Chahouas tend to be calmer and more personable than leachies, but every animal varies to some extent and it will depend greatly on how much it is handled as it is raised from a hatchling to an adult, so that is a general statement. I have one chahoua that is nippy when in his enclosure but that is fine once he is out (but I got him as a subadult so I don't know how much he was handled before that) and one that is pretty much a total sweetheart no matter what, but I handled her a lot from the time she was little. I have another that I got as a pretty young juvie but didn't handle as much and she can be jumpy but is generally fine to handle and I think would calm down a lot with more regular handling.
My leachies can be much wilder, but it just depends. My male never really enjoyed being handled from the time I got him when he was a hatchling, but he will tolerate it. He will sit nice and quiet and then when he is done he gets anxious and starts darting around looking for something to hide in. I have an adult female that lunges and barks at me if I even move too close to her enclosure and I'm pretty sure she wants to eat my face. I have a juvie female who is sweet, but skittish, but I think she would calm right down if I spent more time with her.
So my point is just that in my experience they are all a little different.
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