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AAAAAARGH!!!!! :D You wouldn't believe the 'conversations' I've had with people about 'what Harry is'.....!!!!! When we first got him, I got so peed off about it that eventually I carried his Pedigree round in my bag! :D Like we have to explain anything to anyone?!!? :rolleyes: Rather than do all that now, I just tell them that he's a tiny Bearded Collie puppy.....:eek: :D Sally + Harry :aimeeyork x |
Well, don't feel alone. I have seen several threads here by people who have been confronted with the same type of conversation. There are very few people in this country that have a lot of knowledge about purebred dogs. Most get their information from what they have seen in a pet store or some family pet. I don't have much knowledge about the Silky but from what I have read they do have some ancestors in common with the Yorkie. They are both terriers and both very cute. The person who argued with you obviously had no knowledge base that she was operating from since she gave you no facts about how she based her opinion. There are a lot of people like that in the world. They decide on a view point and stick with it without any regard to real information. Don't try to confuse people like that with facts because they don't want to be bothered with such details.:) |
I tell people mine are the latest toy animatronics from Japan. Lifetime lithium batteries, solar powdered and everything. Cause, yeah, I always get the "Are they real"? questions... Like, do you not see what's in front of your face? |
LOL, i love when people try to argue with me.. about yorkies and silkies.. hubby just roll his eyes smiles and walks away... and when I am done educating the public, he always ask me the same question... did you win? LOL, people see what they want to see, and that is that you can have all the knowledge in the world and some people will never accept it.. that is just human nature.. a silky is a product of years of selecting breeding the yorkshire terrier and the australian terrier, that is why they look alike so much, in a good line we still get some throw backs, like a little wire hair baby here and there or a smaller silky, I have one of those right now, I have a girl that at 6 weeks is only 2 pounds where her sisters are a bit above 3 which is the right weight for a silky baby at that age.. and like all terriers they are very vocal and stubburn.. and yes, usually I win when I tell them I breed and show Silky terriers...LOL |
Some people are just ignorant and rude:rolleyes: How's this one? My mother in law insists that my two CAN'T be "real yorkies" because their hair isn't long:confused: Um, it's called a haircut, but even explaining that to her, and her personally witnessing me taking them to the groomer every two weeks, did nothing to dissuade her from her ignorant opinion:laugh: I give up:D!!!! Don't let one "expert":rolleyes: bug you:D |
One day I took Toby to petland with me. The girl working there asked me what breed he was, and I said yorkie. She looked at the ones they had and then looked at Toby and said he is not a yorkie. I was so mad, but then I thought I am glad he doesn't look like any of yours. If I had though quick enough I would have said no yours are the ones that are not true yorkies. I have just lerned to ignore people. I know that Toby is a purebred, and that is all that matters. I understand you getting upset though. |
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Everyone does the SAME thing to me when I take Clyde anywhere. I know for a fact that Clyde is a purebred YORKSHIRE TERRIER, however whenever I take him out everyone always tries to tell me that he is not. I just think it myself, I think I know my own dog breed? Everyone always tries to tell me that Clyde is a silkie or a west highland terrier mix, but I always just brush it off. Let people think what they want because people be stubborn! I just let them think what they want lol. At least I know that he is a Yorkie! |
Hi Everyone: you should try having a Biewer Yorkie...omg..everyone always asks what "mix" he is...when I tell them he is a yorkie they just look at me like I am lying..I tell them..Google it.. B I E W E R yorkie..lol |
Ugh! I get this all the time. I have a biewer and people always tell me hes a morkie...nope, not a mix!! |
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First, Why would you ask that? Second, Why would I carry around a stuffed animal or worse, a dead animal???!! |
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Yeah I know I shouldn't let it bug me, but I've never had someone argue with me on what my own dog is, like I don't know even though I've had him since he was 9 weeks old! Quote:
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My neighbor has a friend that has been staying with her. I had Yumi out in the back yard, and she asked if she was a silky. I told her she was a yorkie, and she said "Oh, well my sister breeds dogs like that." "I was thinking apparently not if you think shes a silky...I just said "oh cool..." I couldn't care less that she thought she was a silky but it was mildly annoying that she acted like she knew what she was talking about. One of those things where she isn't going to actually say anything, but you can tell she thinks she knows better than you... I can totally understand confusing the 2 breeds. I'm not sure I would know by looking at a silky that it was a silky, but if the owner told me it was I would assume they knew wth they were talking about :P |
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