I took Tee Tee to the vet last night because she's been sneezing on and off these past 2 days. According to the vet, she has a slight cold but we caught it in time before it got any worse. She's feeling MUCH better this morning! No more sneezing.
Yay for Tee Tee!
But anyway, while I was in the waiting room to see the vet, this couple came in with their Yorkie boy. Now I'm not one to make fun of any dog (especially a Yorkie), but this Yorkie was so ratty and dirty looking! His hair looked like it was never combed in his life -- it was greasy and matted! I felt so sorry for the little guy. He was truly beyond filthy!
Anyway, the wife noticed my Tia and said "Oh my god, she's so beautiful and tiny!! " So we started a polite, friendly conversation about our dogs. Then her husband said that they stud their male out to breeders. The said we should breed our two dogs together because they would make "adorable" pups.
First I said, well I'm not educated enough to be a breeder. I haven't done any real research on breeding, genetic testing, etc. Also, my dogs (I had Codie there with me too) are PETS ONLY -- just for lovin', not breeding. I was trying to be polite and keep my answer simple rather then get into specific details with them. But they kept insisting that we could make a lot of money on the pups and they would be so cute and a whole bunch of other bull $hit.
They also said genetic testing is too expensive and not necessary.
So then I told them that Tia would be way too small to breed because she will only be about 2 lbs - 3 lbs when full grown. And testing is vital because I don't want to be responsible for spreading liver shunt and luxated patella and other genetic defects along to poor baby pups!
This woman had the nerve to tell me that Tia would not be too small for breeding. She said her dog has been with 2 lb females before. I was appalled! For one thing ... her dog is AT LEAST 8 lbs!!
Can you imagine an 8 lb male with a little itty bitty 2 lb female?
Needless to say, I saw RED when she said that!
My husband jumped in the conversation before I could respond (he knows my temper only too well) and said "We're not interested. It's too dangerous to breed tiny females and we are not willing to risk our baby's life." The woman tried to say something again but I told her to "SHUT HER PIE HOLE and not talk to us anymore because I want NOTHING to do with careless, unethical people who breed for money!!" Then she and her husband started saying that they are not unethical and they love their dog, etc. I said "oh yeah, you REALLY love your dog. I can tell just exactly how much care and attention you give him by the way he's so clean and well groomed." They didn't say one more word to me after that remark!
Can you believe some people?