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Originally Posted by amyazer  Every single one of you that is against the teacup term thats valid for your preferences...However, my stand is where you can have a tiny puppy that stays tiny because its my preference or anyone who prefers it. I do not believe that you should breed a teacup dog that is barely 3 pounds. Teacups can com from ,for example, 5 pound dogs its genetically possible and some breeders although not show dog breeders are just as if not better... good at what they do and they are biologically and genetically informed on how to breed down the best quality dogs into what they want ie...temperament, healthy, size, etc...im not talking about any backyard breeder or puppy mill...Please read and understand what im saying dont close your minds to just oh a teacup it must be a puppymill...No! thats not what im saying...my pup is tiny (not the smallest) and came out of 5 and 6 pound parents. All im saying and maybe some others is i reserve the right to call my pup watever i want...and stop arguing i already did my research and i know what im doing...im just defending bentleymommie (originally) |
I felt the need to respond to this because I too was very stubborn and stuck in my ways over the term "teacup". It is very easy to take member's passion as rudeness but they truly are just very very VERY passionate about the breed. Teacup is such a degrading word to our breed because of it's background. Teacup was not a word made up by the AKC but a term made up by horrible back yard breeders who purposely bred ill bred puppies just for the money. The members here understand that some tinies DO happen from even the best of the best bloodlines but one thing that I've learned here is that teacup will never be an accepted term. I mean it's kind of like going to work and cussing your boss out...somethings are just inappropriate in certain places. Please, I encourage you to just listen to the members for a bit or even search the forum. There are plenty of threads on the term and believe me when I say after research, I don't think you'd want your baby referred to as a teacup.
