That IS why pets are soooo great. Another great thing about pets is that they can't talk. And anyway, I'd much rather hear a dog yap than an un-educated person.


THIS ROCKS!! I AGREE 100%

Well...Just got back from my walk with Pixie, and it was quite uneventful for a change! all the idiots must have still been in work or something..lol
Had a few double takes and backward glances but i'm used to that now!;)

The bottom line is---some people are just plain rude. Why do they think they can just that are completely obnoxious!!!! :thumbdown

Tia's been called a rat...and also a cat that barks (can't find an emoticon with rolling eyes to insert here).

On a brighter note, my neighbour wanted to hold her and exclaimed with a note of surprise in his voice: "But she doesn't smell like a dog! At all!"

I was beaming from ear to ear when he said that!

I think Tia wanted to rough up my hair and say "Who's a good mommy? Who's a good mommy!"

Awwww!!!!!!!:thumbup:

:lol tears
That's funny!!!
Ppl who love animals, especially small ones are more inclined to love Roxy. Everytime I go to Petco there's always some teenage girl there who says... "OMG THIS IS TOTALLY THE KIND OF DOG I WANT!!!! I WOULD DRESS IT AND IT WOULD BE LIKE SO TOTALLY CUTE!!!"
Which drives me nuts, even tho I dress Roxy lol.
Ppl give her a lot of adoration...
And ppl always compliment that she smells good, which makes me feel good, because she gets a bath 2 times a week usually. Sometimes more depending on her stinkyness..

I agree!!!!!! I am soooo sick of dealing with people! I mean, seriously, how mean can some people be? I love my family and my doggies and my kitty. They are all that I need! My mom is by far not a fan of animals at all, but, she will never call them anything nasty. But I guarantee, by the time I am home from the airport she will love my furkids more than my skinkids! hahahaha.

I just had to reply to this comment (and keep in mind that I am not meaning any of this reply in a rude way). All the people who have made unpleasant comments about small dogs are perhaps just uneducated about them and you are being given a chance to educate them. The reason I quoted this posting is that it sort of proves my point because, although I have cats and Yorkies, I have also had rats as pets. If you want to talk about prejudice, and about people being uneducated about a subject, try telling them you have rats as pets.

Now here is my chance to educate. All my rats have had different personalities but all of them have been sweet, highly intelligent, and endlessly fascinating. I have loved them and cried over their passing as much as I have for any of my other pets. It's a shame that more people don't know the truth about rats as pets.

Think of any of the unpleasant encounters that have been written about in this thread and think how they might have been different if they had been used to educate people about Yorkies. I have never had any incidents like some of you have mentioned, but I would try to get past the shock of anyone not realizing instantly how adorable our babies are and grab the opportunity to talk about small dogs. People get the wrong idea about a lot of things so let them know in a sweet way that they have bought into a stereotype that isn't always true. Humor goes a long way, too.

Granted, some people don't want to be educated, but I would rather do my best to leave them with an impression that challenges the stereotype than give them one more reason to dislike small dogs and their owners.