Maria, I didn't mean to offend anyone, I just know that the people in the US especially, pamper their animals so much , sometimes better than humans (except maybe puppymills,etc) Places like SA , Europe and the US have areas and people who will do anything to make money (the root of all evil sometimes) and many times it's survival, I understand that...Can you imagine the message that we Americans have sent out to the world? Make it cute, make it for our kids , our pets and make it cheap and the Americans will buy it !!! We lost so many jobs to other countries, yet we still buy products make in " ". Now, it's cute, cheap animals!!! That just breeds more puppymills, whether in the US or elsewhere.....