I am a BIG fan of the chihuahua, they are the little dog with the big bark!  I can’t imagine my life without a chihuahua and apparently neither can Mickey Rourke.  I just read a news article talking about how the former boxer turned actor once planned a murder suicide and even wrote his estranged wife a suicide note but changed his mind at the last minute after talking to a priest.  (See they are not all child abusing monsters)  He also said that he owes his life to his three chihuahuas, he goes on to say “they are the greatest companions a man could ever have.”  Well said Mickey!  This tough guy image may work for him to land movie rolls but I’m thinking he is all marshmallow on the inside.  I read a few articles about Mickey and this guy is really into animal rights and has no tolerance for the mistreatment of animals.  That’s his chihuahua Loki above who he once took to a “Loki karaoke” animal rights awareness function. It just wouldn’t have had the same impact if Loki had been a doberman.  Ah chihuahuas… there’s nothing like them!

I love my chihuahua, I even have the bumper sticker on my car to prove it. She is my original baby and I have to admit that in my purse there is a photo of her, sorry kids. Anyway she has this habit of nibbling on me as if I were a prime rib fillet. Lilly does it so gently and so often that I don’t really notice it anymore, until the other day. I was in front of the computer and I moved my foot slightly, that’s when I felt a tiny paw push down on my toe. Lilly had been licking a dry patch of skin on my ankle and didn’t appreciate me moving. I moved my foot again to see what she would do and sure enough I felt her applying pressure to keep me there. Suddenly I realised that this “exfoliation” technique had moved into the realm of alpha dog superiority. Then again maybe she liked the taste of my sweat and wasn’t about to lose her bone….I mean my foot. Either way she removed all my dry skin without a pumice ever touching my skin!