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Originally Posted by myteddybear  LOL you all are so funny! You made me feel better.  I like the USA T shirt idea. Yep, it's usually men with the rat comments, older ladies usually love her and comment how beautiful she is and some rudeness just comes from random people. We had a woman walk by us twice today with a little girl and they didn't speak English and when the little girl wanted to come over to see her the lady gave her an ear full and shot the most disgusting look at Rosie. The second time they went by the little girl didn't even look our way and the lady shot the same nasty look our way.  Some people just walk by look and laugh at her.  What is that about? 
I don't like confrontation and usually just look away or pretend not to hear them and go about my business but it does make me feel uncomfortable. I am out trying to get her used to different people and situations so have been taking her to the high streets to walk where there are lots of people and she is doing so well but I don't want my uncomfortable feelings making her uneasy.
When we were waiting for Rosie to get here I would always notice all the other dogs being walked and noticed that it seems like people from England aren't much into small dogs, at least not as small as Yorkies. You almost never see them. Most everyone is out walking much bigger dogs. They originate from here so it surprised me that it seems rare to see them. I also wonder if in the states they have been bred down in size so much that it just seems out of the ordinary here since the few I have seen have all been what seem quite large to me.
Well whatever it is that causes the reactions, I will press on and whenever I hear rude comments I will think of you guys and just smile.  |
Please, please, please don't think that everybody born and bred in the UK are rude people, wandering around with huge dogs. That just isn't the case
. We live in a small Close of 24 houses, and there are 3 Yorkies here alone. There are also 2 poms.
I think it depends largely on location. In the 'rougher' parts of the Country and 'not quite so desirable' Cities there are a
lot of predominantly Staffordshire bull terriers etc. But in good old Surrey there are
loads of Yorkies, Lhasa's, chi's, cocker spaniels + the 'poo' crossbreeds. The larger dogs are usually labradors, pointers etc.
And yes, the Yorkies here
are bigger, in general - I just think the breed standards differ between the 2 countries. You can get tiny ones, but here it just isn't the 'norm'. I'm actually amazed that people here are being rude to you in any way
and I apologise for my fellow countrymen (+ women!) that you've encountered that. Normally, it's the teensy little dogs, in my experience, that get all the attention and cuddles
I really hope things improve for you both. Sally + Harry x