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10-01-2009, 03:33 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ny, Us
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| mean strangers! So my Burton is almost 9 months and I have found that random people can be so rude! I have had strangers stop me and tell me that they love my Morkie or mutt, well Burt is a beautiful pure breed! The people have said it's weird that he has white hair on his head. One lady told me that I was ripped off! (everyone in my family goes to this breeder and she is great!) Also people tell me he isn't a dog or even worse call him a rat. So mean! I get so mad and usually start and argument lol. Of course people love to stop me and tell me he's cute too. Do you get mean comments too? |
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10-01-2009, 03:54 PM | #2 |
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| I have on occasion gotten, or overheard, rude comments. I've found that 9 times out of 10 that they shut up real fast if I stop and look right at the person with confusion showing on my face and ask calmly, "Why would you say that about another persons dog? Why do you think it's ok to be so rude to someone?" They usually don't have a response to someone calling them on their bad manners. If they persist I have been known to ask, "Do you kiss your wife/mother/children with that filthy mouth?" Fortunately, it's not often and I certainly don't let them upset me, because you really do have to feel sorry for people who are really just one rock away from living in a cave.
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10-01-2009, 04:05 PM | #3 | |
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10-01-2009, 04:09 PM | #4 |
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| I just get so angry. MY DOG IS NOT A RAT! and so what he has white hair on his head! ugh makes me so angry I love him so much that I feel I need to stand up for him lol. |
10-01-2009, 04:15 PM | #5 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| oh for crying out loud- how cute is HE??? being a yorkie owner- you develop thick skin- but the comments sometimes do hurt. I think people are just jealous- our babies are SO cute- who wouldn't want one of them. |
10-01-2009, 04:16 PM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ,nc,usa
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| Some people just don't think before the words leave their mouth, and when they do, well, either its too late or they are too embarrassed to applologize and hope it goes away! Also, folks may not be familiar with how a Yorky puppy or adult looks if it is not in a fully mature grown out coat. I would say most people are just not educated in standard Yorky lore. They could be well meaning too, just don't know what they are talking about,(lady who told you that you were ripped off ) My dog had white hair on her head too when she was young and her hair turned to a nice blond,(she is two years old now). When my pup was 5 or 6 months old, one of my neighbors whom I hardly see and lives way around the corner, drove by while I was walking my baby and stopped and asked how I got a squirrel to walk on a leash ! She wasn't trying to be cruel I don't think, but if I had been in a different mood, it would have made me mad. My baby dosn't even look vaguely squirrley! In puppy class there was a gal who had a tiny yorky that looked kinda like it was 1/2 Chihuahua ,hair shaved close too. Her dog was afraid of everything and it was always cowering. One day she looked at mine and made a comment on how tiny her dog was and how big mine was and she was kinda like it was too bad mine was so big! My dog is a normal Yorky in everyway! I bit my tongue and smiled! Sometimes it is just best to smile, bite your tongue and laugh You know what your baby is even if every one else does not |
10-01-2009, 04:18 PM | #7 |
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| I think... he is beautiful, or handsome, my son says boys are not supposed to be pretty but handsome. Don't let other people get you down, you love him and and he loves you!!! Some people just can not keep their foot out of their mouths. Keep your chin up!!!
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10-01-2009, 04:21 PM | #8 |
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| He is adorable!!!
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10-01-2009, 04:29 PM | #9 |
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| What!!?? A yorkie's hair is supposed to change color and the head is usually the first place!! Anyway, I don't think you were ripped off. He's adorable!! |
10-01-2009, 04:40 PM | #10 |
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| Oh he is so adorable!! I have had people say stuff to me too. It is really hard not to let the comments bother you. I am getting a lot better though. It's just hard, cause you are right, you want to take up for them!
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10-01-2009, 05:14 PM | #11 |
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| This is how I look at it.. ' There will always be: Someone prettier Someone richer Someone thinner Someone younger Someone funnier etc. etc. etc. and the list could go on and on... Once I figure out that it is only important how I feel and who I love and who I think is beautiful then I can just laugh at idiots. I once had someone say I had a ugly Yorkie here on YT and it didn't bother me at all. She was right if you were only looking at the outside but inside my little girl was a survivor of abuse and cruel torture...SHE WAS AND IS BEAUTIFUL TO ME... I have laughed at times and call them little rats myself because I grew up with big dogs and these little dudes and dudettes are so different from the big ones. My family just cracks up at my little flea's running in all different directions..compared to their big dogs. Heck I show up with steps to get up on the couch (big dogs usually don't do this) I have car seats for them in the car (big dogs can't do this) they have coats for the winter (most big dogs don't do this)..I have purses to carry them in (big dogs can't do this) and all six of my dogs sleep with me..you can only get one or two big dogs to do this. These little ones are just so different and we are all so lucky to have them..so just enjoy them. So the next time someone makes a crack..just smile at them and say what do I really care what you think I love my little one and that is ALL THAT MATTERS.
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10-01-2009, 05:17 PM | #12 |
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| Geez, some people, but I don't understand how anyone could say anything bad about your little guy! He looks like a very cute yorkie to me Sounds like some people are just jealous, not worth worrying about what they think |
10-01-2009, 05:25 PM | #13 |
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| people are just jealous of him. he's adorable
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10-01-2009, 05:28 PM | #14 |
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| Burton is absolutely adorable! I love the look on his face like he's smiling. And i love how his head color is! Anyway, he is still changing colors, and compared to his darker fur, his head looks while in comparison, but in time it will turn blonde, don't worry. I've had a real jerk step on Uni, not say sorry, call her a rat, then when he left, called ME a b*tch. Go figure.
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10-01-2009, 05:35 PM | #15 |
YT 500 Club Member | Burton is very cute! What a little sweetie! Just what is this rat thing? I have had people call my dog a rat too, and she hardly has a tail. Don't rats have long ugly tails? Aren't they grey? I can't even imagine thinking a Yorkie and a rat look alike. I think some people just need to be rude and don't know what else to say. Little Burton is definitely a beauty.
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