Favorite tiny dog

[BitsyNaceyDog]

My favorite small dog breeds are probably dachshunds and chihuahuas. I love a lot of others, but those 2 breeds are probably my favorite.

Originally posted by IRescue452
Suki wingy, I agree about small dogs. They are cute and good for some people, but I like DOGS not squeak toys. I don't think I'll ever own a small breed, but I do think some are adorable.

I have to say that I really take offense at that. Big dogs are great, and I one day hope to have a larger dog, but my heart lies with small dogs. I know not everyone likes small dogs, and I respect that, but I think it was rather rude to imply that small dogs aren't REAL DOGS (and I don't see how it can be interoperated any other way). Believe me there are no "squeak toys" in this house other than the ones my dogs play tug of war with.

[Pit Chick]

Originally posted by IRescue452
They are cute and good for some people, but I like DOGS not squeak toys.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

I've got several nicknames for little dogs, but that's the best one yet.

-foo foo dogs
-lil $h!t dogs
-yippy dogs
-kick dogs
-ankle biters

[Giselle]

I would hope you people realize that those "precious nicknames" apply to only those small dogs coddled with and never properly trained, i.e. BYB and puppy mill dogs bought on impulse. I take serious offense at all these incorrect stereotypes placed upon small dogs. I plan to show Pekingese, and you, a pit bull lover of all people, should not be giving stereotypes to other breeds or a group of breeds. I'm extremely discouraged and angry. Thanks for degrading all small breeds, including my own.

[petslover]

I have four little small dogs so I take that offensive too. I love big dogs too, but theres no reason to put down little dogs. They are just as good as large dogs. Maybe you should have restated that somehow.

[IRescue452]

Alright I'll print a correction. I know most little dogs are definately not froo froo dogs. I didn't mean for that to be a derogatory term. I started the terms squeak toys when my grandma's little dogs were standing next to a rottweiler and it stuck. I use it as a term of endearment whenever I go over to her house I ask how my little squeak toys are doing. Next to one of our horse dogs the small ones are cute little squeak toys. My aunt's chihuahua is actually smaller than most of Autumn's toys. I compare calling them that to calling my little sister squirt or short stuff.
On a different note, as I get you all the more angry at me, I don't understand why you were referring to puppy millers and bybs before. Although I hate puppy millers with a passion I couldn't help but feel bad for them at that moment. They have nothing to do with whether a little dog is a froo froo or not. And although it is sort of hypocritical, I don't blame pit chick as whenever she comes across little dogs the owner is picking them up and crossing the street to avoid her pups. Nobody ever tried to ban a dangerous ankle biter.

[Giselle]

I mentioned BYBs and puppy mills because those are the types of institutions that churn out tiny puppies for the gullible, impuslive public. I'm sure you know people with yappy Chihuahuas and vicious Poms, but those people usually bought their dogs from unscrupulous breeders, such as BYBs and puppy millers. Those "people" advertise their tiny puppies using coy tactics to trick you into believing their dog is 'special'. The owner really *does* think the dog is somehow more special than other dogs and that's part of how all this spoiling and babying happens to these dogs, with no regards to obedience training. On the other hand, a reputable breeder of any breed will extensively screen you and the prospective owner knows not to mollycoddle the dog and to give it proper obedience training.

As for Pit Chick's comments, I don't know what goes on between her and her pits but those "nicknames" were completely uncalled for.

lil $h!t dogs

That one is just as false and degrading as calling Pits "baby killers". I know all Pit fans have been very disappointed with the false stereotypes placed on their dogs, but *nothing* gives them the right to belittle other breeds.

[Pit Chick]

Whoa, I'm gone for a couple of days and look what I miss. I was in no way trying to belittle or degrade small dogs or offend anyone. These are nicknames that I use, some more than others when describing little dogs in a playful manner. As for lil' $h!t dogs, there are big $h!t dogs too. The term "$h!t" being referred to as "tha $h!t" or "all that", better than the rest, which little dogs think they are and rightfully so. They strutt around acting like they are the size of a Rottweiler. The stereotype behind little dogs is that when you think of a small dog, you think of a dog being spoiled, carried around everywhere, groomed everyother week, basically living in the high society of the dog world. For a lot of them, that's what they were originally created for, to sit in a lap and look cute. There are good and bad, true and false stereotypes. Just because it is a stereotype, doesn't mean it's bad. Is it degrading when someone with a small dog sees my Pits and calls their own dog "a snack" for my dog? Which dog is that degrading to? Pit Bulls used to be considered the "nanny dogs", a stereotype that owners now days have done their best to get away from. I use each nickname to refer to each little dog in their own way, not just for all of them in general and it's all for fun. For example:

-little prissy breeds that require a lot of grooming: foo foo dogs
-little tough breeds that act big: lil $h!t dogs
-little dogs that just won't shut up: yippy dogs
-little annoying dogs that just won't go away: kick dogs
-ankle biters is self explanatory

I myself have a lil $h!t dog who thinks he's a Pit Bull. He's a 8lb Chihuahua/Boston Terrier? mix and he's the toughest, baddest, guard dog in a house full of Pit Bulls. He used to "beat up" a Rottie I was fostering, because he thought he was "tha $h!t". Guess I won't post the nicknames for big dogs.

