Ba a fahimci tarihin Chihuahua sosai ba. Sunan karen dai ana kiransa da sunan jihar Chihuahua na kasar Mexico, inda aka gano shi a shekara ta 1850. Wasu masana sun yi imanin cewa Aztec ko Incas ne suka haifi kare. Wasu sun ce ana iya gano irin nau'in zuwa karnukan Mutanen Espanya har zuwa shekarun 1500. Amfani da Chihuahuas a baya shima ba'a bayyana shi ba. Wasu sun yi imanin cewa Chihuahuas na iya zama Indiyawan Amurka ta Tsakiya sun ci, yayin da wasu suka yi imanin cewa karnuka na da muhimmancin addini. An yi imanin cewa Chihuahuas na farko sun isa Amurka ta Amurka a farkon karni na 19. Sanin yawan jama'a da Chihuahua ya faru ne ta wata hanya da ba a saba gani ba. Mawaƙin Opera Adelina Patti ta san irin wannan nau'in a cikin 1890, lokacin da aka ba ta kyautar Chihuahua a ɓoye a cikin bouquet daga shugaban Mexico. A cikin 1940s, shugaba Chavier Cugat ya yi yawan bayyanar da jama'a tare da Chihuahua a ƙarƙashin hannunsa. Kwanan nan, ƙwarewa da shaharar nau'in sun karu saboda godiyar Chihuahua mai kuzari daga tallace-tallace na Taco Bell.
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