Chihuahua Types

Basically, there are two types of chihuahuas: long hair and short, aka smooth, hair within the overall chihuahua breed. These can come in a few different colors, but there’s no difference regardless of the coat color.

Misconceptions

Have you heard of deer head chihuahuas? Or how about teacup or apple head chihuahuas? Many of us in the general public have, but to be honest, those breeds don’t actually exist. These types of breeds are mostly just made up by unscrupulous sellers who want to convince you to buy a “better” breed of chihuahua. Tags like these really just delineate cross breeds instead of a purebred chihuahua. If you buy one of these, you may end up with a cross that doesn’t fit your lifestyle, like a Jack Russell Terrier mix. It’s for this reason that many of these chihuahua mixes end up in shelters. For the rest of the article, when we refer to "deer head" you can simply read chihuahua, and we'll include the word "deer" in quotes.

That being said, there are no “rare” colors either, but you can find chihuahuas in white, black, chocolate, sable, and fawn. Any color or chihuahua type is not easier or more difficult to train either. If you have a purebred chihuahua, they will generally have the temperament of a chihuahua. The only reason a chihuahua may be more difficult to train is because it’s mixed with another breed.

Some people think that Deer Heads's are a special type of Reindeer Chihuahua, a breed that comes in several variations regarding color, shapes, and coats, but that's not true - "deer head" chihuahuas will have a cross breed somewhere in their lineage. All chi's are classified by their coats, not their head shapes and they two coat lengths i.e. short hair and long hair and color variations are usually chocolate, sable, white, black or fawn. Other colours aren't rare so don't be fooled by rare whites, rare blues, tri-colored, or other colours.