Chihuahua Shows Off How It Gets Into Owner's Handbag in Hilarious Clip

A Chihuahua named Chaquita has left internet viewers in hysterics after showing off her newest trick in a video that quickly went viral on social media.

In the hilarious clip, shared on TikTok in June, under the username @chaquita.bonita, the white Chihuahua can be seen chilling on the bed before her owner calls her over to go out for a stroll. At that point, Chaquita runs off the bed and hops inside her owner's handbag in one smooth move as she holds it open for her.

"POV [point of view]: you trained your chihuahua to hop in your purse. Ready to go!" reads a caption shared with the clip. It is followed by: "This was mom's bag now its mine."

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A Chihuahua rests inside a bag. A similar dog has gone viral on social media after learning how to get into her owner's bag. A Chihuahua rests inside a bag. A similar dog has gone viral on social media after learning how to get into her owner's bag. Getty Images

Dogs are much smarter than we give them credit for. A WebMD article from 2021 says dogs have an intelligence similar to that of a toddler; besides having to ability to learn all sorts of new tricks, they can also on average learn and recognize between 100 and 200 words.

Our canines are so clever that they can even do math. The American Kennel Club (AKC), says that dogs can do more than simple counting. In fact, they can also do simple addition and subtraction.

"The ability to count and do simple arithmetic might seem to be a superfluous skill for dogs, but it is a useful ability," the AKC wrote on its website. "For example, it is necessary for a female to know if all of her pups are present or if one of them had somehow gone astray and requires a search-and-rescue mission to be launched."

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@chaquita.bonita

This was mom’s bag now its mine 💅🏻 #dogsoftiktok #fypage #chihuahua #bff #chaquita

♬ original sound - Chaquita

The video quickly went viral on social media, getting viewers from across TikTok. It has so far received over 30.4 million views and more than 5.4 million likes on the platform.

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One user, Ju, commented: "Can we normalize calm and happy chihuahua please, this is so cute."

Trxsh_ g1rl_ posted: "The best part about seeing a calm chihuahua is knowing that their owner treats them right."

Vanna wrote: "I have a chihuahua mix his name is rat and if he didn't try to chase men and old ladies I would bring him everywhere."

w_w.nka added: "My childhood chihuahua Juliet did that with any bag she saw, we didn't even train her she just did it one day and never stopped."

Newsweek reached out to @chaquita.bonita for comment via email. We could not verify the details of the case.

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