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For all too many, the process of choosing a puppy or puppies is based purely on how cute the puppy is or how playful its personality seems at the pet store or kennel. Granted, playful and cute puppies can really tug at your heart strings and urge you t...A Step-By-Step Guide To Puppy Picking
With hundreds of breeds to choose from, how do you decide which one is right? Narrow down the choices in a few simple steps. Size Matters First, consider your available space. If you live in an apartment, you can rule out large dogs. Look for dogs ...Introduce Your Puppy To New Situations... And Ensure Good Behaviour For The Rest Of Her Life
They may seem to be bold explorers - sniffing at and mouthing just about anything - but all dogs have an instinctive fear of anything unfamiliar to them. Fear causes stress on the body, which affects long-term health. To help your dog avoid the negativ...You Should Teach Your Puppy Proper Chewing Behavior
As much as you may love your cute, new puppy, if she chews on everything in sight--including you--she will not be cute to you for very long. Puppies that are left to their own devices can destroy a home quickly. Just as training is required to housebre...The One Dog Trick That All Dogs Must Know - The Hand Shake Trick
The first dog trick that is generally taught a dog is to shake hands, and there are very few puppy and dog owners who do not teach their pets this simple trick. In most cases it is so easily accomplished that the amateur trainer does not know exactly ...Puppy Naming Tips
You’ve picked out the perfect puppy. You spent hours on the internet, researching the right breed for you and your family. Then you went from breeder to breeder or humane society to humane society, meeting and greeting pups until you find just the righ...Dog Supplies: What’s Needed Versus What Might Be Fun to Have
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How many times have I hear fellow dog owners say, “I hate it when he barks non stop… or he utterly embarrassed me when he mounts people’s leg”. Dog owners usually have no problems to fill in tons of their dog behavioral problems into the above statements.Proper Dog Care
Whether you're a new dog owner or have had dogs around you for many years, learning about proper dog care is essential if you're to give your dog the greatest possible chance to enjoy a long and healthy life.Training Your Dog to Sit
Training your dog to "sit" is probably the first thing you will train your puppy to do. I write puppy because you can start the training as soon as the puppy has settled in his new home. You might think this isn't that important, a dog knows ...

Shih Tzu - Coat Care I
By Connie Limon, Fri Dec 9th

The shih tzu with a long, flowing coat and an arrogant air isbeautiful and captures the heart of many who own andprofessionally show the breed. Satisfaction, joy and pride canresult from conditioning and growing a beautiful coat of hairfor the shih tzu. For the showring, this is an absolute must.The complete protrait of a showring shih tzu is one that isdraped in a long luxurious coat that has been maintained andgroomed properly. This can also be accomplished by sending theshih tzu to a handler getting the shih tzu ready for theshowring. If you have the time, patience and ability yourself,whether your shih tzu is a pet or a show dog prospect, youcertainly are very fortunate indeed. Most likely you willreceive rave reviews everywhere you and your shih tzu go.

A lot of shih tzu owners, however, do opt for the shorter cuts.In my opinion, the shih tzu is just as cute and lovely.Maintaining the longer coats is a "fulltime" job. It takes hoursand hours of careful brushing and most often daily brushing. Oneof the most important aspects of the procedure is your abilityto remain faithful to a schedule.

Start with good health from the inside. Be sure you keep yourshih tzu free from parasites and you feed a good, quality,nutritious dog food. I highly recommend HealthyPetNet Life'sAbundance pet foods, treats and grooming supplies. I am afaithful user of these products myself and I am completelysatisfied with the results evident in my shih tzu. I have a fewthat I "try" to keep in long coat. It is very time consuming,but I must admit when I see these romping around in my yard ormoving about, I get an extra kind of thrill inside to beholdtheir beauty. So I must say, a beautiful, long coat on a shihtzu is probably my favorite. I just don't have the "exactability and time" to maintain all of mine in that long coat andthose I do, are still not as perfected as they could be.Personally, I have just not developed the skills to do so. Ibelieve I have the ability. That ability has not been developed.Maybe some day.....

