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Originally Posted by red98vett  I bet breeders do hear that all the time. I guess we all can be grateful no one's come up with the term "Live Fashion Accessory" because that IS what quite a few so called 'celebs' did to small dogs
not to mention - the bragging over the PET STORES where they purchased them. Oprah nailed it with her shows on puppy mills - I didn't see it because it aired when I was at work - but I wish 'celebs' would follow suit and start speaking AGAINST pet stores and I wish all these 'breeders' would quit with the catch phrases.
It's like there's a SIZE obsession going on and it's dangerous for the dogs. Some are meant to be tiny - like a Chi - but to intentionally go smaller and smaller with yorkies can only hurt the breed as a whole. Just look at all the LS and other devestating illnesses we're seeing so much of....The dogs suffer but it's not stopping people from trying to profit off the small breed craze |
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i agree with you. it's getting silly out there. no yorkie should be purposely bred to be 4 lbs let alone all the crazy people out there that are now going for a 1lb and under teaspoon yorkie. yes i've heard it all now
it makes me so mad. Sadie is about 4lbs. but that wasn't intentional. she never grew no matter how much i hoped she would. her parents were both about 5lbs or so, so she was bred to be standard, she just didn't make it. which no that she's spayed and eating a much more stable measured diet, she could tip the 5lbs someday, but anyways, i did not purchase her for a "teacup" dog...and i hate hate hate people that breed dogs her size on purpose...she's not standard, and therefore should not and will not ever be bred. why don't others learn more about the breed standard and work to improve and not destroy it???