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Originally Posted by paulapoo I think the whole idea of wanting a very small dog is wrong. It seems its more about how other people will fuss over it rather than the health and safety of the dog. Just my opinion. |
Ok, again, I want to be really careful NOT to insult anyone with smaller dogs, and why/how could I, when obviously I own one MYSELF! But in many, many cases, I think you're right.
When I'm out in public with Mazie and Kiki, people are understandably always surprised to learn that Kiki (around four lbs now) is the PUPPY, and that Mazie at half that size is almost full grown. I guess it's the novelty of that that captures people, and again, I suppose that's human nature, and understandable.
But it's just gotten outrageous, I think, the sense of competitiveness about the size of a DOG! Over and over here we read the same frustrations about people making SIZE COMMENTS when we're out with our yorkies. And it doesn't matter how small a dog is, someone's ALWAYS got to mention one smaller.
Good grief, when I had Mazie at the vet getting a check up after her accident, a guy turned to me and sd., "My mom has a pom at home that would make that dog look like a giant." I just sort of looked at him like he was an idiot, turned to the lady next to me, and told her why we were there. I'm sure the point was entirely lost on him....all he was worried about was winning some fictitious "world's smallest dog contest" he was running in his head.
It is so hard for me sometimes when I'm out in public with Mazie, and everyone is making such a big deal out of her. Even BEFORE this happened, I always felt like I had to make, "yeah, but you really don't want a dog this small...." comments. But people just don't want to hear it...they just go on and on about how, "Yeah, but I just want a dog that can sit with me on the couch and watch TV". Okaaaaay....well, if that's all you want, a five lb dog can do that! And a 10 lb, and 15 lb, and 20 lb, and up, depending on how far you want to skooch over.
Eh, I know I'm rambling, but I'm just on a tear on this topic. Like I say, I was even BEFORE this, but now I'm just agitated about it, and soooo tired of EVERY person I meet who wants a yorkie saying, "Yeah, but I want a teacup!"