My teacup Yorkie

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by BobbiB

So...simply because someone can afford to take care of a miserable animal (because, let's shoot straight, MANY of these "teacups" are), it's okay for them to lead a miserable, issue-laden life?

Again, NOT spaying IS a HUGE health risk (just research info from the rest of this post) for any female, let alone tiny dogs. Pyometra nearly killed my very healthy 50+lbs dog???how fast could it kill a 6lbs dog?


Not trying to be mean, but "so what?" Seems like a hugely naive answer.

I agree with the so what thing. I also think supporting a bad breeder is an issue so yeah I guess some of my issues would be them buying one especially when they knew better. But I'm also not convinced this is real.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by chachi

Then what is the issue I see no reason to make this person feel bad so they dont want to spay so what

Well yeah I do have an issues with them buying the dog and supporting a bad breeder who is ruining the breed I love so much and not doing things right. These kind of breeders should not be bought from so they stay in business. In order to get these tiny dogs they have to breed tiny dogs which means they are putting there breeding yorkies in danger just to make a buck. That is not ok. I get it if the buyer did not know better but this one did. Then there is the fact she was saying false information about spaying. I also feel teacup should not be used especially by knowledgeable people so I was try to educate why and even included links. One of points of this board is to educate and when some puts false info out there it can be dangerous.

[kreuer]

Originally Posted by chachi

Breeding Tcups should be frowned upon not buying tcups. He/she has the money to afford one and if they can care for them propery and afford them I have no problem with anyone buying them and I dont think anyonne should make them feel bad for buying them. I dont see anyone making someone feel bad for buying from a breeder that breeds over the standard yorkies

I'm sorry, but I don't agree with this. If people didn't buy them, then people wouldn't breed them, supply and demand. So yes, buying a "teacup" should be frowned upon for this reason. There is nothing wrong with trying to educate people on the risks of buying these small dogs and keeping them from supporting these bad breeders. Unfortunately, the demand will probably always be there.

[chachi]

Someone has to buy teacups they exist will continue to exist and as long as he/she has done their research and knows all about caring for one and can afford to take care of it in case of health problem or injury it is no ones buisness to ream him for buying one. Not all teacups are miserable creatures with health problems alot are quite healthy. If he/she doesnt want to spay it is their own business not the forums. He had true concerns for not spaying. I have seen on here where spaying caused urinary incontinence thats why everyone has to weight the pro/cons of spay/ns only issues were he eutering. To seethis person reamed to the point they said they give up just makes me so angry. Hiought a tcup= his only issues were he used the word teacup- big deal. He bought a teacup- his business. He doesnt want to spay- His business

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by chachi

Someone has to buy teacups they exist will continue to exist and as long as he/she has done their research and knows all about caring for one and can afford to take care of it in case of health problem or injury it is no ones buisness to ream him for buying one. Not all teacups are miserable creatures with health problems alot are quite healthy. If he/she doesnt want to spay it is their own business not the forums. He had true concerns for not spaying. I have seen on here where spaying caused urinary incontinence thats why everyone has to weight the pro/cons of spay/ns only issues were he eutering. To seethis person reamed to the point they said they give up just makes me so angry. Hiought a tcup= his only issues were he used the word teacup- big deal. He bought a teacup- his business. He doesnt want to spay- His business

Oh but they weren't done they came back and dished out some sarcasm. Teacups don't exists because there is not such thing. The breeders who use that word are not good breeders so they should not be bought from. You know very well that lecturing people how to post and or feel just starts drama so not sure why that was necessary? You could simply just post your opinion like we have. We are allowed to not agree with you. We can stop these breeders by educating people not to buy from them!

[rgadams]

Finally someone with a little bit of sensibility and kindness. I was thinking maybe this forum was not for me. I sense a lot of frustration and jealousy in people that are on this forum. Look around at the Yorkies you can never see a perfect Yorkie the way AKC thinks they ought to be. Yorkies with curly hair that have to be cut, Yorkies with droopy ears, Yorkies with Long noses, Yorkies with long legs or long bloodies. I don't care what size you have 7 pounds 2 pounds or whatever no Yorkey is perfect. It is in the beholder and what the person wants. We live in a free nation. Thank goodness I can choose what I want without someone telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about. I think I know just as much about the breed as any of you. Sorry but I had enough of your jealousy and know it all!

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by rgadams

Finally someone with a little bit of sensibility and kindness. I was thinking maybe this forum was not for me. I sense a lot of frustration and jealousy in people that are on this forum. Look around at the Yorkies you can never see a perfect Yorkie the way AKC thinks they ought to be. Yorkies with curly hair that have to be cut, Yorkies with droopy ears, Yorkies with Long noses, Yorkies with long legs or long bloodies. I don't care what size you have 7 pounds 2 pounds or whatever no Yorkey is perfect. It is in the beholder and what the person wants. We live in a free nation. Thank goodness I can choose what I want without someone telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about. I think I know just as much about the breed as any of you. Sorry but I had enough of your jealousy and know it all!

