I went to petsmart today to get food for my babies and some treats. So I am walking around looking and suddenly I see this lady with a beautiful yorkie pass by. She saw me and I saw her. So I approached her and petted her baby and she carried Ruby and was nice to her. Then she ask me what it was that I was walking Ruby on. I said it was a harness, a cat harness, then she ask me were I had bought it and i see there at petsmart. I told her she should get one for her baby as she had her with a collar and we all know their traceas are very sensible. So she walked on and I went to ask about the puppy training classes for Ruby. She came back with a harness and was trying to ask me something but i wanted to give my undivided attention to the information given to me by the trainer about the classes. I told her very quick that the harness she had grabbed was fine. Then I got a guilt trip and went back to help her and show her exactly what I had bought Ruby because I tought, well she might think I was rude at the end since I was so short with her while speaking to the trainer. She had mentioned her little girl was 3 years old and I had said Ruby was 7 months old. Then as we got to the end cap of the isle were the harness were I put Ruby down and started showing her the harnesses and she put her baby down and then I heard a horrible caughing honking noise that her dog was making. So I said is your dog sick and she looked at me like I was a little snoby and said know she does this all the time. I said sorry but you dog has a URI(upper respiratory infection), believe me I would know what it is as I went through this two times with both my dogs and for several months. She told me it was her understanding that this was common with yorkies. Boy is she clueless. I said know that she needed to give her dog amoxicilin, meaning she would have to take her to the vet and they would give her there Clavamox which is amoxcilin. She than thanked me for the advice and info. Now I am wondering how long this poor thing has had this URI because her mom thinks its common and also I hope this lady doesn't give her regular amoxicilin because i told her she needed to give her this rather than saying to take her to the vet and they would give her this which is what I really meant. She seems so clueless that now I am scared she might do it and that something might happen to the dog if give regular medication. i hope this lady has the common sense to figure it out. The lady was nice overall but just thinking that her baby has had this problem untaken care of for god know how long makes me sad. Sorry this is so long but this is how the story took place.