I was perusing through the Life Archives (if you haven’t done this yet you are missing a treat at www.life.com) and found some really great photos of chihuahuas from all over the world.

These chis were dressed for the Chinese New Year in 2007

Paula Abdul with her long hair chihuahua (she looks like Daisy!!) Four years after this, Paula tripped over Tulip and broke her toe.

A woman holding four long haired chis during the Cruft’s dog show.

And how about the markings on this little beauty??

No one should get mad at a cutie like this. So here you go, just a sampling of what you can find in the archives. Now go look for something you are interested in. From the 1860′s on it’s a treasure trove.

Daisy doesn’t like her photo taken. It isn’t the camera. It’s the sitting still for more than five seconds in a row in a location of your choice. She knows the command to “sit”- just not when you have the camera in your hand.  I am firmly convinced there is an invisible cord between the shutter and her neck. Either that of she is even more haughty than even my sister claims Daisy is… and no one thinks that is possible.

We attempted to take some photographs of Daisy outdoors on one of my limited outdoor sojourns.  But true to previous attempt just as the shutter went off… she turned her nose.  We repeated this process and repeated it until she finally got tired and laid down. That was the bad news because we gave up about the same time she did.    So much for a career in pet photography.

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