Here are the lyrics:

“Tiger, Tiger, boopy doopy Tiger

Are you good boy? Are you bad boy?

Boopy doopy boopy-doopy-doopy”

Courtesy Ray Ng

Denver-area dermatologist Leslie Capin entered her 3-year-old chihuahua Dr. Papidies in the All American Pet Brands’ Cutest Dog Competition last fall with the intent of donating the money to charity.  She  launched an online campaign on Facebook and Twitter which helped Dr. Papides win the cash prize of $1 million.  Capin was overtaken by emotion when she found out they won in November, “I didn’t grow up with a lot of money — I had to work for everything I had — and then here I am close to the age of 56, in the position to give away a million.”  Capin set up a trust which will donate $33,000 for the next 29 years to shelters that Capin has chosen to help.  “Even if I change my mind in 10 years, I can’t get that money,” she says.

Congratulations Dr. Papidies for winning the “Cutest Dog” title, and thanks Dr. Capin for keeping your word!

“Life is what you make of it,” was Will’s message.  Like so many other rescues, no one knows where Willy came from or what happened in his bad past.  A woman found him on the streets of LA in the early ’90s in a sealed cardboard box, hairless, emaciated and shivering.  Someone had cut his vocal cords so he could not cry, and his back legs were paralyzed from a broken back.  He was brought to a vet’s office where he lived in a cage for the next year, until rescue worker Deborah Turner heard about Willy and gave him a loving forever home.  Deborah Turner adopted Willy and fitted him with the K-9 cart.  “This might sound dramatic,” Deborah says. “But it took his world from black and white into full blown color. Because that’s where life began for him.”

Willy overcame his life’s obstacles to become an international superstar on Animal Planet, National Geographic, and the talk show circuit.  He traveled the world and carried his message of hope everywhere he went.

Willy passed away peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 22, 2009.  Read Willy’s obituary and his information about his memorial service on Jan. 19, 2010 on Willy’s official website.

People Magazine Story on Gidget

I found an old commercial of Gidget in the spotlight on youtube:

He’s probably going to be ok, since he’s moving and eating, also it is to be expected that there should be some swelling since he did hit his head on the concrete from some height. Still, it is very important that you bring him to the vet asap (like today, if you can get him in). The vet will need to do a more careful examination to make sure there are no internal injuries. In the meantime, monitor your chihuahua closely. Watch out for lethargy, dizziness or vomiting.

Please please please contact Chihuahua Rescue and Transport: www.chihuahua-rescue.org. I volunteer for them, but here on the east coast. It’s a national organization, they should have contacts out west. I found another organization online: http://www.chihuahuarescue.com/, they are in CA. They should know someone who can pull the chihuahua out and send it to a foster home. This is such an unfortunate situation.

I think your chihuahua is way too young for anxiety medication. If you want to give her something natural like lavendar or chamomile drops, that’s fine, but anything pharmaceutical would be too much. It’s natural for a puppy that young to cry because she has just been separated from her mom and littermates and she misses you.

She will grow out of it with time, medication would be overkill and I would worry about the side-effects especially since your chihuahua is still in developmental stages. It’s too early to tell what her personality is like, and if you start giving her drugs now to alter her behavior, it will be very difficult for you to know her true personality.

If you are going to leave the house, leave quickly and don’t linger. She can sense your presence and will cry even more. She will stop crying after 10-15 mins, I promise. She won’t cry all day.