Chihuahua Dogs and Chihuahua City

Did you know there is a city named Chihuahua in Mexico?
Now, you must be wondering, is there any relationship between these Chihuahua Dogs and Chihuahua City?

The answer is YES.

Here is a brief history about the Chihuahua Breed....

The Chihuahua dogs take their name from the Mexican state adjoining west Texas and New Mexico, but likely came from the ancient Techichi dogs of the Toltecs crossed with hairless dogs from the Orient. As per the historians, the Techichi dogs as heavy-boned small dog with a long coat and are indigenous to Central America. They are connected to the Toltec civilization, which was near present-day Mexico City. But these Techichi dogs were larger than the modern Chihuahua and were mute.

The Aztecs conquered the Toltecs and adopted the little dogs as sacred icons of the upper classes, used in religious ceremonies to expiate sins and as guides for the spirits of the dead. Somewhere along the way, breed historian K. deBlinde* concluded, the Techichi was crossed with an Oriental hairless breed that made its way to the New World via the Bering Strait land bridge and the smaller, smooth-coated, vocal Chihuahua of today was born.

The breed was discovered in Chihuahua State in the 1850s and quickly became popular. It was first registered with the American Kennel Club in 1904.

So...in a nutshell, the Chihuahua dog had originated from the Chihuahua State of Mexico and hence the same names.