[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by LindaV

I get asked this question too, often. Remy is a little over 3lbs. When someone asks the question I know is coming, "Oh, is that a teacup?" I say, "Nope, she was the runt!". Well, because, she was!
Her parents were both around 5lbs, her brother and sister both outsized her - she's just little!

I've tried to explain that there is no such thing as a Teacup... people just want to believe what they want to believe I guess.

One time though, I felt horrible. I was in Petsmart and a woman was holding what looked to be a 15lb silky/yorkie mix, perhaps? It had the face of a silky, and was a very pretty, adorable dog!!

I was holding Remy and she said, "Oh! You have a teacup!" Uhhhh... I said, "No, I have a runt!", as I laughed. She looked very sad for me, and said, "Oh, I'm sorry."
She then said she had recently gotten her dog and was promised a *teacup*. She went on to explain that she paid a fortune for the dog and was told that she was apparently doing something wrong - feeding too much, and that is why her dog grew so large! She was searching for a diet food to put it on

I didn't know what to say except that I thought her dog was beautiful just the way it was.

The information is out there... why do people not educate themselves? It makes me sad.

like her dog is going to lose 12lbs and all of a sudden because a "teacup"?? I wish people weren't so obsessed about size...