Small dogs are no longer in fashion

For years, national and international VIPs have allowed themselves to be immortalized by photographers in the company of small dogs carried in soft designer handbags. This trend has also influenced ordinary people, leading in the past to an increase in the adoption of Chihuahuas, Yorkies, Dachshunds and Pomeranians, but in recent months things seem to have changed. According to those responsible for the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, a famous shelter for abandoned animals in London, the miniature dog trend is waning and as a result the number of people abandoning their now out-of-fashion pet is increasing. In fact, since June, the kennel has recorded an increase of 40% of the number of small dogs entering the facility and the phenomenon seems destined to grow further, causing serious consequences for abandoned animals. In fact, these poor dogs not only suffer from separation from their owner after being dumped like an out-of-fashion sweater but they also encounter social problems. Small pets are usually treated differently than other dogs, they are spoiled to excess and deprived of their nature. Many of these animals show behavioral problems because they have never had a social life with their own kind and some are no longer even able to walk because they are used to being carried by their owners in maxi walking bags. Once they enter the kennel, the dogs, deprived not only of the affection of their adoptive family but also of the comforts to which they were accustomed, suffer a real emotional shock, which can only be recovered through re-education by the structure that hosts them. Source: Daily Express