Whatever you feed your shih tzu, dry food is always superior.And I would think that if you are going all out for a long coatfor your shih tzu, you probably will need to add some extrasupplements. Again, I would recommend HealthyPetNet Life'sAbundance Daily Nutritional System, which is the dry food with adaily supplement, and add to that, their skin and coatsupplement, plus add their health bar for skin and coat, whichis full of antioxidants. The decision belongs to you, your vetand to your handler, if you use a professional handler orgroomer.

Shih Tzu Best Training
Here is a training manual to get the best out of your relationship with your Shih Tzu. Discover how to train your Shih Tzu to behave so they don’t ruin your house, so you can communicate with them and so they don’t bark too much. For more information on the best training methods go to: Shih Tzu Best Training

I have found where I live that most of the groomers do not liketo mess with a long coat. And when I do get this done, theexpense is far greater than a simple hair cut. I do have onegroomer in particular, only one I have found within drivingdistance who halfway was descent in combing out and grooming mylong haired shih tzu. Then, the expense was so great, I couldnot afford using her that often. I keep most of my short at thistime. The cost for me would have been at least $70 per month forone dog and that is going every two weeks. For the shih tzulover of long, long hair, it is wise to learn how to do it yourself, yet, also you got your time and labor involved inthat. Time is something most of us seem to never have enough of.

Good coats are inherited in many lines. I really do have someshow dog coats of hair in my bloodlines at Stain Glass Shih Tzu,and one day I hope to be able to at least take a course ingrooming. When I do, I most likely will include what I learnthrough the course in my articles and e-books I will offer toothers. Most likely, this is coming soon. It is just not totally"right" it seems to not at least have one very long haired shihtzu in the crowd. For some bloodlines, to grow a long andflowing coat is impossible. You will see beautiful and cutefaces, wonderful personalities still, but the coat of some ofthe shih tzu bloodlines just will not grow. There is no otherchoice in that matter but to the keep it clipped. One of thegoals of my breeding program is to continually search for thebloodlines that most closely meet the AKC standard for a long,flowing coat. I am very partial to the smaller sizes, but evenin those, I search for the long flowing coat of hair. My Holly,Simon, Danny Boy and Jane Jane all have this type of coat. Hollyprobably had the best of all. It was extremely long and thick,but guess what, time was not on my side about keeping it thatway, so I had to opt for a shave down to start all over. She isstill just as cute and perky, and I think she has been veryhappy with her new haircut. I was saddened to tears almost, butmy own fault. A person has to allocate the time to grow thesebeautiful long coats or else hire someone else to do it forthem. That is just the starting point for the entire process.

There are lots of products to help us deal with the shih tzuthat do not have the better coats of hair. And as I mentionedbefore, HealthyPetNet products is always my first choice. Thereare, however, dozens of other products you can try that may suityou and your shih tzu even better. If you have the time andmoney, it can be a very enjoyable hobby. I have too many hobbiesconcerning the shih tzu right now anyway, but.....I do plan ongaining more skill at coat handling and grooming. I justrecently bought my first clipper, a must for the types of work Iam in at this time - raising puppies. Many times, shih tzu momsneed to be completely shaven down for the sake of cleanlinessand this is a routine I follow with mine. In my plans is aspecial grooming room with all the bells and whistles - a nicetub - tables and all the right equipment. Even for the personwho has only one shih tzu, having the exact equipment needed andthe lighting and tubs can be a very fun experience and much morerewarding than using the family bathtub and a small space in thecorner of one very dimly lit room. I tell you what.....my plansinclude a nice grooming room with all the bells and whistles. Ijust hope I am not 95 before I can afford that. I plan to liveto be 100 years old. And then, I plan an afterlife for myself,not as a shih tzu of course, but just as a soul that liveson....that's a whole other topic however.

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Shih Tzu - Introducing A New Shih Tzu Puppy To Your Household
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Shih Tzu - Whelping
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Shih Tzu - Common Parasites In Dogs
By Connie Limon, Fri Dec 9th
Some common parasites affecting shih tzu and dogs in generalare: Chiggers, coccidiosis, fleas, flies, giardia, heartworm,hookworms, lice and mange.There are three basic forms of parasitism: Read more...