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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  My pet peeve is everybody wants to hold Tibbe - strangers, friends, everybody reaches out to get their hands on him as if they can't stand it if they don't get hold of him. He was 9 mos. old and wild as a hare when I got him having lived alone in a kennel most of that time and it took a lot to "bring him back". He loves people and dogs and cats and everything but he's funny about being held and if he doesn't think someone is holding him just right he struggles to try to jump down - even when the person is standing up. But everybody wants to hold him once they see him. Makes me want to put a sign on him that says "Hands Off!" |
OMG... i absolutely hate when people do this... it makes me soo nervous at times... One of the first times I brought Lilo out, we went to a yorkie meetup in SF and the ladies were in love with her. Most of the people were quite nice and some even ask before they picked her up or pet her so i thought we were in a pretty safe place. One of the ladies that was there with her two yorkies asked if she could talk a picture with Lilo. I wasn't sure how respond and right before i could, she swooped her up in one hand and perched her on her shoulder like a parrot to pose for a picture she asked her friend to take. They even switched positions and Lilo was passed around to take pictures with 2 other women, like some accessory. I was horrified and it was most tense few minutes of mylife. My bf and i just looked at each other speechless we didnt want to be rude but they just seemed oblivious to the fact that my baby was real and not a toy nor parrot. We took her right after and left.
Now when people ask to pet her i usually just say Just pet her gently on her back and if they ask to pick her up i try my best to say "shes a wiggly little one and i would love it if you could just pet her, since thats her favorite." Usually it works.
The"teacup" thing always comes up also. I just say theres no such thing and that Lilo is just smaller than stardard and still very young and explain the difficulties of the tinies. I still get the "oh my daughter wants one of those" then i explain why standard size is better and healthier and even a bigger breed that could be better, especially since some of them want a YT for their kids -_- that also scares me to death.