Originally Posted by kelsie123186 (Post 1186302)

As far as petstores:
Most of the people working at petstores these days (or at least in my area) are all young girls between 16-19 I would say, and they are completely uneducated about dogs its not there fault, its the petstores fault for employing them and not educating them. (maybe they are afraid that if they educate them they might wisen up about puppymills and not want to work there anymore) Anyway, any young girl that applys for a job at a pet store and says I WANT TO WORK HERE BECAUSE I LOVE PUPPYS! Is hired! To make a long story short. I was at a petstore (that sells puppies) But only because I was looking at clothes for my girl Bailey who I brought in with me. A young girl who worked there probably about 17 or 18 came up to me to ask me all about my "teacup yorkie" then I told her that Bailey was just small and that there was no such thing as a "teacup yorkie" and she assured me that I was wrong and that I may not have a "teacup" (bailey is 1.9lbs and 8 mo.) But that they sell teacups ALL THE TIME! She seemed so confident that she was right because after all, she WORKS at a petstore, surely she would know more about dogs then a stupid customer. She walked away to go tell her friends (about her same age) who worked there about how stupid this customer was. At this point I was so frusterated and upset that this young girl was so uneducated, I noticed they had a magazine rack with a bunch of magazines for different breeds. Then I saw that they had the same one I had at home a yorkie magazine and I rememberd that there is an article about the "myth " of "teacup" yorkies in there. So i open up the magazine turned to that article, walked over to her and her friends and handed it to her and told her "here, educate yourself" and her jaw droped. She glanced over it and then walked away without saying a word. Needless to say, I was satisfied.

Originally Posted by ZsaZsa (Post 1188111)

I totally agree with you. I purchased a puppy from a Pet Shop in Gatlingburg TN who said that the puppies parents weighed 4 lbs a piece and that he would not get any bigger. He is now 3 years old and weighs 7-8 lbs. I love him anyway and he is part of the family. I know that you cannot always tell the size, but from now on I will only buy from someone who has both parents that I can view. He will definitely not breed with me 3.5 lb baby girl. So now I will be looking for him a new wife. :) :(