How can you tell if a dog is a Toy/Teacup just by looking at it?

I've been to hundreds of pet stores and i cant figure out how to tell if a dog is miniature. I want a dog that will way no more than 5 pounds when it is fully grown, but the guys at the stores tell me all the dogs they have are teacup or toy and i dont know what to believe. Is there any way of telling just by looking at the dog? Also, which dog would make the best house pet (house trained).|||Sorry but i dont think you should get a pet from a pet store because most pet stores get their puppies from puppy mills. for more info go to www.humanesociety.org/puppymills|||1. There is NO such thing as a teacup dog





2. There are only Toy and Miniature version of CERTAIN breeds.





3. No more than five pounds? Then you best bet is to get a small breed from a REPUTABLE breeder who standards reads 6-7lbs and under


Chihuahua


Maltese


Pomeranian to name a few





OR you take your butt to a shelter or rescue and get an adult small breed who is fully grown and that weight.





4. Pet shop employees lie.





5. The dog that makes the best house pet is the breed that suits YOU. No one can tell you that, you have to figure it out yourself.|||First of all, there are very large differences between Toys and Miniatures depending on the breed you're looking at.





Teacups do not exist in the realm of dogs. These are sickly, undersized runts sold for triple the price and often come with multitudes of health problems.





The smallest breed is the Chihuahua. I believe the breed standard calls for under 7 lbs. If you're looking at a pet store, I strongly urge you to reconsider as many of these (if not all) are supplied by puppy mills.





http://stoppuppymills.org/


http://images.google.com/images?hl=en%26amp;q=鈥?/a>|||If you want a dog that will be no more then 5 pound then go to dollar store and get a stuffed one.


If you get a so called tea cup(runt) dog from a pet store you wont have it long enough for it to even get to 5 pounds.


Those jerks that work in pet stores will tell you anything to get your money, and you are gullible enough to fall for it


Go to the pound or a rescue to get a dog.


Why do you need one less then 5 pounds?|||You've been to HUNDREDS of pet stores. I find that really hard to believe. What is it that you people don't understand about there is NO such thing as any kind of teacup dog? It's a poorly bred runt, bred by an unreputable backyard greeder, puppy mill or pet store. And of course you know that pet stores get their pups from puppy mills, correct? And of course you wouldn't want to support someone like that!|||The employees at hellholes of pet stores LIE,dumby!!!








#1-there's NO SUCH THING as "teacup"ANYTHING!





#2-there are TOY BREEDS....any at a pet store are PUPPYMILLED %26amp;CRAP*!!





So........if you want a pocket-pet? BUY A RAT!! It will NOT go over 5 lbs....pinky-swear.|||Here's a link that may change your mind.





http://www.barkrescue.net/teacup.htm|||easy, if you want a "teacup" just look for the ugliest tiniest sickest looking dog at the petstore and you found the one :)|||whats a teacup