I feel like venting… Now that it is just starting to warm up I have spend every minute I can outside with my little lady. Our favorite thing to do is walk downtown to sit and have a picnic at the Waterfront Park. I bring a turkey sandwich and a good book, Lula brings her bully stick. We could sit at the Waterfront Park for hours, and usually do. As always Miss Lula-Mae Famous gets tons of attention due to her tiny size. She doesn’t seem to care why people are gawking or rushing over to say hello (she just eats it up) me on the other hand.... Just as soon as we hit any populated area, the questions start… “Is she full grown?” “Where did you get her?” “How much was she” “Is she one of those ‘tea cups?’” …. Arg! Do they ever stop to think that the woman sitting quietly with her dog reading a book just might be enjoying sitting QUIETLY with her dog!? Maybe I don’t feel like disclosing how much I spent on my dog to a total stranger? I don’t like calling my dog a ‘tea cup’ but I don’t want to have to tell each and every person the breed specifics of Yorkshire Terriers every time some miss-informed person asks about them. I have found myself replying “yep” just so I don’t have to talk to some gawker for 20 minutes or so. If your so curious about the breed, Google it! Some teenage girl plopped her s**tzu puppy next to my Lula to say "hi" because “they are the same size!!! EEEK!” ...(arg!), then proceeded to tell me that the 2 month old gremlin growling at my little lady was a ‘tea cup’ and wasn’t going to get any bigger. I just wanted to shake her and scream in her face that 2 month old puppies grow. Babies grow. Your 'breeder' lied to you. This dog will not be 3 pounds forever, you wasted your money on a lie, and I hope to god you don’t love it less when it does grow up. Triple Arg! Man, I really got the wrong dog for a person who doesn’t really like people all that much. I even started telling little children that bolt over with their little sticky man-handling mitts that my dog bites in hope they will stop trying to pick her up. *sigh* I am really considering training her to bit on comand.. prehaps with a trigger like "please ask first" then CHOP! fingers gone! just the thought of it makes me all warm and happy.
On a good note, Lula did make a new friend; a giant Mastiff. As soon as Lula is in his sight he will drop down as low to the ground as he can so she can lick his face. Yorkies really are fearless little devils.
__________________ ~ Miss Jessica  & Miss Lula-Mae Famous  ~ |