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I am furious.
My precious little pom Ginger Belle was Called Home to Jesus last winter, and I appreciated all the condolence calls and notes that poured in, in my time of loss.
So it was with special delight and gratitude when I found an adorable toy poodle on my doorstep in a basket, with the note, "Somehow, I think you deserve this."
Well, I certainly did deserve a new doggie baby, after all I'd been through!
But this week, after I noticed Ginger Belle II was chasing gophers out in the garden with amazing speed, and also somehow managing to climb up the curtains, I took her to the vet doctor....and he alerted me to the disgusting SCAM in which d*mned FERRETS (a member of the RAT family trhank you very much!) are being pumped up on steroids, given PERMS, and sold as fake toy POODLES!!!
Someone gave me a rat for Christmas ! ! ! Who was it ? ? ?
And now, after striking in Freehold, this dirty trick is apparently sweeping the globe ! ! !
Ferrets Sold As Toy Poodles: Argentina Pet Dealers Reportedly Selling Weasels On Steroids
Apparently Argentinian bazaar salesmen are passing off ferrets on steroids as toy poodles -- and people believe them.
A local news report out of Buenos Aires caught the attention of the Daily Mail and other sites this week, after a man took the "toy poodles" he bought at the La Salada market to a veterinarian, only to find that it was actually a giant weasel.
Selling what Argentinians call a "Brazilian rat" -- a ferret given steroids at birth to increase its size and then groomed -- isn't a rare occurrence, the site reports. But this particular story, aired in June 2012, apparently confirmed the urban legend that these freaky ferrets are sold at the popular market.
The victim paid $150 per poodle, Yahoo! News reports. Another woman told the Buenos Aires station that she was tricked into buying what she thought was a chihuahua -- but that was also a ferret.
It's unclear where the enhanced ferrets are today.
But ferrets aren't the only animals that have allegedly been used to dupe poodle-seekers. The Brisbane Times reports that a Japanese actress once purchased a lamb believing that it was a standard poodle.
My precious little pom Ginger Belle was Called Home to Jesus last winter, and I appreciated all the condolence calls and notes that poured in, in my time of loss.
So it was with special delight and gratitude when I found an adorable toy poodle on my doorstep in a basket, with the note, "Somehow, I think you deserve this."
Well, I certainly did deserve a new doggie baby, after all I'd been through!
But this week, after I noticed Ginger Belle II was chasing gophers out in the garden with amazing speed, and also somehow managing to climb up the curtains, I took her to the vet doctor....and he alerted me to the disgusting SCAM in which d*mned FERRETS (a member of the RAT family trhank you very much!) are being pumped up on steroids, given PERMS, and sold as fake toy POODLES!!!
Someone gave me a rat for Christmas ! ! ! Who was it ? ? ?
And now, after striking in Freehold, this dirty trick is apparently sweeping the globe ! ! !
Ferrets Sold As Toy Poodles: Argentina Pet Dealers Reportedly Selling Weasels On Steroids
Apparently Argentinian bazaar salesmen are passing off ferrets on steroids as toy poodles -- and people believe them.
A local news report out of Buenos Aires caught the attention of the Daily Mail and other sites this week, after a man took the "toy poodles" he bought at the La Salada market to a veterinarian, only to find that it was actually a giant weasel.
Selling what Argentinians call a "Brazilian rat" -- a ferret given steroids at birth to increase its size and then groomed -- isn't a rare occurrence, the site reports. But this particular story, aired in June 2012, apparently confirmed the urban legend that these freaky ferrets are sold at the popular market.
The victim paid $150 per poodle, Yahoo! News reports. Another woman told the Buenos Aires station that she was tricked into buying what she thought was a chihuahua -- but that was also a ferret.
It's unclear where the enhanced ferrets are today.
But ferrets aren't the only animals that have allegedly been used to dupe poodle-seekers. The Brisbane Times reports that a Japanese actress once purchased a lamb believing that it was a standard poodle.
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