TIFU by accidentally becoming the leader of a pack of chihuahua’s

This is a mild fuck up but is annoying nonetheless and was unintentional.

I’m currently living at my fiances parents house. Her mom went out of town for a month and has 5 dogs. 5 chihuahua’s to be exact. They’re all outdoor dogs (she’s from a different time and place where dogs were seen as livestock, not pets) so they live in a little shed in the backyard and hang out there all day. Its been up to me and my fiance to watch them in her absence.

I love dogs so ive been enjoying going out to feed them, give them some loving, play a bit and put them in and take them out of their crates each night and morning. A couple days ago, I heard them yapping like they usually do but this time they yapped non stop with vigor. I felt something was wrong so I went outside to see what the commotion was. There was an iguana that had fallen from a tree in between some hurricane shutters along the fence in the back yard. Poor iguana bro looked terrified and the chihuahua’s were all barking and nipping at its tail. Everyone seemed upset.

Iguana tails hurt like a bitch and I wasn’t trying to get whipped so I grabbed a rake and yelled at all the dogs to get back while I poked this poor iguana trying to get it out of the hurricane shutters. Long story short is I spent 15 minutes chasing this dumb lizard around the backyard trying to scoop it up since it couldn’t climb over the fence. All while the yappers were howling at as safe distance watching me.

I finally tired it out and managed to toss it into some bushes on the other side of the fence. So what’s the FU here? Well the day after, I hear more yapping and immediately thought the iguana was back. I open the door and all 5 sprint up to me. They then all bark, run a few feet then look back to make sure I’m following them. They wanted to show me something. Turns out they caught another small anole lizard and maimed it. Had to put the poor fella down while they watched and cheered like psychopaths.

Now they don’t listen to anyone but me. If my fiance or her dad tried to grab them, they run. They don’t eat food unless I give it to them. They won’t allow anyone but me to put them in their crates. They howl outside the window randomly until I come give them attention. If anyone else goes out, they don’t stop barking and howling. I’ve accidentally become their leader and the only one they will listen to. Now I’m the guardian for the well-being of 5 dogs that aren’t even mine.

TL;DR: I saved 5 chihuahua’s from a mighty lizard threat and now they only listen to me and nobody else