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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s Please tell me I didn't see it suggested that people who give warnings and cautions others about tiny Yorkies do so because they are jealous of those with small ones.  EVen if it was a joke... That is one of the most absurd things I have heard in a while!  |
I am sorry if I did not word that well, but why be insulting? I was
answering another mention of a possible jealousy issue. I said maybe, I don't know.
No one could really know another's motives. I reread my post and I can't believe one line was taken out of context and
pounced on like that
when I made it so abundantly clear about my overall feelings of this place. I would ask what purpose that served -- just to try to ridicule a person?
If that had been the main theme of my post I would understand. But one line out of context?
Please don't confuse the two things going on. There are a lot of caring folks who try to nicely advise of the
very real extra precautions needed with little ones; that politely tell newbies about the dangers of getting a puppy from too small a mother, the dangers of thinking of breeding a tiny mother, the risk of surgeries and the like.
That is the majority! Then there are a
very few who are a lot more assertive saying things like tiny Yorkies are unhealthy and try to insinuate anyone wanting a smaller yorkie is uncaring, stupid or both -- some give a specific weight that is acceptable!
I don't think most would want to trade off their Yorkie (I first wrote no one would -- but then I remembered a post from someone wanting to sell their slightly large Yorkie in hopes of finding a smaller one! Now that was an EEK for me.) But it is possible that some are sort of like the person with rounder kids saying something negative about those with thinner kids. They don't want to trade kids but maybe in the back of their minds they would want something to be different.
Most are very happy with their own dogs size, whatever it is -- and those folks submit the nice cautions about little ones because
they are thinking of the dogs and the owners!
Most here post good warnings and cautions and I can see how those people would think this thread was off the mark -- but everyone is not posting with the same tone. I think it was a valid concern. I have already read thousands of posts so for me .... it was a small bump in the road -- but if someone happened to catch a few of those more derogative posts in a row, they might have more concern. Others might have missed them completely and not even understand this thread.
I don't even know how large mine will wind up to be as the two I now have are puppies. But if they stay little, I am betting they will be healthy as they are now, if too little I will spay/neuter and love them for all their lives. If they get large, I will just spay/neuter and love them for all their lives! Some have preference over large or small Yorkies. I prefer the small, but I can love any size. There is plenty of room on a forum for a lot of diverse opinions and preferences (without calling anyone or their posts absurd) -- that is what makes it interesting, informative and entertaining.
I hope that I conveyed that I sure do not think this is pervasive on this forum.
Very few posts are negative. It is the nicest forum I think I have ever visited. I have become an almost instant addict. Hopefully this is not going to cause a problem!