someone get these kids a book about real dogs

We hardly had any kids pass by the house on Halloween. I don't know where the bazillion kids from the day time go, but they don't come down my street for candy. I had to flag kids down.The one time the doorbell rang, it took us all by surprise. Both dogs were super excited that someone came to the door. Shawn went to open the door, I cut him off and he then corralled the dogs away from the door so I could give out *handfulls* of candy.The conversation was in French, which I will translate for those of you who don't read it.Me: Sorry about that.. we had to hold back the dogs. (The door sort of closed over on them before I could get the candy out.)Kid #1 (excitedly): Are they chihuahuas?!?Kid #2: *big excited eyes*Me: Um.. no.. they are big... like Huskies.(ok, so Finnish Lapphunds aren't as big as huskies, but I wasn't about to try to explain "Finnish Lapphund" in French to two kids under the age of 10. And when we go walking around the neighbourhood we are often asked if our dogs are a Husky mix.)Kids: Oh,ok. *scamper off*My point is this though:ARE THEY CHIHUAHUAS?!?Seriously? Is that what today's young person thinks of IMMEDIATELY when they hear the word DOG?CHIHUAHUA?Come on now. When did tiny, yappy dogs become the standard dog image? When I was a kid we'd picture Retrievers or German Shepherds or something. Not tiny, rodent-like dogs!I am super disappointed in the lack of canine education the young people have been getting! Someone needs to school these kids on what a proper dog should be!(Not that tiny dogs aren't valid. They aren't my cup of tea, personally. I still don't think they should be the first dog image that pops into your head when you hear the word DOG!)