Chihuahuas carry a reputation for being yappy, snappy, and difficult. This film asks a simpler question: what does the world look like from four pounds and three-inch legs? Shot almost entirely from six inches off the ground, Life According to a Chihuahua puts you inside a world built for giants, where a dropped sock looks like fallen timber and a friendly hand falls from the sky. Seen from down there, the barking, the bravery, and even the babying start to make a different kind of sense. The story follows that thread all the way to an animal-shelter crisis most people have never heard about, and to the quiet, hopeful thing that happens when one of these dogs learns to trust again.