Teacup dog, not a dog, but a canine body type name, the origin of the name is because the puppy is particularly small, can fit into a teacup, so called teacup dog, also called pocket dog. Teacup dogs are deeply loved by female consumer groups, the basic look will fall, so the market for teacup dogs mainly face women, but the price of teacup dogs is very high, basically more than 10,000 yuan, which also triggered the market for teacup dogs to pursue the evil of the interests of the interests. What is a teacup dog teacup dog, is a category of small dogs in general, the standard size is 20 cm, the standard weight is 1-1.8 kg. At present, the more stable breeds are mainly Teacup Poodles (Teacup Poodles), Teacup Yorkies (Teacup Yorkies), Teacup Maltese (Teacup Maltese), Teacup Chihuahuas (Teacup Chihuahua), Teacup Pomeranian (Teacup Pomeranian) and so on. They are much lighter than the average toy dog, and a larger teacup can be used as a hiding place, hence the name “teacup dog”. In the 19th century, the world’s first teacup dog appeared, but it was a complete accident, due to a genetic mutation. This accidental event turned out to be the trigger for people to go crazy for teacup dogs. The price of teacup dogs soared to over $1000, and people saw the huge commercial value in teacup dogs, so “smart” people began to find ways to create teacup dogs through human intervention, so that they could be mass produced. Teacup dogs are generally under 20 cm in size and weigh no more than 3.6 pounds; particularly small teacup dogs can reach under 17 cm and weigh no more than 2.5 pounds. The conversion is as heavy as two and a half bottles of mineral water. The disadvantages of the teacup dog teacup dog’s heart and lungs are also particularly small due to size restrictions, in order to maintain normal life activities, their heart will beat very fast to ensure blood circulation, overload will be more likely to produce heart and other organ problems. I am sorry to say that teacups exist at the cost of life, their life expectancy is generally 6 to 10 years, unfortunately there are also many premature teacups that accidentally die at the feet of their owners rather than from disease. The price of a real teacup dog in a specialty store is at least 10,000 yuan, but recently in the marketplace has produced an illegal breeding of teacup dogs, in the night market stalls can be purchased for about 1,000 yuan. This “cottage” teacup dog is probably not born proud of small, but due to malnutrition, shrinkage shots, and even eating diet pills and “breeding” the breed, its health condition is completely unsuitable for breeding. Relatively healthy teacups exist if small “midgets” are selected from very healthy lines for breeding, and if health standards are taken into account along with size. However, because of the high cost of teacups and the temptation to breed them, breeders often select them based on size alone, ignoring the various genetic histories, so health problems are common. The most common disease in teacups is hydrocephalus (commonly known as water in the brain). Hydrocephalus is caused by excessive secretion of cerebrospinal fluid in the cranial cavity or impaired circulation and absorption, which can lead to an increased stock of cerebrospinal fluid in the skull and excessive pressure in the cranial cavity, making the teacup dog’s eyes swollen and tense and prone to stress. What’s more, a few dogs with hydrocephalus have difficulty keeping their heads stable, making even normal walking difficult! Hydrocephalus in humans can usually be treated with shunt surgery, etc., but there is currently no treatment for hydrocephalus in dogs. Of course, any dog can develop hydrocephalus, but teacups have a higher incidence. In addition to hydrocephalus, they have other physical defects, such as a failure to close the fontanelle at the top of the skull, blood sugar disorders (usually hypoglycemia), small, fragile bones (such as dislocated kneecaps), collapsed tracheas, digestive and heart disease, and more. The root of these sad predicaments lies in the way teacups are selected for breeding. There is nothing inherently wrong with being short, but breeders often select for breeding based solely on small size, so the dogs get smaller and smaller, but the various health problems described in the previous section ensue. Why do people take the time to select and breed such weak and sickly dogs? Because they are expensive – $1000 is just the starting price, and the demand for cute things creates this market. These genetically flawed breeds spend much of their short lives with a variety of health problems and high medical costs. Perhaps the real question we should ask is: Why are people still attracted to such frail and sickly dogs? However, we can’t be too absolute, and while there are many problems with teacups, it’s not that healthy teacups are completely unselectable. In fact, healthy puppies can be bred if only small “midget” puppies are selected from very healthy lines, and if health standards are taken into account along with size. However, how many breeders are willing to spend a lot of time, effort and money to complete this breeding work? The Blood Behind the Teacup Dogs At present, many shady businessmen, in order to make profits and save costs, have put a lot of effort into the teacup dogs. Many businessmen in the pursuit of small bodies, so that teacup dog females are not full term to induce labor, after birth, but also to injections to stop the development of bones, a little older, to restrict the diet, for the amount of diet can be said to control to the point of not starving to death. There are also many businessmen who wrap the body with cloth when the teacup is small to control its development and so on. There may be a lot of cruelty behind many of the teacups we are able to see, but the monetary stakes are making the trader’s methods more and more abundant. Need to consider before buying a teacup dog so for the teacup dog humanitarian care is growing, I hope you do not buy, no sale no blood. If you very much want to have a healthy teacup dog, the only way is to prepare a large sum of money (in the matter of buying a dog, absolutely a penny a penny, ordinary people do not presume to “check the leak”) are not to say that the teacup dog is an ordinary dog. Be careful to observe the environment in which the dogs are raised, and be sure to carefully verify their lineage, so that the puppies you get are much less genetically risky, or at least guaranteed to be born healthy and to function better and stay with you longer than other teacups.
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