Unfortunately the same people who are complaining about the problems they now have are alot of the cause of the problem. As a breeder I get emails from prospective buyers all the time who want very small or smaller puppies that will grow into 3# dogs. I do not breed for smaller dogs but occasionally have one and that is what I tell them. Ask me what the first dogs to sell usually are from a litter and I would have to tell you they are the smaller ones. I have a boy from our last litter that I cannot give away right now as he is going to be about 5.5-6#, go figure. Oh and he is not "babydoll" faced. That is the other request. This will continue to be a problem until there is not a market for it. So the same people who are complaining about the sick or unhealthy dogs they are receiving are also the ones who are causing alot of the problem because they are keeping the breeders in business who are breeding for "teacups".
As for the designer dogs. Same issue. If there was no market there would be no designer dogs. No one is forcing these people at gunpoint to pay thousands of dollars for what years ago would be termed a mutt. No market = No designer dogs.
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