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CAVEAT EMPTOR
buyer beware |
CAVEAT EMPTOR – Imperial
and Princess Type Shih Tzu
YES – buyer beware!
These days many
unscrupulous sellers are selling so called Imperial and Princess
Type Shih Tzu. They delude the buyer into thinking they are buying something
rare and special.
The Shih Tzu standard ONLY
recognizes one kind of Shih Tzu and that is the Shih Tzu described in the breed
standard.
A Shih Tzu is supposed to
be from 9-16 lbs as described in the standard. YES, occasionally ethical
breeders get “smaller” ones and “runts” BUT we do not breed for them. We sell
these CHEAPLY as PETS – not to be shown or bred from. They are very cute pocket
pets.
However some people
unethical people thought they could make LOADS of money from these RUNTS by
giving them a special name and they thought of the terms Imperial and
Princess, and conned the public into paying a PREMIUM price for these dogs
that should have been sold quite cheaply as pets.
Have you not noticed that
many of these so called Imperials and Princess type Shih Tzu, have severe eye
white and many are wall eyed. The reason many of these dogs stay so small is
that they have open fontanels, and a blow to the head that will not kill a
normal Shih Tzu can kill a Shih Tzu with an open fontanel.
It drives me crazy that
people are now LOOKING for Imperial and Princess type Shih Tzu. THERE IS NO SUCH
THING! Please DO NOT WASTE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY BY PAYING A PREMIUM PRICE FOR
A RUNT!
Another thing that drives
me up the wall, are ads online that state their dogs have a TRIPLE COAT. The
Shih Tzu standard clearly states the Shih Tzu should have a double coat.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK
BELOW to read more about these so called Imperial Shih Tzu.
http://www.shihtzu.org/Info/imperial.asp?menu=Info
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