[yorkietalkjilly]

Sadly so many people say they don't like little dogs and disrespect them as trivial but you hear so many say they felt that way until they got one or lived around one and then most change their minds and come to love the little tykes. Just like a lot of people don't care for babies or kids until they have their own.

Any sophisticated society protects the fragile, innocent, disadvantaged in size or abilities from those who would hurt them or have an unfair advantage and always makes special rules and laws to give them a chance at a better life and keep them safe.

Just ask those big dog owners if they are willing to put their money where their mouth is and sign up for them and their group of buddies to play a 60-minute-game of football with an actual NFL professional team with no holds barred and call it fair and even - or would they want some special rules and "pampering" to save their hides from wrack and ruin trying to hold their own with a whole squad of highly-skilled, 6' 6" battle-hardened hulks, some possibly amped up on HGH?

Or would they step in the boxing ring with the heavy-weight boxing champion of the world with no special rules or shortened ring-time to protect them, the underdog?

Would they enter a contest to solve a series of math problems in a given time-frame with Stephen Hawking if their life depended on them matching his abilities?

Would they want their children to be treated as adults on the playing field with adults or in life or cut some slack and special rules in place to protect them?

Little dogs do need protection from huge, out-of-control big dogs, some of which are dog-aggressive. If owners of little dogs knew that the big dogs were obedient, under control of their owners and not totally running wild, maybe they wouldn't need special hours to keep their smaller pets safe. Big dog owners take the position that all should be equal with dogs in dog parks when they don't think smaller, weaker animals deserve a slice of the pie but with special protections. Yet when they are put in the position of underdogs, I'll bet they would squawk out for help and special rules to give themselves a fair shot!

Keep fighting for the rights of the little guys to have some time in the dog park to themselves, safe from the big dogs!!!