Family Adopts "Chihuahua" Sister Puppies, One Year And 120 lbs. Later Find Out That They're Not Chihuahuas At All

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Feb 24, 2024 12:00 PM EST

We're always a fan of adopting over shopping for doggos, but you never really know what you're going to get when you adopt. Your doggo may have had a difficult past, making them hard to train. Most rescue dogs are mutts, which although they have fewer health issues in general, it's hard to understand what their personality will be like due to the mixture of breeds. One family went looking for a pair of puppies to adopt and found two "Chihuahua" sisters, both only 4-5 lbs, and took them home. Little did they know, they weren't Chihuahuas at all!

One year and two 60 lb. dogs later, they realized that there was no way these big girls were even closely related to Chihuahuas! They did a DNA test and found out that the sisters are Dutch Shepherd and Staffordshire split evenly, which are medium-large dogs. The family loves them all the same, it's just not the adoption story they were expecting!

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    To be fair, this does kind of look like a Chihuahua puppy. The coloring is unique for a Chihuahua, but maybe that's why the family chose them, because they were special. Turns out that they were very special, but not for that reason at all!

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    Well, that's the biggest and stripiest Chihuahua we've ever seen! You never know what you're going to get when you adopt, and it turns out that these smol girls grew up into gorgeous, medium-large beauties.

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    ShadesOfCerulean OP 4 hr. ago Posted here a year ago and everyone was lovely. Wanted to share their progress! Backstory: My family adopted two small puppies from the shelter in January 2023. They were about 9 weeks old at the time and were 4-5 pounds each. The adoption website listed them as chihuahua sisters. Met them and they are obviously not Chihuahuas, but family had to adopt them anyway
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    They are now about 15 months old. Scary smart. Super affectionate. Best of friends. Never ending energy. Their favorite thing is playing ball and they like to try to hide them under the dishwasher. Cannot leave the door down or balls will be placed in the racks. They play fetch every day several times. Today they weighed in at 55 pounds and 59.4 pounds. Despite what is written on their adoption papers, DNA ruled out any chihuahua genes entirely
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    iRasha 3 hr. ago What an outcome
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    timbuckwoo 5 hr. ago Ah yes, the rare Cauldron Chihuahua. Opposite version of the more typical Teacup Chihuahua. Of course.
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    LittleDarkHaired One 4 hr. ago Darn, that's really good. I was going to go for Dire Chihuahua but I like cauldron better.
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    classybroad123. 4 hr. ago I love it! We got our sweet girl at 4 months listed as a Jack Russell/Chihuahua and she is now 62 pounds
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    dic3ien3691.4 hr. ago Wow what a tiny little house you have, so cute! Those tiny little chi's are adorable.
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    Aggravating-Sun6773 2 hr. ago texas chihuahuas
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    malarellano 2 hr. ago The color is very similar to a philippine forest dog (asong gubat)!
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    SnooCrickets8742 - 4 hr. ago What was the DNA findings?
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    Shades Of Cerulean OP 4 hr. ago Surprisingly only 2 breeds. Dutch Shepherd and Staffordshire split evenly. Since doing the DNA test we have discovered dozens of relatives. Pretty sure they came from some backyard breeder cretin and were dumped for not being "pure"
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    periodicsheep · 58 min. ago wait-dog dna tests tell you if there are other tested dogs related to your dog?
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    ShadesOfCerulean OP. 55 min. ago We used embark and it shows family! New dogs pop up once in a while too. There was a 3rd sister that was adopted right before we could get there and I keep hoping she shows up as a relative. No siblings have shown up yet, but loads of extended fam. We did the breed and health test so we could find out if they are predisposed to anything
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    . periodicsheep • 42 min. ago that is honestly so cool. it never occurred to me that pet dna tests would be like the people ones and show relatives. i hope you find their sibling one day!
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    ShadesOfCerulean OP. 29 min. ago I have been shocked by all the info the test gives. It tells what they need to be happy and healthy, temperament, activity level, expected size, sooo much stuff! Even down to hair type lol
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