No folks people aren't buying them for status here. Our shelters have been overrun like this with chihuahuas and pits for YEARS and YEARS. With the illegal aliens and all the problems and strain on the system they bring, this is another symptom. Of every ten dog in shelters 90 to 95 % are pits and chihuahaus They get them, breed them and when they tire of them or they bite they turn them out on the streets rather than handle the issue . Then they get MORE to replace them. Our next door neighbors have chihuahuas and chi mixes...they breed, interbreed, puppies having puppies, they breed with coyotes sometimes and at any given moment there are puppies and dogs running loose on our street. Great. Handle the illegal alien issue, and a large part of the strain on our system goes away...ERs, Welfare, and animal shelters. JMHO, Kathy who is sick of it. Support your local Tea Party . http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com PUP-DATED: DEC 5, 2009 Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle "En Victoria , Veritas" > On Wgn Chicago news this morning it was announced that California has way > to > many "chiwawas's"(the way he pronounced it) People were buying them as a > status symbol and to copy Paris Hilton then realized they did not like them > nor want them. They are drowning in them. Want people all over the > country to adopt them > Sally > www.embroiderybysally.org > > > > > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================