another Chihuahua?

[iloverocco]

I have a darling wonderful 2-year-old (neutered) male Chihuahua, Rocco. We also have a big dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback/Rottweiler cross, who adores Rocco and is very gentle and indulgent with him. Rocco is a typical Chihuahua, he's a little cling-on and a mama's boy, which I love. I'm retired and with the dogs a lot, and now I'm thinking of POSSIBLY getting another Chihuahua, someone Rocco's size to play with him. I know our big dog would be absolutely fine with it. BUT I'm afraid Rocco would be jealous. I would be careful to continue to dote on him 100% of the time, but I am afraid he would be jealous and hurt to see me "baby" another teeny dog. Advice?:confused:

[roosterbob]

It's hard to say how Rocco would react for sure. If he's not jealous with the bigger dog, he should be ok with another Chihuahua though.

[Dite]

I also have a male chi that is very attached to me. About a month ago, his breeder called and wanted to know if I would be interested in female chi that she was trying to find a good home for. We were a little hesitant and worried that Hershey might get extremely jealous, but thought we would give it a try. It has worked out better than we could imagine. There was a little bit of jealously at the beginning, but he soon got over it. I work at home and so I am lucky to be with these two all day and I just made sure to give equal attention. I also had read that it was better to get the opposite sex of what you have.

I definitely don't feel guilty anymore when my husband and I have to leave the dogs home alone for an evening because they have each other to keep company.