Or it's a fad. I do home improvement, and when my customers own dogs, nine times out of ten, they're a toy breed. Even most of my patriot conservative customers own them, instead of large breeds.
Americans are a faddish people.
25 yrs ago- when working delivery job, I was attacked by a pair of mini pins.
Could have fit them in #10 can, but they had temperment of their larger counterparts.
I had to ask the owner to detach them from my pant legs.
Rather ill mannered little thugs they were (the mini pins) not the owners.
We need a hypo-allergenic dog so have a smaller breed. It is not a fad to us.