Don't mean to open a can of worms but...

[kezza]

Originally Posted by erickajm

I called him a Tea Urn

So now I will break it down:

Tinies ~ teacups
Mid sizers ~ tea bags
Just over the standards ~ teapots
& finally our large and in charge ~ tea Urns

I was at the furniture store the other day and our salesman said he had one, then he said, "Well, I have a porky Yorkie!" I about died laughing, I said,.. no hun, you have a teapot![/QUOTE]

LOL..thats so funny!

[coolbar]

and a standard going for a pee ?

A leaking teapot of course

[angelakc]

Originally Posted by jmdt

I know but everyone gets their feathers all ruffled up when they hear "teacup"
When someone comes on and says they have a big one everyone says, "aw a teapot" But if they come on and say they have a small one NO ONE says, "aw teacup"

Double standard???

i agree

[erickajm]

Originally Posted by coolbar

and a standard going for a pee ?

A leaking teapot of course

Too funny!

[vlccairo]

Originally Posted by TOY

Neither really bother me since I consider both of them a term of endearment. Actually I think I like those words much better than the terms we use to describe light and heavy people.

I think I' much rather be described as a teapot...LOL

You and me both, Toy! LOL

[RachelandSadie]

I didn't even know you called the bigger ones teapots, how cute.

as for teacups, i was avoiding the breeders proclaiming to have them at all costs, i wanted a standard sized pup and i don't want it to be sick because it was too small or bred to be so small...in the old days, they called those the "runts" and they weren't MORE money, they were "less" money because of the commonness of health issues with being smaller than the rest of the litter and not getting as much milk supply.

there's my two cents worth! that's all i had

[yorkie mad]

Originally Posted by RachelandSadie

I didn't even know you called the bigger ones teapots, how cute.

as for teacups, i was avoiding the breeders proclaiming to have them at all costs, i wanted a standard sized pup and i don't want it to be sick because it was too small or bred to be so small...in the old days, they called those the "runts" and they weren't MORE money, they were "less" money because of the commonness of health issues with being smaller than the rest of the litter and not getting as much milk supply.

there's my two cents worth! that's all i had

Thats exactly what I said to my breeder when she charged me an extra £100 pound for Tia because she was smaller than the rest. Shes worth it though my little tea bag lol

[RachelandSadie]

i wanted to add that i didn't mean to offend anyone who might have a runt puppy, they are completely adorable and would steal my heart too, my cousins chose a runt on purpose because he was having a hard time getting picked out, and he's perfectly healthy and wonderful, he's a maltese named Georgie and i think he's like over 10 years old.

so sorry if anyone thought i was saying that runts aren't any good, it's not the size that matters it the fact that we love our pups no matter how teapot or teacup they are!!

[coolbar]

I have always been a sucker for the runts and the scruffy ones, I call these real dogs.

My younger bro has an english sheepdog, but as he is a sucker for the scruffs too, he also has a 15lb scruffy mongrel, ripper his name is, but what a lovely and intelligent dog, I think he is great.

[yorkie mad]

Originally Posted by RachelandSadie

i wanted to add that i didn't mean to offend anyone who might have a runt puppy, they are completely adorable and would steal my heart too, my cousins chose a runt on purpose because he was having a hard time getting picked out, and he's perfectly healthy and wonderful, he's a maltese named Georgie and i think he's like over 10 years old.

so sorry if anyone thought i was saying that runts aren't any good, it's not the size that matters it the fact that we love our pups no matter how teapot or teacup they are!!

Originally Posted by coolbar

I have always been a sucker for the runts and the scruffy ones, I call these real dogs.

My younger bro has an english sheepdog, but as he is a sucker for the scruffs too, he also has a 15lb scruffy mongrel, ripper his name is, but what a lovely and intelligent dog, I think he is great.

a dogs a dog whatever you call it right? We all love them regardless. In fact sometimes they are better than people of course not better than YTers lol

[RachelandSadie]

Originally Posted by yorkie mad

a dogs a dog whatever you call it right? We all love them regardless. In fact sometimes they are better than people of course not better than YTers lol

of course not!! lol, and you know, some people don't like the mutt dogs either, but sometimes those just make the best doggie friends in the world, so much love from rescuing one, if i had a fenced in yard and owned my own house, i'd prob. have several mutts running around!!

[Julie1760]

Myah is the runt of the litter....the rest of her littermates are around 6 lbs. She is just a little over 3 lbs. And she does get called runt from time to time.

When people as me if she is a teacup....I just say she is the runt of the litter, which is true.

I didn't pay more for her...actually she was given to me, because the breeder wanted to make sure she would be well cared for. I wish Myah would have been bigger, but she is very healthy!!!


Any of the "terms" to describe their sizes don't bother me. It only bothers me when the breeders are doing it on purpose and expect more money for the small ones.

[yorkie mad]

Originally Posted by Julie1760

Myah is the runt of the litter....the rest of her littermates are around 6 lbs. She is just a little over 3 lbs. And she does get called runt from time to time.

When people as me if she is a teacup....I just say she is the runt of the litter, which is true.

I didn't pay more for her...actually she was given to me, because the breeder wanted to make sure she would be well cared for. I wish Myah would have been bigger, but she is very healthy!!!


Any of the "terms" to describe their sizes don't bother me. It only bothers me when the breeders are doing it on purpose and expect more money for the small ones.

A big thumbs up from one Julie to another

[JJinjersey]

Originally Posted by redvalaria

you know, i agree with a lot of the posters about how teacup is a marketing ploy, teapot, isn't. But i think it is more than that.

Its almost like, on a rap record, an artist can drop the "n word" and no one gets all offended, because a) he is a member of that group, b) he usually isn't using it to cause offense or be a slur and c) its use is not seen as negative within that subsection of the community.

Key is c, by the way.

Here at yt, we all are so conscious of the teacup being a misleading term, used by unscrupulous breeders trying to get more money & potentially doing harm to the breed by intentionally breeding overly small dogs. Whereas we can say "teapot", in that rap star way, cause they are our dogs, we love them madly and no one is trying to make a big trend out of it.

So....that's my 4 cents (cause i have a teapot and 2cents aren't enough!!)

what?

[PANAMA69]

This is so weird, I was just thinking about this thread yesterday, I do not understand either why is ok to use teapot and teacup not, lots of people when sees Melody said oh a teacup try to correct them but some people just don't want to hear it, they look at you like so I do tell them if they see open to it, and if I have the time lol, to tell you the true here in Cali is very common the "T" word, it doesn't bother me as much anymore