Oh yea nichole, I remember that! (its all comming back to me now)
i had jumped on that topic too. Its like okay, there is no such thing as a 'teacup maltese, yorkie, poodle' or whatever, but gosh the lady was talking about something totally different! stay ON TOPIC lol!
And just because your breeder calls the dog a teacup really doesn't define a BAD breeder, what if they do everything else right but just describes the dog as a teacup because the parents were extra small? Whatever, I just felt it was so wrong to tell these people with tiny malts (which were still within the standard) that their dogs are sickly runts and their breeder's were malicious.
My aunt just bought a "teacup poodle" from a lady in The Colony, texas. The breeder was a great one, she had all the puppies underfoot, she had been breeding for about 20 years, the pups were beautiful and healthy, the parents were healthy happy and well behaved. the pup came with a 3 year health garuntee and a puppy gift basket hand crafted by the breeder. I mean this woman's house was all about her dogs, she had everything specialy designed for them! LOL and her house was clean but not that strange kind of clean when you know it doesn't usually look that way...
point to the story is YES we know teacup is usually a code word for a breeder trying to get extra bucks, but it is such an old word and people use it without knowing what some bad breeders do with that word. And don't hate on someone with a 3.5 pound dog but embrace someone with an 11 pound dog! They are both not within breed standard, so if you are going to hate, hate on BOTH!
me personally, I love them big or small, timid or fiesty, white or lemony, and I know you love your babies too!
