BRITCHIS-CHIHUAHUAS
chihuahuas spain
afijo 075/2009
CHIHUAHUA HISTORY
Historians are still uncertain about the precise origins and uses of the earliest Chihuahuas, but legends about their beginnings abound – a combination of fact and fantasy that makes the littlest dog breed in the world one of its biggest mysteries. Relics from ancient Mexico include sculptures of small dogs that archeologists discovered while studying the remains of the Mayan, Toltec and Aztec cultures. Some of the statutes can be seen in the National Museum in Mexico City but they don’t look much like the today Chihuahuas’ and little is known about the Mayans. The Toltec Indians lived in Mexico during the ninth century and possibly even earlier. They had a dog called the Techichi, which some historians believe is the ancestry of today’s Chihuahuas’. Stone carvings of these dogs exist at the Monastery of Huejotzingo and they look more like today’s Chihuahua then the statues that are believed to be Mayan. Another theory put forth is that the Chihuahua is actually of European descent. That it was the Spanish conquistadors that brought this dog with them to the New World. For proof, the people who support this theory point to the island of Malta where a small breed of dog existed that possessed a natural molera. A molera is like an open fontanel in a human child, a soft spot on the top of the skull where the three sections of the skull bone meet. The molera is extremely rare, and uncommon to other breeds of dog. The Chihuahua, however, does possess this natural molera, it is believed that this points to its descendants as being from Malta. Further proof is offered in of all places, the Sistine Chapel. A painting by Sondro Botticelli, completed in 1482, depicts a dog that is very much like today's Chihuahua. Since this painting was completed before Columbus sailed for the New World, it offers proof that the dog is of European ancestry. Yet another theory is that Chihuahuas’ originated in China and were brought to Mexico some 200 years ago. Supporters of this theory say that the Chinese were known for dwarfing plants and animals and when wealthy Chinese merchants established homes in Mexico, they brought their little dogs with them. |
 Scenes Alessandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444-1510) from the Life of Moses |
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