There's no such thing

There is no such breed as "Little Yappie Dog." All dogs descended from wolves, they are dogs. People who are dumb enough to use the term 'little yappie dog' to a dog owner and dog lover are no different, in my book, than people who use racist terms. And they say it with such disdain, like they would never be wimpy enough to give a home to a small dog. Nope. They would get a big huge REAL dog, because apparently, their intelligence is measured in the bones and flesh of an animal.

And what's worse is, they say the hateful term in front of children who take it as gospel, repeat it and start treating my small dog in ways that he never deserved. Then I have to explain that though Niki only weighs six pounds, and yes, he's a tiny dog, he would give his six pound life for that child. He wakes her up every morning for school before the alarm goes off, he sits and waits patiently for every crumb to fall and he worships the ground she walks on. And if an intruder broke in? He would never hide and say to himself, wait, I only weigh six pounds. He would throw himself in harms way, growling and snarling, to protect his people.

So maybe, the people who only like big dogs could think about that next time they want to prove how superior they are by calling my dog 'a little yappie dog'. You just make yourself look ignorant and hurt a good dog's feelings for no reason.

(I could have added, your nice BIG dog lives with someone else now, because no one took care of her, but, I'm not that mean. I did say, we are not going to the homecoming parade today because you need to think about the way you've been treating MY dog.)