Teacup is not a 'proper' term for a dog - at all. They stated that on the Westminster dog show last night. It causes people to want the tiny dogs as a toy. It is very hard for the vet to work on such a small dog. I lost a little 4 pound pup which was the runt of my litter, he was 4 months old. The vet called all around to find an emergency clinic that could even work on him. It cost $1,000 and they had to put him to sleep. They crash really quickly, and even though I called my vet, stayed up all night with him; met the vet at 5am as he began to stagger when he woke up. 5 hours at the emergency clinic and they could not save him. My vet was nice enough not to even charge me to meet me at 5am on Sunday morning at her office. |