[Suki Wingy]

Sorry guys, I guess I started this by saying Bleh.
I just ment I can't seem to ever find a small dog I have fully liked.

[micki76]

Originally posted by Suki Wingy
Sorry guys, I guess I started this by saying Bleh.
I just ment I can't seem to ever find a small dog I have fully liked.

Then I feel sorry for you. I like ALL the dogs that I meet. I feel all dogs are special, regardless their size or noise level. How sad for you that you don't feel that way about all the wonderful dogs you meet - small or large.

I lOVE all dogs, but I prefer small breeds. Mine are definitely not yappy (the BIG dog behind me never, ever shuts up though, what does that make him?), they're not ankle biters (well Millie will bite you, but not on your ankles), they're surely not froo froo, BUT they all think they're big dogs and don't act like frightened little babies when face to face with a big dog.

I find the majority of your comments rude and offensive, and I hate when people degrade small dogs, because they "don't like them� or “ haven’t met any they like". You wouldn't like it if people intimated that they hated your breed, or despised slobbery large dogs would you? I prefer small dogs, and never say anything derogatory about large breeds, though they’re obviously not my preference. In other words, if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything.

IRescue452 - it's not that I find "squeak toys" derogatory in itself, but more the way you used it. If you called my dogs sweet little squeak toys as you rubbed their bellies, that would be endearing. The way you used it was not.

Sorry to rant like this, but this is a sore spot for a lot of small dog owners, and it just irritates the heck out of me to hear it over and over.

[Suki Wingy]

Sorry you feel sorry for me. Small dogs are great for some people, but just not me. I'm not saying I hate them all, it is just that all the small dogs that I have met I liked, but just for a visit, I don't think I could live with any of them. I am also bothered by the fact that they are so small.

(Ok, I know you will have something to say about the fact that thier smallness bothers me and that you will probably ask me how many small dogs I have meet and what breeds. )

[wolfsoul]

I love small dogs, but I would never want to have one, just because I like to have a big dog. But I'd have to say my favourite small breed is the basenji. Great dogs.

[micki76]

Originally posted by Suki Wingy
Sorry you feel sorry for me. Small dogs are great for some people, but just not me. I'm not saying I hate them all, it is just that all the small dogs that I have met I liked, but just for a visit, I don't think I could live with any of them. I am also bothered by the fact that they are so small.

(Ok, I know you will have something to say about the fact that thier smallness bothers me and that you will probably ask me how many small dogs I have meet and what breeds. )

I don't really care what breeds you've met or what bothers you about them, I just think it's sad when an animal lover (which most PTers are) dislikes certain breeds because of their size, color, "bad" ones they've met, etc. I have a few breeds that I like a bit less than others, but I don't go around debasing those breeds in FRONT of the very people that own those breeds. That's just hurtful and rude.

It's kinda like spouting off mean cat jokes, or saying rodents creep you out. It's just rude when you know very well there are people here who love their pets dearly. No one wants to hear their loved ones referred to in a derogatory way, even if they aren't your preference.

[Pit Chick]

Originally posted by micki76
I feel all dogs are special, regardless their size or noise level. How sad for you that you don't feel that way about all the wonderful dogs you meet - small or large.

You wouldn't like it if people intimated that they hated your breed, or despised slobbery large dogs would you? I prefer small dogs, and never say anything derogatory about large breeds, though they’re obviously not my preference. In other words, if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything.

Who said they didn't think they are special?

Who said they hated or despised small dogs? I don't see anywhere on this thread where those words were printed. They are just nicknames, there is nothing derogatory meant by them. Just because I have nicknames for them doesn't mean I don't like them or think they aren't special.

Now if I were to call them "disgusting little hairballs with no purpose", then THAT would be derogatory.

[micki76]

Originally posted by Pit Chick
Who said they didn't think they are special?

Who said they hated or despised small dogs? I don't see anywhere on this thread where those words were printed. They are just nicknames, there is nothing derogatory meant by them. Just because I have nicknames for them doesn't mean I don't like them or think they aren't special.

Now if I were to call them "disgusting little hairballs with no purpose", then THAT would be derogatory.

I didn't say anyone SAID that, I said they intimated that. You and I both know that no one stated that they hate little dogs, but it has been intimated that little dogs are lesser in some people eyes. As I said, I think that the nicknames are fine, it's just all in the way they're used.

Perhaps it's just that it's hard to read how someone is intending to say something, but I don't think there's anyway to misconstrue this:

Originally posted by Suki Wingy
small dogs,,?? BLEGH!!!!!

[crsvstang]

Miniature Pinscher, Pomeranian, Yorkie, Miniature Dachshund, and Chihuahua.