as the owner of a Siberian Husky (7 yrs), a Shephard/Akita mix (2 yrs), and a Chihuahua (3.5 yrs), I can say with all certainty that the Chihuahua not only needs but DEMANDS more exercise than the other two. He will literally wake me up to play in the middle of the night if he hasn’t had a good amount of exercise. He is also, at 7 lbs, the more aggressive, territorial, and dominant of them all. Size is just an illusion I have found…
And JoB, I have 2 baby gates as well…they have a muriad of purposes with my bunch!