{"id":12532,"date":"2011-10-13T00:44:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T08:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/?p=12532"},"modified":"2024-09-17T13:25:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:25:31","slug":"chihuahua-medical-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/chihuahua-health-concerns\/chihuahua-medical-care\/","title":{"rendered":"how much do you love your chihuahua &#8230;enough to get medical care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12536 lazyload\" title=\"how much do you love your chihuahua?\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2011\/10\/sick-chihuahua.jpg.webp\" alt=\"how much do you love your chihuahua?\" width=\"600\" height=\"492\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 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