How many of us have been deceived by purchasing an item with many promises of "making our life better", "won't break ever", "you will never need another" and maybe even the deception goes beyond the mechanical but to living creatures?

I've had many pets in my life, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, flying squirrels, cats and dogs. As of now, I have three dogs, two are Pomeranian and one is a micro-Chihuahua. As many times as I've seen adorable pictures of tiny dogs in teacups, nestled all adorable dressed either in their bow tie, or fluffy dress, with the caption "tea cups", my heart was always captured by their cuteness.

I believe it's not always an implicit truth about teacups. The use of the name teacup in selling of a dog, to me, with my [i]now experience[/i], disenfranchises the promise of the dog maintaining a certain size for it's life time. The ONLY measure of selling a dog as a "teacup" is for the breeder or pet store to put a higher price tag on the dog. I'm in no way criticizing anyone's purchase of a pet through a breeder or a pet store. If you fall in love with a dog, that's what's most important....love it and care for it for it's lifetime.

What I'm arguing though, is I don't really believe a breeder or pet store can define the final weight of a dog, and I say this cautiously.

I purchased two tiny "teacup" Pomeranian brothers about four years ago. They were both under 2 pounds and were not to exceed 5 pounds. My Snowy Bear is almost 10 pounds and my Champy Bear is 8.5 pounds now. Here's my point, a breeder to be able to successfully know the final weight of their dogs, would have to set up a follow up of communication with their customers at some monthly increments as a friendly follow up but also to follow with the puppies weight, through out their first puppy year. My other point is, if I expected my dogs to stay at 5 pounds, they would be extremely under nourished and unhealthy. The proper weight in a dog, is just as important as in humans. A healthy dog, will be just that. Healthy by the good food you give them.  I'm also in no way upset with my experience of being told, I was buying "teacups" as my dogs are my family and it doesn't really matter to me their final adult weight.  What matters' most is that they are healthy and happy.

The other side of this, if you are buying a dog for show and not pet quality, that's another argument in of itself and breeder to breeder purchases would have to have more of a guarantee.  I'm merely referring to pet quality.  I'm not sure I even like how dogs are defined that way, by show or pet quality.  What has the dog breeding business become?

There's a profound need to rescue animals and any animal deserves a happy home, no matter what.