Soul Healing Chihuahuas

08/21/2024

08/18/2024

Two years ago today we welcomed the very first litter of our program into the world! The Chevorlet Litter was born just three weeks after I had our youngest son. 😆 From Florida, to California, to South Carolina and close by in Georgia, these guys and gals have grown up to be such amazing Souls!!! Happy Birthday to all five of you! We hope you have a fantastic day! 🫶🏻

08/18/2024

Tangie checks in.🍊 To say she adores her new home is an understatement. Here she is enjoying a day at work with her Mom. 😍 We absolutely love getting updates from not just our puppy families but our retired adult families to! 🫶🏻

08/16/2024

Ocho Rio (Waya) is settling into his new home as I type this. He’s just a short drive away and calls home now. 🏡The Native American Tribe Litter is officially a closed chapter in our journey and now we get to sit back and enjoy the updates of them living their best life.! From Georgia, to North Carolina, here in Tennessee and all the way to Minnesota….we are grateful to gain four new families as our extended Soul Healing family. 🫶🏻

08/09/2024

Happy 1st Birthday to “The Summer I Turned Pretty” Litter! Each and every one of you have turned out to be such awesome Chihuahuas!!! I hope you all have a fantastic Birthday!! 🫶🏻

08/06/2024

Chihuahua love is the best. 🫶🏻

08/05/2024

Kala formerly Tahoma is on her way home to Minnesota ❤️ I’ve said it before and I’m about to say it again. One of my favorite parts of this job is the people I get it meet!! Kalas new family are souls I’ve never met before today, yet felt like I’ve known them for years. 🫶🏻 Make sure to follow .the.merle.chi to watch her grow 🐶🐾

07/30/2024

We’ve had a busy last few weeks!!! Waya has been patiently waiting to hear if a soul has come along that would be an excellent match for him. We’ve had a handful of possibilities, but none were meant to be. This boy is a soft soul, not the first to run up and great but the one to sit back and check your vibe first. He’s a gorgeous long hair blue boy, so he will need someone that doesn’t mind keeping long rollers on hand. His one ear flopped, but as you can a see with the help of tape…its back to getting 20 more channels. So if you’re looking to make your life a little less boring, message us about Waya! His Sister heads to her home this weekend, and Waya would really like his own travel plans. 🫶🏻

07/23/2024

Excellent advice, and something we highly recommend for our puppy families ❤️

A lot of my clients seem to be very uncomfortable with the idea of separating their dog and child for safety reasons. But I recently had an epiphany - they all assumed that separation was the same as isolation. And it's not.

Using management strategies, such as using a pen to cordon off an area for a child to play, provide separation between the dog and child. But neither the dog or child is isolated. Everyone can still see each other. The parent can still interact with everyone. And with time and patience, everyone can be very comfortable and safe with such an arrangement.

So now, I am always reminding clients that "Separation is not the same as isolation." It's simply a way for parents to function and do the impossibly difficult job of raising kids and dogs together.

07/21/2024

Our first baby, Inola is headed to her new home. 🥹 She will be staying here in Tennessee and gets to be the best friend of the cutest little girl. Welcome to the Soul Healing Chihuahua Family. 💕

07/20/2024

The main purpose of my career may be dogs, but I’ve also had to chance to help so many people who didn’t even purchase a puppy from me or a training service. For me that’s a win. 🫶🏻❤️ l

07/20/2024

We are thankful for Creekside!

Not only did they take their time to get to truly know us and our program, but I never walk in nervous for the puppies. I know that these ladies carry just as much passion as I do and would never put puppies in a position to walk away with a negative experience/imprint.

Which is another way we ensure to help our families in the long run. ❤️

brought us their newest litter for full exams, f***l testing, vaccines and microchips!

We did our job but then we also enjoyed puppy snuggles, too 🩵

We did our due diligence to make sure they had the best experience possible 🏥

07/18/2024

Building Puppy Binders has begun!!! We ensure to provide our families with probably more information then most take the time to read 🤣 From Chihuahua health, to training tips and copies of contracts ext. We make them big enough to where families can continue to add in things as they grow. This is another fine detail we take pride in doing ❤️

07/18/2024

The Native American Tribe 7 weeks old photo shoot (one in which I forgot to post) Tomorrow we host our first Meet & Greet for hopefully what will become Waya’s new soul🩶🤞🏻 Who’s your favorite?

07/16/2024

I can’t believe we’re already to the week of gearing puppies up to head to their homes!!! chips have arrived a day after ordering and are ready for our vet appointment this Friday!!! Not only do we microchip all of our puppies we also ensure to cover costs of enrollment for our families. It’s also in our contract that we must stay on as secondary contact. This is to help ensure if something were to happen to our families we would be given an opportunity to ensure our pups stay safe and out of the shelter system etc. ❤️

07/14/2024

First and foremost, we always encourage followers and or perspective puppy buyers to reach out and ask questions about our program. I encourage it. It’s actually the second step of becoming a possible buyer with us. Because the internet doesn’t show everything!
Unlike most, I don’t hesitate to point out not just my personal flaws but my program flaws.
Soul Healing Chihuahuas is just shy of being 2 years old. We are Rookies. We’ve already retired dogs, and made more notes and adjustments with future goals. I’m building my program with lines that I had zero input on creating. Which means I have to w**d out the “lack of” etc.
Our current dogs do not hit every point of the breed standard.
It’s not a forever thing, just a right now thing.
We do NOT show.
It’s not a forever thing, it’s a right now thing.
We have ZERO titles on our program dogs currently.
Again it’s a right now thing, not a forever thing.
A few of our offsprings do and others have it in their plans.
We lack submitted updated OFA for the EYES of our program dogs. Cardio and Patellas are COMPLETE.
Again, it’s a right now thing, not a forever thing.
We tell our buyers these things up front.
We are transparent about it and do not hide behind the internet and sell our puppies like livestock.
Our home is open for our buyers and even our followers to come visit and enjoy our dogs before making the investment into our program.
We’re not perfect, we are flawed.
But it’s not a forever thing.
We are confident in ourselves to know that no matter how many bullet points we bring to the table, someone somewhere will still have a problem with us. We will never be good enough for EVERYONE.We know we are not everyone’s cup of tea. And we’re content about that because that’s the beautiful thing of being able to refer to our other Breeder Friends.
Now, If there’s one thing that I can promise you, if you have an actual conversation with me…you won’t get off the phone thinking man…she’s in it for the money..she’s just a back yard breeder. 🩶 I’m Women who’s trying to build her passion while also juggling family life. Which means sometimes things get done out of order. 🫶🏻

