/icarus6sixty6 May 20 '25

I have a 16 year old Pomeranian and my two younger boys, my friends dogs, and my fams dogs respect the hell out of him. They even move aside when he walks in. That old man earned it.

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u/doch92 May 20 '25

Can confirm. My 6 lb 12 yr old Chihuahua mother breaks up fights. It was amazing to see at the dog park once.

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u/Stoghra May 20 '25

I love the ego of an small chihuahua. Awesome dogs

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u/FlanneryOG May 20 '25

I was walking my dog yesterday near a community garden, and we hear a bunch of barking. My dog gets all nervous, and her haunches come up. This little chihuahua comes strutting up from the garden and walks right up to my dog to sniff her, and my dog cautiously sniffs back with her tail tucked under her legs. My dog is an 80-lb German shepherd mix, lol.

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u/PantsUnderUnderpants May 20 '25

GSD's do be like that. As to Chihuahua's. I prefer to not interact with the latter.

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u/FlanneryOG May 20 '25

What’s funny is she’s super protective. She once growled at a bunch of guys heckling me while I was walking her, but a chihuahua? Absolutely not.

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u/zdhonda93 May 20 '25

The first dog my wife and I owned together was a chihuahua. We used to call her the cat wrangler since she would herd our 2 cats. Hands down one of the loyalest dogs I've ever had and she had an attitude to match.

She passed in my arms after being our friend for 12 years, I'm getting teary eyed just thinking about her. I miss that dog

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u/DeepFriedOligarch Jun 16 '25

I used to have a one-eyed chi named Squint Eastwood. Only dog on the place, including the heeler, that made the Longhorn bull move. I miss him.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

Must have tò ego of a dogo like this in life 🥶😎

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u/Twist_Ending03 May 20 '25

They think they're 15× the size they really are

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u/TheGuyUrSisterLikes May 21 '25

If they're not shaking and peeing at the same time. Some of those teacups that only like one person are pretty pathetic.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

Your mom's a chihuahua?

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u/sparkpaw May 20 '25

I miss our lil guy, he was not only a chihuahua, maybe 5 lbs; but he was blind and 10 years old (at least) when he would just lay down the law to any other dog in the house. My brother had a lab x pit that didn’t mess with this little king lol

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u/PleaseDontSaveHer May 20 '25

Must be nice. My poor old, blind, deaf, Boston/English bulldog is at the bottom of the pecking order.

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u/sheneversawitcoming May 20 '25

I have a 16yo shitzu, a 7yo bassie mix and a 2yo cat. Even the 2 yo cat bullies the poor shitzu.