The Chihuahua’s history is very puzzling and there are many different theories surrounding the origin of this breed. Chihuahuas were used in the sacred rituals of the pre-Columbian Indian nations. They are also very popular pets among the upper-class. The breed gets its name from the Mexican State of Chihuahua, where the first of this breed was discovered.
Some historians believe that the Chihuahua came from the island of Malta. More evidence for this theory lies in European paintings of small dogs that look like the Chihuahua. A more famous painting, a fresco in the Sistine Chapel by Sandro Botticelli dated 1482. The painting, Scenes from the Life of Moses, shows a woman holding two tiny dogs with round heads, large eyes, big ears, very similar to the Chihuahua. The painting was completed ten years before Columbus returned from the New World. It would have been impossible for Botticelli to have seen the “Mexican” dog, yet he painted an animal extremely similar to the Chihuahua.
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