re: Kid wants wiener dog for birthday

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We have a Chi-weinee. No back problems. Didn't know that they had worse than others, but I guess I could see that with the long torso. I'll need to keep an eye on ours from jumping off things too much.

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We rescued one about 8 years ago, just lost him last year. Only health issue we had with him over the time we had him was his teeth. He had horrible teeth/breath when we got him and had to have several pulled. Other than that he was a great dog. Really only barked when the doorbell rang.

Definitely keep an eye on them for jumping up and down off things. That's what caused us to have to put ours down. He jumped down off the couch one day and landed funny somehow. His back legs got really wobbly, and within about 5 min of that jump; he'd lost all use of them.