Introducing Corazón: The Chihuahua Who Stole My Heart

At that time I was also working part-time at a veterinary hospital. There I got to meet many of the local rescue organizations. Most in the area had their rescues vetted at our hospital.

I learned about a rescue organization called “For The Love Of Every Animal” (F.L.E.A.) run by one woman. She is a super big-hearted powerhouse of a woman! She rescues dogs and cats of all breeds and finds them not just good homes, but wonderful homes. She is very particular about who she lets adopt any of her dogs.

I told her if she ever got any Chihuahuas to let me know. So in 2020 soon after we had lost our precious Chico, she called to let me know that she had just gotten 4 Chihuahuas that needed homes.

I would have adopted all four if only we had the money and the time needed for four more Chihuahuas! That would have meant a total of seven Chihuahuas! When adopting any dog you must count in the cost of toys, treats, food, beds, and veterinary costs. And you must decide if you have the time and energy to spend quality individual time with each one. It was simply out of the question for us. However, I was confident that F.L.E.A. would find great homes for the others.

I was interested in a male she had. The other three were female. I had decided that my next Chihuahua would be another male. Not to replace Chico. That would be impossible anyway. The reason was although Remedy and Pebbles got along famously, sometimes adding a new female can cause tension in the pack.

However, the male was a short-haired Chi, and I kind of had my heart set on getting a long-haired Chihuahua this time. It was a dilemma, but I ultimately chose Cora, a beautiful long-haired apple head black and white Chihuahua. Cora was six years old when she came to live with us on October 12, 2020.

I was told that when she was a puppy the markings on her butt looked like a heart. Corazón means “heart” in Spanish, so she was named Corazón. That was her name when she came to me. So I kept the name and shortened it to Cora. I can’t roll my “R’s”, so Corazón is difficult for me to pronounce. I do, however think it is a beautiful name!

That was all we knew or know about Cora’s past before she was rescued. It hurts my heart to think of her possibly being neglected or abused in her past! But we really know nothing about it. It took her about a month to decide that this was a place of love and her new home. Until then although she would let me pick her up, she would lay on the floor in a corner and keep to herself most of the time. We just let her be until she felt comfortable with us. We saw her sassy little personality come out gradually. Now she is a happy, happy little girl!

Bringing another female into the pack was a challenge as I suspected it would be. Pebbles by this time was 14 years old and she and Cora basically ignored each other. Remedy, on the other hand had already established that she was “Queen” of this pack, so there were a few tussles to begin with. It took time and patience and sometimes separating them in different rooms, but they have come around. Remedy is still “Queen” of the pack — as it should be — so there is no more jockeying for the title. 😀