Ahahaha seriously? Yeah that's me I'm so jealous! I'm sorry but if you knew all about the breed you would know there is no such thing as a teacup and that it's frowned upon to use that word and why. You would also have known the standard is not to exceed 7 pounds.

[Faboosh]

Originally Posted by chachi

If he/she doesnt want to spay it is their own business not the forums.

Where I disagree is the spaying issue. We all know it's incredibly dangerous, potentially fatal for such small females to get pregnant and in a lot of our opinions, that that risk outweighs the risks of them getting spayed. To me, if you love your precious little "teacup" so much, then you'd be more concerned about them being killed with a pregnancy, than them putting on a little weight after the spay.

IDK I just feel like glorifying teacups and their breeders is irresponsible and goes against everything I've seen preached so heavily on these forums since I joined. Tomato, tomato, but since he's initiating the conversation and inviting differing opinions, well... there's mine.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by Faboosh

Where I disagree is the spaying issue. We all know it's incredibly dangerous, potentially fatal for such small females to get pregnant and in a lot of our opinions, that that risk outweighs the risks of them getting spayed. To me, if you love your precious little "teacup" so much, then you'd be more concerned about them being killed with a pregnancy, than them putting on a little weight after the spay.

IDK I just feel like glorifying teacups and their breeders is irresponsible and goes against everything I've seen preached so heavily on these forums since I joined. Tomato, tomato, but since he's initiating the conversation and inviting differing opinions, well... there's mine.

100% agree

[chachi]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Well yeah I do have an issues with them buying the dog and supporting a bad breeder who is ruining the breed I love so much and not doing things right. These kind of breeders should not be bought from so they stay in business. In order to get these tiny dogs they have to breed tiny dogs which means they are putting there breeding yorkies in danger just to make a buck. That is not ok. I get it if the buyer did not know better but this one did. Then there is the fact she was saying false information about spaying. I also feel teacup should not be used especially by knowledgeable people so I was try to educate why and even included links. One of points of this board is to educate and when some puts false info out there it can be dangerous.

So if this is your reasoning should you also be reamed every time you come on here to educate that you vought from a bad breeder that you have an over the standard yorkie with health problems. And also big deal he used the teacup word you could have nicely said technically there is no such thing as a teacup but I understand why you use the term because it hhas become common place to use it even though technically its not correct. Now how would have that came accross

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by chachi

So if this is your reasoning should you also be reamed every time you come on here to educate that you vought from a bad breeder that you have an over the standard yorkie with health problems. And also big deal he used the teacup word you could have nicely said technically there is no such thing as a teacup but I understand why you use the term because it hhas become common place to use it even though technically its not correct. Now how would have that came accross

In the case of someone not knowing better at the time is different this person knew better. You don't need to tell me how to post. I feel it is a big deal he used the word and wasn't understanding why it's bad and why breeders who use that word are bad.

[chachi]

There is no reason this person needed to be reamed to the point of saying I give up and I hope this gets a mods attention in fact Im going to make sure it does because I now understand why she said we need to have more respect when we post

[BobbiB]

Originally Posted by chachi

Someone has to buy teacups they exist will continue to exist and as long as he/she has done their research and knows all about caring for one and can afford to take care of it in case of health problem or injury it is no ones buisness to ream him for buying one. Not all teacups are miserable creatures with health problems alot are quite healthy. If he/she doesnt want to spay it is their own business not the forums. He had true concerns for not spaying. I have seen on here where spaying caused urinary incontinence thats why everyone has to weight the pro/cons of spay/ns only issues were he eutering. To seethis person reamed to the point they said they give up just makes me so angry. Hiought a tcup= his only issues were he used the word teacup- big deal. He bought a teacup- his business. He doesnt want to spay- His business

They WON'T continue to exist if there is no market for them. Simple supply and demand concepts prove this. If people would educate and stop supporting these unscrupulous breeders, there would be no demand.

It very easily is ignorance at best that keeps these breeders going.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by chachi

There is no reason this person needed to be reamed to the point of saying I give up and I hope this gets a mods attention in fact Im going to make sure it does because I now understand why she said we need to have more respect when we post

Ditto to you as well I believe telling people how to post was also brought up. You call it reaming but I was educating so whatever. Trust me they know about this thread.......

[BobbiB]

Ugh...I'm really annoyed that we can't talk respectively, disagree without people whining. Aren't we adults? Have we never had disagreements? There IS. Difference between being ugly and disagreeing, and this post really has no ugly.