"She's not a teacup"

[Jessilynndoll]

I got that at petco the other day and jac is Almost 5lb, they said "is he a teacup" and i said "no he's a dog"

boom boom cha cha!

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by Jessilynndoll

I got that at petco the other day and jac is Almost 5lb, they said "is he a teacup" and i said "no he's a dog"

boom boom cha cha!

LOL I like that response!

[YorkieChick1]

I get this all the time, Brooke & Bitsy (my chi) are 3 pounders and I get so tired of spending the time to educate them. I will tell them that it is a made up word by unscrupulous breeders, what the standard is and that just like people are short or tall so are dogs, big and small. And then they will look at me and say "Well, my friends' dog is a teacup!!" I give up!!

[sryope68]

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy

Geez I get the "Is she a teacup?" thing ALL THE TIME with Tatum....drives me bonkers I usually just say, "no" and kind of leave it at that instead of going into the whole "teacup" thing because most people have absolutely NO idea what I'm talking about and don't understand when I say that there is "no such thing" as a teacup Takes too long to explain it all, LOL!!

I'm with you on this one! The only time I really go into detail on the whole "teacup" thing is when someone says they're interested in buying a teacup yorkie.

[luv_my_yorkies]

Originally Posted by LoveMyJake

I feel like a stepford yorkie mom "teacup does not compute.....yorkie standard size is 4-7 lbs., repeat...yorkie standard size is 4-7 lbs."

[Bizzymammabee]

Originally Posted by Baby Madeleine

Soooo, I took Madeleine with me to watch my little nephew play baseball this evening. As soon as I get there a man walks up to me and says...

"Is that a yorkie or a silkie?"
Me: "she's a yorkie"
Him: "oh, I wasn't sure because she's pretty big"
Me: "well, she's only 5 1/2 pounds...I consider that pretty small"
Him: "yeah, I'm just used to seeing teacup yorkies which are much smaller than that"
Me: "well, actually there is no such thing as a teacup yorkie, they are all just yorkies that come in different sizes."
Him: "oh, well my friend says her yorkie is a teacup."
Me: "okay, well I'm gonna sit down and watch my nephew play now"

Oy vey!!!

god save us from the ignorant...love when they know not what they speak of but want to argue their point.

[luv_my_yorkies]

We get the "teacup" questions all the time when we walk Tino and Lola. But we have also gotten the popular..."Is that the Mommy and baby?"....um, HE IS WEARING BLUE!!!! He is NOT a Mommy!! hmm......I wish I could train him to pee on annoying people's legs

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by luv_my_yorkies

We get the "teacup" questions all the time when we walk Tino and Lola. But we have also gotten the popular..."Is that the Mommy and baby?"....um, HE IS WEARING BLUE!!!! He is NOT a Mommy!! hmm......I wish I could train him to pee on annoying people's legs

I don't get that either...when I used to work at a dog boutique I would always take Lacy with me. I would have her there and my boss's two yorkies. Lacy is almost 8lbs and the other two yorkies are 3 and 3.5lbs so much smaller than Lacy. A lot of people would ask if she was their mother Like the offspring will always be smaller than the mother...one was actually 4 years older than Lacy! And they didn't look like puppies at all...they were clearly adults.

[kwaymon]

hmm......I wish I could train him to pee on annoying people's legs [/QUOTE]


LOL!

[cooperk]

Originally Posted by Lexie Blue

I actually get asked if Lexie is a silky all the time because she is big, or they'll say, "Isn't she kind of big?" And I just tell them, "Shh, she still thinks she's petite."

What a great response. lol
I feel like I'm educating everyone on the "teacup" thing too. I think it's a loosing battle, tho'.

[cooperk]

Originally Posted by luv_my_yorkies

We get the "teacup" questions all the time when we walk Tino and Lola. But we have also gotten the popular..."Is that the Mommy and baby?"....um, HE IS WEARING BLUE!!!! He is NOT a Mommy!! hmm......I wish I could train him to pee on annoying people's legs

I have twin girls and when they were babies, I'd get that too. They were always wearing pink outfits and people would still ask me, "are they boys or girls." I think people just don't think before they speak.

[yorkiegirl16]

My Zeb is about 10 pounds and about 11 inches tall. My little Zack, bless him, when he was alive was 10 pounds and 10 inches tall although he was nearly as tall as his parents at 10 weeks. I don't care what size they are - size doesn't matter if you love them. I think the origins of the yorkie if I remember right from what I've read is that they were much bigger when they were bred for ratting. When Zack became a father for the first time one of the puppies turned out to be the same size as his parents - the rest were the size of him and his late wife, lovely Poppy.

What also has annoyed me in the past as I've always kept my dogs clipped shorter and one day a woman made a comment - "oh poor things they've got short hair" - I said "Yes they're pets - they're not show dogs." I see many people keep their Yorkies clipped shorter.

[cooperk]

Originally Posted by Jessilynndoll

I got that at petco the other day and jac is Almost 5lb, they said "is he a teacup" and i said "no he's a dog"

boom boom cha cha!

Another good one! lol

[Lexi Rae]

as a matter of fact, i was walking lexi last night and i saw this cute little
dog and asked how old it was because it was soo cute and small , i think
he said a s**tsu.. bad spelling i think.. anyway he say to me yeah shes
a teacup ..i just said oh yeah good for you and walked away,,i didnt even
want to get into it..some people just dont know... or some people say, is
that a yorkie.. i say noooooooooo shes a pitbull..