--- description: They're also recruiting other strays to join their crew title: Stray Chihuahuas Roaming, Terrorizing Town Near Phoenix, Arizona image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab9365b9ff4fcd7a/698682b6f983e72fa604c711/173088423.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ragtag Team of Rogue Chihuahuas Terrorizing Arizona Town by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 18, 2014 3:47 PM CUT  Smiling Chihuahua Smiling ChihuahuaGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 18, 2014 3:47 PM CUT Things are getting pretty dire right now in Maryvale, the Phoenix neighborhood that has become overrun with stray chihuahuas. They’re [causin’ confusion and disturbing the peace. It’s not an illusion, they’re runnin’ the streets](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC86yQAzaxg#t=53 "undefined"). But not only are these rogue chihuahuas running wild, barking freely, defecating all over the place and harassing children who are just trying to walk to school, they also appear to be recruiting other, bigger dogs to run with their crew, My Fox Phoenix [reports](http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/24719916/2014/02/13/dogs-gone-wild-packs-of-chihuahuas-roam-maryvale-streets "undefined"). Local animal control agencies have fielded thousands of calls from concerned citizens but are still struggling to get the situation under control. And the fact that these pooches aren’t spayed or neutered only exacerbates the issue. Melissa Gable with Maricopa County Animal Care and Control has urged residents who spot any of these strays to contain them in their yards and then call animal control, who will then spay and neuter them, ABC News [reports](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/chihuahuas-rampage-in-arizona/ "undefined"). In the meantime, we propose the following solution: round up all the chihuahuas, teach them a choreographed song and dance number and then eventually get them an endorsement deal with Taco Bell. Stranger things have happened. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/8254/stray-chihuahuas-terrorizes-arizona-town/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/8254/stray-chihuahuas-terrorizes-arizona-town/"},"headline":"Ragtag Team of Rogue Chihuahuas Terrorizing Arizona Town","datePublished":"2014-02-18T15:47:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:13.034Z","description":"They're also recruiting other strays to join their crew","url":"https://time.com/8254/stray-chihuahuas-terrorizes-arizona-town/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","viral","Arizona"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab9365b9ff4fcd7a/698682b6f983e72fa604c711/173088423.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab9365b9ff4fcd7a/698682b6f983e72fa604c711/173088423.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chihuahua dog","caption":"Chihuahua dog","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/8254/stray-chihuahuas-terrorizes-arizona-town/","name":"Ragtag Team of Rogue Chihuahuas Terrorizing Arizona Town"}}]}] ```