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Blue and lavender are pigment changes, not coat colors. Learn how the MLPH dilute gene works in Chihuahuas, what happens when you breed d1 to d3, and how to spot CDA early.

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A & A's Chihuahuas | Breed History Series The True History of the Chihuahua What the Newspapers, the DNA, and the Paintings All Tell Us The full picture is more complex — and far more fascinating — than the story you were told. The Story We Inherited The Chihuahua was "discovered" in the Mexican state of Chihuahua in the 1850s. It descended from the Aztec Techichi. It is a native of Mexico and nowhere else. This is the origin story that has been repeated in breed books, on ke

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