I don't know how much her aunt paid for the original dogs, but I know she's been selling the pups for ~$500.
While researching the "breed", I came across the AKC page about the myth of the "imperial" type. It's just one more reason for me to be leary of it. I don't want to get a dog that will have more health problems than the norm. btw, I always think of rats as the NYC sewer type.....unless I've recently watched the Rats of Nimh. On May 8, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: > >> turns out it's a "tiny imperial shih tzu" which I think translates >> into >> furry rat. >> >> still undecided.... > > > Is that really how the breed what described to you?? Besides the > fact that it's not a Chinese dog at all, that sounds to me like one > of these made-up designer dogs that they convince people are "rare" > special breeds worth lots of money. What they usually tend to be are > inbred, undersized dogs that are outside the normal breed standard > and thus not showable or normally of breedable quality for AKC > purposes. It's quite a little racket, and you'll find many internet > sites selling such dogs at outrageous prices. So for your friend's > sake, I hope they didn't get taken in like that. > > As for whether your other dog will be "jealous" I doubt that. He may > want to be in with the other dog, but for socialization and to be > able to play with him (or herd him around) rather than out of > jealousy that he gets to be in the house. > > Just by the by....sounds like you use "rat" as a degrading term....I > find rats to be amazingly fun and tough little critters. Definitely > as rodents go, they are fairly high up there in intelligence and > playfulness. So a furry rat sounds like a great pet to me. ;-) > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296894 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
