I think people just do not understand what pure bread means. Most people assume that if the dog does not resemble a show dog than it is not pure breed. Not every dog matches the standard and that why we neuter them. I think Yorkies are supposed to have silky coats. Maybe the person who made the remark only saw pet quality Yorkies with cottony coats and assumed that was the standard for the breed. I use to think that myself until I joined this forum. I thought the cottony coats were silky because their coats felt silky to me. I would never make those types of comments towards someone's dog. I know how this feels. I had a pet quality Bichon that loosely resemble the breed's standard. People always asked me what he was. My mother took my Bichon to Petsmart, and a man told my mother he was ugly and had a big head. My mother told the man he is beautiful to me and walked away. |