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I got told off today at the vet's office!!! Today was Mickey's last vet appt for her 1st year baby shots. Mickey is my 4 and 1/2 month old Yorkie. She currently weighs 5 pounds. I am amazed that she even weighs this much because she is very tiny. My other dog is a 11 lb Shih Tzu, 4 year5s old who is MUCH larger than Mickey in height, bone structure etc. Anyway, we (me & Mickey) are at the vets office this am. After about 15 mins of our arrival, a woman comes in with her Yorkie. Well, one word led to another and the 2 of us start talking Yorkies. It turned out that her Yorkie, was 6 months old and weighed 2 pounds, and was there to be spayed. This woman then asked me questions about my Mickey and when she heard that she was 5 pounds at 4.5 months---she was horrified! She told me in no uncertain terms that I "Must" get this "animial" spayed since she was : "well beyond the breed standards". She then proceeds to try to convince me to sell my "unacceptable" Yorkie. To just accept the "loss," and start over! God works in amazing ways...............thank goodness me and my unacceptable Yorkie", ....were called into the next examing room. |
:mad: what a miserable person. i wander if she would put her child in foster care if he wasn't perfect. mean people suck. i'd write more , but i don't feel like getting ganged up on today. i agree with you. i would have been LIVID.:mad: ps. i just saw you are at the jersey shore. what town?? are u a year long resident? my mom has a beach house at seapointe in wildwood crest. |
What a HORRIBLE lady! She doens't know much about this amazing breed does she? |
Some people are just very opinionated. I'm not very nice most of the time and I would have told her that AKC states that the standard is under 7 lb and your dog is below that limit. And I would have asked her how anybody could justify breeding dogs down to end up as tiny as hers. And then I would have said that I think she should wait to spay her's since it was so small it has a greater risk during surgery. Oh yeah then tell her to mind her own f...ing buisness:D |
Well... First of all, Mickey may be within the standard size limit. She may only reach 7 pounds. Secondly, this person's Yorkie could very well come in under the standard weight. God does work in mysterious ways. He could feed her crow.:D Teri:animal-pa |
I get so sick of hearing about "breed standard" !!! I am so sorry that you had to go through that. Some people are just so stuck up and snobby when it comes to dogs. I will say that I had never encountered this until I had a Yorkie of my own.... Wow.. I would like to say this shocked me but sadly it doesn't....(HUGS) |
I would have been furious! Last time I checked, 5 pounds was still within the breed standard. And even if Mickey grows bigger than 7 pounds, who the heck cares?! You love him the same either way!! What a horrible woman. Of course I recommend you neuter if you're yorkie isn't breeding material, but at the end of the day it's your own darn business what you do with your dog! And I'm not a vet, but isn't 2 pounds too tiny to be spayed??? P.S. I grew up in South Jersey in Washington Township. What a small world! |
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Yes we are year long residents but do also spend a few months every year in our Florida home. Wildwood is about 50-60 minutes down the Garden State Parkway for us. |
My Remi is 5 lbs. at 5 monthes old. According to the growth charts she should be between 6.5 and 7 lbs. full grown. She carries the color gene that I have been breeding for and will be a wonderful size to create healthy pups. My goal is to produce a certain show dog and she is part of the equation. Don't let some snob tell you anything about your baby. Not everyone wants a 2 pound pup, different strokes for different folks. |
That woman is a jerk! My Lucy is almost 10 mos old and weighs 9.5 lbs. I didn't buy her to show, I bought her to love! I bought Rebel for the same reason. He's small at 1lb 8 oz at 12 weeks, but I DIDN'T buy him as a teacup. I love them both the same. Lucy has been spayed, and Rebel will be when he's old enough and big enough. I can't believe the nerve of some people. That's Your baby and the only opinion that matters is yours. |
How rude! Gracie was about 4.5 lbs at 5 mo. The vet still considered her "small". I'm just glad that she is healthy. To heck with "breed standard". |
That is terrible... You should have said.... O'Yeah, Well my yorkie can beat up your yorkie. lol lol lol People can be soooo dang rude. |
How rude :mad: she should have kept her mouth shut. |
You have an INCREDIBLE amount of self-control. I'm telling you I would've socked her in the jaw. PS - how lucky that you live downtheshore (one word..lol). We go there for vacation every year and my parents have always been jelous of the year-round residents. |
My yorkie weighed 2.5lbs @ 6months. She weighs 5.5 now at 15months, so that lady may find her yorkie being unexceptable weight, in her eyes anyways :rolleyes: At 5.5lbs she only looks 3.5lbs, so....I think she was wanting your yorkie ;) Alot of people claim that dogs stop growing at 6months, I have never seen that. Usually keep growing til 1yr or so & then get wide after that :p Thats why they get so disappointed when they are happy with the pup at 6 months & then it doubles in size. Yeah I would have told her I didnt want a unhealthy runt, I preferred my yorkie healthy & at AKC defined standards & then hope she never saw me with my 3.5lb yorkie :) I dont really care what size they are-I love yorkies. Just blow it off that lady was wanting your yorkie:D |
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