I found several ads using this term. For example:

AM A SMALL BREEDER DEDICATED TO PRODUCING EXQUISTE COMPANIONS THAT EXEMPLIFY THE BREED.I HAVE PUPPIES & DOGS THAT RANGE FROM MICTO TO TOY SIZE.THEY ARE SPOILED BY ME AND SOCIALIZED WITH MY FAMILY.
THESE Extreme Tiny Grand Champion sired babies too cute to be....... Sweet personality / disposition, family raised under foot.

Other ads use this jargon and add that the puppies have been 'raised under foot' with cats and small children.

So everyone is correct. The term is both literal and figurative and an example of the jargon of the industry.

Last edited by R. Eastcourt; 11/23/2007 2:45 AM.