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08-17-2007, 11:48 AM | #1 |
2 Pups=Double Trouble! Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Iowa
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| Some People!... I need to vent...I haven't been feeling well for a couple weeks (migraines and a sinus thing), but finally last night it cooled down a bit from the 95 degree weather we've been having, and I felt a little better too, so I decided to take Emma and Milli for a walk. So, we head out, and after about 10 minutes out, we see two women talking in a neighbor's front yard. As always, they say "ooooh, yorkies, can I see them," etc. And of course, Milli is already going right up to them because she can't resist the baby voice, while Emma being shy and snotty is trying to hang back with me (but not really, since they were on a coupler). One lady said that she had a yorkie a few years ago, and that she really loved yorkies. I "introduced" Emma and Milli, and I expected the conversation to go in the normal direction (how old are they, are they siblings, blah blah as usual), but it took a turn. She commented on their size, saying that her yorkies was "much MUCH smaller", to which I answered "oh really? Well, these guys fit right in the size range-Emma, the larger one is about 6 pounds, and Milli is about 4. Yorkies are supposed to be between 4 and 7 pounds, but some stay smaller and some are larger. I love them both for their personalities!" trying to make the conversation better. But she pressed on-and had the nerve to ask me "They just seem big to me, and they're SO dark on their bodies. Are you SURE they're pure yorkies?" I answered that they were, and that I had seen their parents, and that both of them were indeed pure yorkie. I tried again to turn it to a positive/funny conversation so we could get out of there, and babbled about how they definitely act like yorkies-chasing things, wanting to be pampered, and how they are impossible to potty train, but she wouldn't let it go. She told me that maybe I should check into that, to see if they were really purebred, because she thought my breeder switched one of their parents, and told me they were purebred when in reality the daddy was not! I couldn't believe this! I should have told her they didn't have the same parents, or told her to stay out of my business or something, but instead, I just said that we had to go, and we went home. That lady totally ruined our walk I didn't even want to continue on with them last night after talking to her, for fear of running into some other idiot I didn't have patience for! I know my dogs are both pure yorkie, and I would love them both the same even if they weren't. I'm not questioning that, but WHY OH WHY do people have the nerve to tell others stuff like that, and why do they care?!? It baffles me!
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08-17-2007, 11:52 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK
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| Well your babies look ALL yorkie to me, some people are just so rude. I get it about Ben sometimes, If they continue to ignore me then I just walk away. |
08-17-2007, 11:52 AM | #3 |
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| Girl you already know how people are... u just gotta ignore ignorant comments like that. |
08-17-2007, 12:00 PM | #4 |
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| Grrr Not nice!! Your Yorkies are heavenly and luckily YOURS not hers!
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08-17-2007, 12:02 PM | #5 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Well, obviously that woman is a total twit, because Yorkies are SUPPOSED to have dark bodies What a witch to be commenting on your babies in such a negative way. If she does it again, maybe you can ask if her Yorkie ran away because she's so horrible
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08-17-2007, 12:04 PM | #6 |
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| Don't let ignorant people upset you. I would have been gone after the size comment.
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08-17-2007, 12:05 PM | #7 |
Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: wiith my furbabys
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| one word for ya hon, jeolusy, thats what people are really saying, Oh i wish i had a cute baby like your but i dont , so i will be ignorant and stupid
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08-17-2007, 12:09 PM | #8 |
2 Pups=Double Trouble! Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Iowa
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| Thanks guys, you made me feel a little better. I KNOW that her opinion means NOTHING, obviously she's less educated in the arena of yorkies than I am, but it still really hotted me off! Makes me not want to walk by there anymore!
__________________ Suzy Emma & Milli What's better than loving a yorkie? Loving two yorkies! Milli 's Remi! |
08-17-2007, 12:11 PM | #9 | |
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I should have just called her a "twit" in a British accent and walked off! I would have giggled all the way home! I wish I could think of these things at the time instead of later!
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08-17-2007, 12:19 PM | #10 |
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| what a real moron
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08-17-2007, 12:33 PM | #11 |
Donating YT 14K Club Member | Ignorance is bliss! You should have directed her to YT for some yorkie education because it's obvious that this woman knows NOTHING of the breed!
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08-17-2007, 12:38 PM | #12 |
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| hmmmm. I'd say SHE had not so pure yorkie!!! Your Emma and Milli looks perfect yorkie to me!!! |
08-17-2007, 12:46 PM | #13 |
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| I hate when people make those ignorant comments~Im sorry you had to hear those womens ramblings...
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08-17-2007, 12:59 PM | #14 | |
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08-17-2007, 01:15 PM | #15 |
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| Or, you could have told her that they were actually a mixture of Yorkie and Great Dane, and then walked away. That would have left her with her mouth hanging open, trying to figure out how that could be done! When people are acting stupid, it's good to have fun with them if you can stay composed and not let them upset you.
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