Chihuahuas prefer some people and try to avoid others. This is not due to their smell but to the way people handle chihuahuas.
Chihuahuas are not babies. Do not hold them under their armpits like
babies. Do not shake them. You do not shake babies because it
breaks vessels in their young brain and you can kill them if you shake
them too much, so do not shake chihuahuas either.
Do not talk to them with a shrill stupid voice that is supposed to sound
loving, cute or funny. It scares them and instead of liking you better they are
waiting that you leave them alone if they do not bite you. The best way to talk to them is to
speak normally with your normal voice and say things calmly. Explain
the chihuahua what you are doing for example: "Chihuahua, let's put
salt in the witch's coffee. If we put enough salt, the coffee will be
so dense that her sugar will float on the surface like an ice-cube."
Talk as if the animal was involved in the action and do not expect any reaction from the chihuahua.
Do not feed them with human food even if they like
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for it. The more authority you demonstrate, the more they will like you
because they will feel you are strong and you can protect them.
Moreover, most people believe animals prefer the ones who feed them.
That is why you must not feed chihuahuas so nobody can say they prefer
you because you feed them. If chihuahuas prefer you although you do not
feed them, it will be a mark of genuine preference.
Hold chihuahuas on your arm, belly down and back up like a dog, not
like a baby and leave it like that as you talk to other people or as
you move in the house. Only take a chihuahua if the animal wants to be taken.
Most of the time chihuahuas want to sleep and you should leave them
alone.
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nose or anything that they are not going to like.
If
you decide chihuahuas should not do certain things, do not let them, by
no means. Show authority. For example if a chihuahua is not allowed to
enter a room, close the door and never let the animal go there. If you
do not want them to go through the garden door, keep it closed all the
time.
Chihuahuas are smart enough to understand logical instructions, but if
you start being illogical, they will do things anyhow just like you.
Play with chihuahuas when they want to play and do not force them to play when they want to sleep.
Chihuahuas
are efficient and responsible and prefer people who deserve
their preference. If after reading all this you keep doing the
opposite, either get used to the idea that chihuahuas will not
prefer you or get another animal more adapted to your whims. 
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