07/10/2024

So true!

⚠️ Get ready for some harsh truth⁠
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By my standards, optimal amount of ANIMAL protein in a dog’s diet is 75-85%. Cats are even more carnivorous and 90-95% of their diet should be ANIMAL protein. ⁠
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Commercial dog food is only required to include 22% protein BUT this can include protein from plant matter that is not as digestible. A study brought to my attention by Dogs First showed of protein stated in the kibble, less than 75% of it was actually available to the animal. Krogdahl et al. (2004) tested a range of different dry food diets. They found that Eukanuba Puppy stated 27.9% protein, only 20.3% was actually available; Proplan Puppy stated 26.2% protein, only 20.1% was available to the test animals; Royal Canin Puppy stated 21.7% protein, only 16.7% was available; Hill’s Puppy stated 26.8% protein, only 20.8% was available to the animal.⁠
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Big pet food companies use less animal protein because it’s expensive and they want to make more money, but you physically can’t make an extruded kibble with 75% animal protein using current manufacturing and processing techniques. I took a kibble manufacturing course at KSU to learn the process myself. ⁠
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Here’s what you can do (everything is linked if you go to the ‘post links’ in my bio and scroll down to this post:⁠
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➡️ Check out Dr. Conor’s book Feeding Dogs which takes a deep dive into the kibble vs raw debate. ⁠
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➡️ Get “The List” from TruthAboutPetFood.com which is a list of pet foods that have been vetted out by a trusted consumer advocate. You can also view my free list of foods I trust to feed my pets.⁠
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➡️ View all my pet food & nutrition resources on drjudymorgan.com⁠
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07/10/2024

The Native American Tribe litter got an extension to their pen this morning!!! We also changed the texture of the bottom and here in a few days will take the fabric bottom completely away to a “hard” texture. 🙌🏻 I cannot believe how fast these pups have grown! We are almost to go home time!!!! 😮 We still have our blue boy, Waya 👀 for his 🏡.

07/07/2024

Waya was pretty bummed when he checked the email and saw that there wasn’t a submitted application for him yet. He’s the last of our current litter that’s 👀 for a 🏡 He’s a soft boy and so far is a more reserved. He’s not the first to do zoomies around the pen, but will definitely find a comfy spot to sit back and relax. Does your Soul match his? If so message us for more info. ❤️

07/04/2024

Happy Fourth of July! We hope everyone has a safe holiday❤️ 🇺🇸

06/30/2024

New pen set up for the Native American Tribe Babies ❤️ Yesterday they hit 5 weeks old, so we did an intro to a crate! This will help their new families with an easier transition time come go home time.

06/27/2024

Potty Training…we got you! 😎 Chihuahuas can be very difficult to potty train. We know as a Breeder how much our set up and process imprints making it even harder. So starting at 4 weeks old, we introduce the potty pad holder. We do the holder to not only make sure the puppies do not eat the pad, but also to hopefully help the imprint of making them think any rug in the house is a potty spot. Once puppies leave us, we really stress to our families to not use any type of pads/mats indoor and set up a small pen outside for potty time! Then as long as you pair it to a schedule these guys will gain the imprint of potty time outside! Biggest mistake people make is to much freedom in the house! From 8 weeks to 16 weeks your puppy doesn’t need full access to every part of your house! Supervised time only! Utilize your crate! After you see your pup eat or drink….15 mins and you’re doing a potty trip. Did they just wake up? Potty trip! Did they just run around like NASCAR? Potty trip! Can’t keep eyes on the puppy? Crate time! It’s a pain in the butt, but if you trust the process and go through a little stress it pays off in the end. I promise! 😉 Another plus side of choosing us, you will always have a support system! ❤️

06/25/2024

The Native American Tribe turned 4 weeks old this past weekend. Their little faces are shifting so dang much! We still have some babies 👀 for their souls. ❤️

06/21/2024

Tahoma is a beautiful tiny girl who is hoping her soul is out there somewhere about to find her. ❤️

06/19/2024

Waya getting a positive exposure to a big dog during his weigh in. 😍 This little guy and his siblings are 👀 for their own Soul(s) to love! This will be our last litter here in the state of Tennessee, before we make a big move. So if you needed a sign to bring one of these babies home, there it was 😉

06/09/2024

Our current litter the “Native American Tribe” will be 👀 for families starting then end of this week, which means we’ll be excepting deposits soon! We have a detailed process for families to apply, but I promise it’s worth it. With our program you don’t just gain a new puppy, but an extended family. ❤️ Not local to Tennessee? That’s ok! We have options to ensure our puppies arrive safely around the US! Feel free to message us for more information 🤩

06/07/2024

Meeko & Toccoas “Native American Tribe” are just two days shy of being 2 weeks old already! Though not the best lighting thanks to not having good sunlight, I still had to snap photos so y’all can start learning their names. ❤️ We have a few babies still 👀 for their families, feel free to message me!