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Chiweenie puppies

Chiweenie puppies and litters from UK breeders, with the parents’ health tests and licence details.

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Have a Chiweenie litter due or ready? Advertise it here with the mother's details, health test results and your licence number, and link it to your free breeder profile.

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Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

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Buying a Chiweenie puppy

Before you reserve a Chiweenie puppy, arrange to see the mother with her litter and ask what is known about the father; the RKC gives the same advice for any crossbreed. Check the Dachshund parent's IVDD spine grade and PRA (cord1) DNA result, and look at both parents' eye certificates. As breathing grades become part of the Chihuahua health standard from January 2027, ask whether the Chihuahua parent has been graded. Walk away from any litter bred from two merle or dapple dogs. Adult size is hard to predict in a first cross, so meeting the parents tells you more than a weight quoted in an advert. Your puppy should already be microchipped and registered on an approved database by eight weeks old, and a licensed breeder will be able to give you a council licence number. Once home, plan plenty of gentle socialisation and keep your Chiweenie at a healthy weight.

Health tests to ask about

There is no health scheme for the Chiweenie itself, and the RKC advises anyone breeding a cross to consider the tests for both parent breeds. The main concern on the Dachshund side is intervertebral disc disease (IVDD), where the spinal discs harden early and can slip, causing pain or paralysis. In the Dachshund breed council's 2018 DachsLife survey, about three in ten Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshunds over three years old were reported to have IVDD. The RKC and Dachshund Health UK scheme X-rays Dachshunds aged 24 to 48 months and grades the spine from 0 (no calcified discs) to 3 (five or more). Diet and exercise also play a part alongside genes.

For the Chihuahua, the RKC recognised breathing tests under the Respiratory Function Grading Scheme in August 2026, and these join the breed's health standard from January 2027. Breed Watch flags an overly short muzzle, faulty bites, wry jaw and retained puppy teeth in the Chihuahua, and thinness, eye irritation, poor rear movement and too little ground clearance in the Miniature Dachshund.

The RKC has not registered merle Chihuahuas since 2007, and dapple is the Dachshund name for merle. Puppies with two merle copies have a higher risk of blindness and deafness, so a litter should never come from two merle or dapple parents.

  • Chihuahua (Smooth Coat), Best Practice: Eye testing using the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme
  • Chihuahua (Smooth Coat), Best Practice (new test recognised August 2026): Breathing testing for BOAS using the KC Respiratory Function Grading Scheme
  • Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired), Good Practice: Spine screening using the KC intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) screening scheme, supported by Dachshund Health UK
  • Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired), Best Practice: DNA test for progressive retinal atrophy PRA (cord1)
  • Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired), Best Practice: Eye testing using the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme
  • Breed Watch: Chihuahua (Smooth Coat) Category 2; Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired) Category 2
  • The Chiweenie has no Breed Watch category because it is not a recognised breed

More for Chiweenie owners and breeders

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