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'Munchie' takes Chihuahua crown

July 8, 2011

There’s nothing quite like an afternoon of Chihuahua races at the Village.

The crowd begins to pulse about an hour before the heats begin. Big men, such as Alpine Garage’s Mike Fiebigger, hold their tiny dogs close. His wife, Karen, was alongside. In the Fiebigers’ case, this was an unusual hairless Chihuahua, named Klein.

“He’s like a Billy Idol,” said Fiebiger. (There are three more Chihuahuas in the Fiebiger clan, named Juicy, Dolce and Lelo, but that’s beside the point.)

Tom Shepard, holding the appropriately named Smidgen, strolled by, showing off.