Shih Tzu

 Despite its noble pedigree, the Shih Tzu is cheerful, joyful and friendly to all. If trained properly by its owner, the Shih Tzu will become a very obedient and loyal companion, and will show its brave and fierce side when encountering unexpected situations.

The Shih Tzu is intelligent, loyal, friendly and energetic, and is not particularly easy to train, but with patience and confidence, he will become quite obedient. Of course, he is also curious about things, sometimes a little reckless, so if the family is still relatively small children, then do not let them alone together, if accidentally the children will be rushed to bad. The Shih Tzu likes to interact with people and has an attachment nature, which makes it suitable for urban breeding, but of course it is also suitable for rural breeding. Since it has a long coat, it must be groomed daily, especially the hair on its head, which is best tied up to avoid sticking it in the eyes and causing discomfort.For pets are actually not recommended to feed bones, because some may not bite hard enough to swallow the bones directly, thus causing the bones to get stuck in the howl and cost the dog its life. If the purpose is to have a teething effect, then you can find some large pork bones, which will help it to grind its teeth and it will not swallow it.For the Shih Tzu training may not be so easy, but the owner must have patience and confidence, because the Shih Tzu is very smart, just not easy to train, as long as you persist, then a well-trained Shih Tzu will be very popular. And the training of your pet must also be encouraged more than punished.A small, smart, gentle Shih Tzu will definitely bring a lot of fun to the usual monotonous life.

Shih Tzu is easy to give people a sense of pretentiousness, but in fact, its character is very lively. The Shih Tzu originated in the 17th century. It is an ancient playing dog, small in size and attached to its owner. It is a sturdy, lively toy dog. The popularity of this dog is very high in China, and the price is relatively expensive.

       As far back as the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the 6th and 7th centuries, many literary and historical materials and paintings showed a little lion dog with an appearance and image very similar to the Lhasa dog. Around 1645, the Manchus marched into Tibet and brought the Tibetan Lhasa dog to the hinterland for breeding. In the Forbidden City, Shih Tzu was produced after continuous breeding. After the death of the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty in 1908, the dog began to be smuggled abroad. During the Second World War, the U.S. Army brought Shih Tzu from the United Kingdom. Countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States successively recognized the Shih Tzu as an independent breed and formulated exhibition standards. Subsequently, the dog frequently appeared in various dog shows.

       The ancestors of the Shih Tzu lived in Tibet, China. There is a Tibetan puppy similar to the Shih Tzu in paintings in the sixth century. Legend has it that in the middle of the 17th century, the Shih Tzu was obtained by crossing the Lhasa Lion Dog, which was dedicated to the emperor by the Dalai Lama of Tibet, and the Peking Dog. Shih Tzu also means a lion, and according to the local accent, it also means a dog with a face like a chrysanthemum.

       Although Shih Tzu is native to China, most of the more pure pedigrees have been lost abroad, and the number in China is very small.