is a tea cup maltese dog more popular than a Bichonn Frise?
March 6, 2010 - 12:13 am
I want to know what dog breed is more popular to buy between a tea cup maltese or a Bichon frise. and what is the difference between these two dogs. and which one is easier to handle and train if you live in a small appartment.
MALTESE!
i have one and they are the most precious animals ever. Your dog will love you and protect you(well even though they are small they think they are big, and will try to). Maltese’s also have nice hair than Bichonn Frise’s which means its easier to handle. My maltese lives in a small home and they are very active but dont take up a lot of space to be active. Also they are smaller than bichonns which measn you can take him to the store!
March 6th, 2010 at 5:27 am
Puppies aren’t toys; they are living breathing babies that need love and attention, not to spend half of their life in someone’s HOT purse!
Please take the time to read this and educate yourself! The lives of many little dogs depend on you educating yourself, and others, not to buy into this phase.
Let’s start out by saying "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "TEACUP" PUPPY".
With that in mind, let me say this; It seems as though there is a plethora of people who are insistent on buying tiny puppies in the 2 to 4 pound range. Also commonly referred to as a "Teacup puppy".
The word "Teacup" has been used to merely describe the size of a puppy, meaning it is very small and will probably be under the standard size which is 4 to 7 pounds for the Toy Group, Yorkshire Terrier breed. We cannot imagine anyone wanting anything smaller than that! Their bones are VERY fragile and can be broken by jumping off of a couch, falling off of a bed, being stepped on or worse.
Many breeders, while tacking a whooping price on a puppy, "claim" to breed so called "teacups" as if they were a breed all their own. Don’t be fooled! They are NOT a breed of their own.
If a breeder says they specialize in "teacups" RUN, RUN, RUN for the hills! Most "TEACUP" puppies are in reality, a premature puppy.
Most females are bred on the ninth through the fifteenth day of their heat cycles. Eggs can be fertilized for up to 72 hours after any of these breeding’s. Therefore, it is possible to have puppies conceived up to a week or so younger than the puppies first conceived in a litter. However, when the first puppies conceived are mature and ready to be born, labor starts and all the puppies will be born, no matter when they were fertilized.
Some of the problems that may be encountered are both genetic and congenital in these tiny babies and the list is a long one.
The risk of open fontanels (soft spot from the cranial bone not forming), portosystemic shunts (PSS- abnormal vessel that allows blood to bypass the liver. As a result the blood is not cleansed by one of the bodies filters: the liver.), hypoglycemia, cardiac problems, collapsing trachea, luxating patellas, Leggs Calves Perthes disease, seizures, hydroencephaly, blindness and digestive problems can be increased in these tiny babies.
Problems such as respiratory problems can remain or worsen throughout their lives. These babies frequently are so fragile that they do not live more than a few years. There have been several tiny Yorkies as adults who still had open fontanels and their owners had to carry nourishment with them all the time. Their vets have felt it unsafe to give a full dose of vaccine so the puppies had to get several injections to be on the safe side.
There is no such thing as a "tea cup" Yorkshire Terrier, Maltese, Poodle, or any other breed for that matter. They simply do not exist. "Tea-cup" is just a marketing ploy given by unethical and unscrupulous breeders to drive up the price of their puppies!
So called "Teacups" fetch anything from $1000 to $10,000! This is ridiculous and shameful! There are a lot of chronically, unhealthy puppies because unscrupulous breeders and puppy mills are inbreeding. Some poor darlings only live for a very, very short time!
They take the little teeny, tiny Yorkies and they breed 2 1/2 pounders with 3 pounders … well, they’re playing with genetics. You should NEVER breed a female of any breed less than 5 pounds.
PLEASE educate yourselves before buying a tiny puppy whether it is a Yorkie or any other breed. You could be in for months or years of heartbreak not to mention staggering veterinarian bills!
DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!! IF YOU WANT A HEALTHY PUPPY, DON’T FALL FOR THE TEACUP ACT!
Bichon frise is easier to train, but still being a realitive small dog, they can still be quite hard to housetrain
References :
http://www.barkrescue.net/teacup.htm
March 6th, 2010 at 5:39 am
The difference is, there is no such breed as a teacup Maltese. In fact, there are no teacup breeds- its just another label put on for designer appeal. Don’t be fooled.
In answer to your question, they are both relatively easy to handle and need the same type and a large amount of training.
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March 6th, 2010 at 6:16 am
Who cares, theyre both ratty.
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March 6th, 2010 at 6:56 am
There is no such thing as a tea cup Maltese. http://www.barkrescue.net/teacup.htm
you adopt a dog from rescue, not buy one!
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March 6th, 2010 at 7:44 am
MALTESE!
i have one and they are the most precious animals ever. Your dog will love you and protect you(well even though they are small they think they are big, and will try to). Maltese’s also have nice hair than Bichonn Frise’s which means its easier to handle. My maltese lives in a small home and they are very active but dont take up a lot of space to be active. Also they are smaller than bichonns which measn you can take him to the store!
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