I think I would have been tempted to buy them just to get them away from him. But i know that isn't the answer. Shutting him down is the answer. if they are raised outside, you can bet there are rows and rows of tiny wire cages! 
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Date: 02/25/06 23:10:05
Subject: [Chihuahuas] GRRRRRRR
Grrrrrr, so irritated!!! Today, I had to take my daughter (who is only 12 by the way!) to take the ACT test in a town about an hour drive from home. Since the test lasted 4 hours, I was hanging in that town, trying to kill time, so I went to the flea market. This flea market always has a lot of people selling dogs and other animals. Normally, I like to walk by and look at all the cute puppies (of course, I would never buy one from a flea market!)
What I saw today angered me! There were 2 chi puppies, couldn't have been more than 5 weeks old, in a cage, shivering....it was really chilly this morning! Here is the conversation that followed:
Me: your are going to end up with a couple of pups with pneumonia if you don't get them out of this weather
Him: no, they are raised outside, so they are use to it
Me: (with raised eyebrows!) your kidding!
Him: no...I mean they have a dog house and everything, but they stay outside
Me: They are chihuahua's aint they (in case maybe they were some mixed breed that just happened to look like a chi)
Him: yea
Me: and they stay outside??? That aint good!
Him: I've been raising them for years and never had one die yet!
Me: And I raise AKC chihuahuas and wouldn't leave an adult chi outside, let alone a puppy!
Him Walks off without a word!
I walked on, and then about 5 minutes later I walked by again, and he had placed a towel over them in the cage. I'm glad that my words led to at least some level of warmth for the pups, but geeeeee it sure did anger me!!
Marsha
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