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I just wanted to show you ChiChi. She's an eight year old Chihuahua and she only weighs 1 lbs. 15 oz. She's about the same size as the boys. I'll see if I can get them together in one photo.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!
How cute! Ya know there are some male rats that can get bigger than the dog LOL!
Adorable pics of dog AND rats, thanks for posting.
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PHRatz

ick, I hate small dogs...rats are smarter and cuter to me and better yet they don't bark constantly and try to bite me all the time...little buggers...half my neighbors have stupid little dogs that bark all the time and the landlord doesn't seem to care.
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PHLdyPayne

I have to say the Rats are cuter!!! Not much on the Pocket Size dogs, I do have Football Size Dogs.
Sara

I agree. The rats are SO much cuter. ChiChi was my Grandma's dog but I'm caring for her now. My other dog is a 75 lbs. Rottie/Shepherd mix. She and the boys are actually friendly towards each other. It's funny to watch everybody touch noses while I'm holding them. She's the only one I trust around any of my small critters.
This weekend the boys are coming to work with me for our yearly Open House. I always bring the animals that make some people go "EEEWWW" and I try to get them to see that these critters really aren't that bad. I hope the boys can show off the cute, cuddley, loveable side of rats. Maybe I can get Jack to do his "stand up for a treat" trick. This is going to be fun.

Don't let them eat her!
My chihuahua (well, DH's chihuahua) was scared of the rats and wouldn't go near them. The one time she tried sniffing them through the cage bars, she got nipped on the nose and yiped and screamed all the way down the stairs.
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~Rachel~

Can I go off topic & whine about a rat sized dog I met on Friday afternoon?
I will so bear with me LOL

My next door neighbors are nice people kinda sorta. On the one hand they are the type who would give you the shirt off their backs but on the other you cross them & you will become their enemy for life. Then they'll want revenge.
They get on my nerves in a lot of ways because ya know, we's rednecks but the only name I can come up to call them is dumb as a rock LOL!
What's worse than being dumb as a rock is talking constantly so other people can't get a word in edgewise.
When it comes to pet care or animal facts they live on another planet. They believe the most outlandish things about dogs and other animals but you try to set them straight, it's like talking to a brick wall. I gave up trying a long time ago.

So anyway.. she calls me Friday afternoon & asks if I can come to the fence so she can show me something. Her friend's daughter-in-law is there with a Chug.
I thought oh boy here we go, a designer mutt from a byb.

Cute little half chihuahua half pug. That puppy at 4 months really is about the size of a male rat.
This woman, another one who won't shut up so I couldn't get a word in edgewise then tells me all about him. Oh she's so smart because she rubbed his nose in it when he messed on the carpet then spanked him. (he's teensy how can she do that? grrrrr)
Oh joy he'll eat anything as if this is wonderful news. She feeds him grapes, I said OH NO you're not supposed to do that anymore.. she didn't even hear me as she rambled on, he eats oatmeal, he eats ANYTHING I do as if this is SO wonderful.
It showed too, I have never seen a puppy with such dull fur in my life.

Is it just me or do all of you run into ignorant rubes who can't hear you speak?
grrrr
Ok back on topic.
The photos of the rats that started this thread have the most gorgeous shiny fur. THAT is what a furry animal should look like, and a dog is so easy to care for, what a shame that puppyI saw on Friday didn't look anywhere near as pretty as the rats on this message board!

Ok I got that off my chest now, I don't know about you but I feel better!!
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PHRatz

Constantly!
Especially at work. One that stands out in my mind was an ancient collie that the woman "rescued". It was skin and bones and it's hair was falling out by the handfull. She was feeding it white rice and corn flakes to try to put some weight on it. She figured with all the hype about low carb diets being great for weight loss, that if she fed the dog ONLY carbs, it would gain! I'm trying to take the dog's history and gently suggested that feeding the dog actual dog food would be better for him, but she totally didn't even hear me!

And then there's my mom. I had her yorkie at my house and he pooed in my yard. When I went to clean it up, it was 10% poo, 90% tapeworm segments. I called her and told her about it and even offered to pick up some Drontal, but she refused to believe he had tapeworms. Ok. It's something I've seen 1,000 times, but I could be wrong!

The worst was when I worked at PetsMart- I hate to even think about that! (Fish only get as big as their tanks, right, then they stop growing? Rats can go in a 10 gallon tank- my brother kept his in one and it did fine! Do you have any other lovebirds? I want one that matches my living room.)
I could go on all day, but I'll stop there. I get so frustrated!
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~Rachel~

Can I go off topic & whine about a rat sized dog I met on Friday afternoon?
I will so bear with me LOL

My next door neighbors are nice people kinda sorta. On the one hand they are the type who would give you the shirt off their backs but on the other you cross them & you will become their enemy for life. Then they'll want revenge.
They get on my nerves in a lot of ways because ya know, we's rednecks but the only name I can come up to call them is dumb as a rock LOL!
What's worse than being dumb as a rock is talking constantly so other people can't get a word in edgewise.
When it comes to pet care or animal facts they live on another planet. They believe the most outlandish things about dogs and other animals but you try to set them straight, it's like talking to a brick wall. I gave up trying a long time ago.

So anyway.. she calls me Friday afternoon & asks if I can come to the fence so she can show me something. Her friend's daughter-in-law is there with a Chug.
I thought oh boy here we go, a designer mutt from a byb.

Cute little half chihuahua half pug. That puppy at 4 months really is about the size of a male rat.
This woman, another one who won't shut up so I couldn't get a word in edgewise then tells me all about him. Oh she's so smart because she rubbed his nose in it when he messed on the carpet then spanked him. (he's teensy how can she do that? grrrrr)
Oh joy he'll eat anything as if this is wonderful news. She feeds him grapes, I said OH NO you're not supposed to do that anymore.. she didn't even hear me as she rambled on, he eats oatmeal, he eats ANYTHING I do as if this is SO wonderful.
It showed too, I have never seen a puppy with such dull fur in my life.

Is it just me or do all of you run into ignorant rubes who can't hear you speak?
grrrr
Ok back on topic.
The photos of the rats that started this thread have the most gorgeous shiny fur. THAT is what a furry animal should look like, and a dog is so easy to care for, what a shame that puppyI saw on Friday didn't look anywhere near as pretty as the rats on this message board!

Ok I got that off my chest now, I don't know about you but I feel better!!
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PHRatz

Is she your dog? How tiny!! My yorkie is only 4 1/2 lbs. and he seems so little. My biggest rat Pachebel weighs 1 1/2 lbs.
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Kadee Sedtal

home of old lady Lucy (boxer/lab/garbage disposal), pretty girl Fancy (beagle), Crusher (yorkie), the rats-Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Pachebel, Fillmore, and Franz, the mice- Vivaldi, Schubert, Bartok, Johann, Giordi LaForge, Dorothy, Glenda, Em, and Rosa, and the wonderful winter white dwarf hamster- Feather
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