**Disclaimer – this is a rant rather than an educational training article! I often hear people make comments to the effect of "I hate those fluffy, yappy little things – I like real dogs”. For “real dogs” read “large dogs”. As a dog lover, this baffles me. Here’s the thing; big or small, short haired or fluffy, dogs are dogs. Innocent, fantastic dogs. They don’t know what size they are or how white and fluffy their coat is. The smallies can be, and are, every bit as funny