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