Originally Posted by daisysis

YEAP..I am asked that all the time.. most people think a Yorkie should fit in your COFFEE CUP only. People think my 5 pound girl is big for a yorkie they ask me is she full breed..
EEKEEKEEEKEKKKEKKKKEKKEEEEKKKKEEKKKK it really bugs me

Originally Posted by daisysis

YEAP..I am asked that all the time.. most people think a Yorkie should fit in your COFFEE CUP only. People think my 5 pound girl is big for a yorkie they ask me is she full breed..
EEKEEKEEEKEKKKEKKKKEKKEEEEKKKKEEKKKK it really bugs me

Originally Posted by Suzy

OOOHHHH I hate that one too. I get that with Emma all the time-because she's 5 pounds. I've heard that she isn't "really a yorkie" since she's so big-a WHOLE 5 pounds!!! She's as yorkie as they come! I also hate the teacup or mini comment-when they either ask if she is one or say that they're thinking about getting a yorkie, but a "teacup", not a "big one". I explain that there is no such thing as a teacup, or a mini yorkie. People don't believe me-probably due to all of the marketing of this fictional type of dog.

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

Well, get this........I get this question ALL the time! I tell them that they are yorkies and then they say........."ARE THEY TEACUP YORKIES?!" :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I just tell them that there's really no such thing as a "teacup" yorkie and that mine are just small.

Originally Posted by SnowWa

Can't believe you guys!

If I took 20 Yorkies and lined them up in a row - more often than not, they wouldn't even resemble one other.

Remember Yorkies can weigh from 1 1/2 pounds to as much as 14 (or more). Their colors can be different - their types of coats can be different. Some have ears up - some ears down - and to top it off they can have a dozen different haircuts.....

I have had my Yorkie for more than a year and during this time, I have only seen three others - and two of these were at pet stores. If you don't go where people with dogs go - you just don't see as many dogs out and around as you used to.

I have a Bichon Frise and even fewer people know or can remember the name of this breed (there are over 150 - probably closer to 200 different recognized breeds now). And - for people who don't have dogs (or have had their one dog most of their life) keeping up with the names of even the most common breeds isn't easy. And - for sure - a lot of people don't have the interest in dogs to begin with that most of us do. They love their own pet - but being a purebred this or a purebred that isn't something they're interested in at all - or pay much attention to.

With all the leash laws, etc. anymore - there are a lot of different breeds that I almost never see...... or better yet - never see.

People are always asking me what my little Yorkie is. I tell them that I know he looks like a loveable little Walt Disney mutt - but he really is a Yorkie. Can you imagine him with his one ear up and the other down sporting a home-done puppy cut? He, for sure, doesn't resemble the Yorkie that you see at the dog show - if you watch dogs shows or go to dog shows (a lot of people don't).

I have friends who have other purebred dogs - and they are ask all the time what their dogs are also.

It's not an annoying question to me at all. Actually, it's a very friendly question. I'm sure if I ask 50 strangers what breed of dog I was holding - most of them wouldn't know......



Carol Jean

Originally Posted by Jazzy Girl

I have a Shih Tzu and a Yorkie. Most people know what breed my Yorkie is but my Shih Tzu has been labled as everything from a "cute mutt" to a poodle.
The question that I find really amazing is when people ask me if they are both from the same litter! Hello! My Shih Tzu is 4 yrs old and 11 lbs, my Yorkie is 4 months old and 3 lbs. My Shih Tzu is white and carmel colored, my Yorkie is the usual black and tan Yorkie puppy colors. Shih Tzu's have a very small nose with NO bridge at all; Yorkie's have a bridge and a very different looking nose!!!! I just look at these people in utter amazement, before I answer their ridiculous question.
However it does not really bother me because I am used to it. Our children were adopted from Korea and are 2 yrs apart, both were adopted as infants. You would not believe the ridiculous questions I have gotten from strangers in regards to my kids. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Chrissy0277

Now go to a dog show and you will see 20 lined up in a row that all look alike.
This is why people should be striving to breed according to the standard and not because your dog has akc papers. This is why alot of yorkies are so different looking. Even in the ring you see bigger and smaller yorkies but they still look like a yorkie because they have been bred to represent the standard.