SHIH TZU DES PYRAMIDES DE CHOLULA

ORIGIN : Tibet.
PATRONAGE : Great Britain.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 24.06.1987.
UTILIZATION : Companion dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group 9 Companion and Toy Dogs.
Section 5 Tibetan breeds.
Without working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE :
Sturdy, abundantly coated dog with distinctly arrogant carriage and chrysanthemum-like face.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT :
Intelligent, active and alert. Friendly and independant.
HEAD :
Head broad, round, wide between the eyes. Shock-headed with hair falling well over eyes. Good beard and whiskers, hair growing upwards on the nose giving a distinctly chrysanthemum-like effect.
CRANIAL REGION :
Stop : Definite.
FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Black but dark liver in liver or liver marked dogs. Top of nose leather should be on a line with or slightly below lower eyerim. Downpointed nose highly undesirable. Wide open nostrils. Pinched nostrils highly undesirable.
Muzzle : Of ample width, square, short, not wrinkled, flat and hairy. Length about one inch (2,5 cm) from tip to stop. Bridge of the nose level or slightly tip tilted. Pigmentation of muzzle as unbroken as possible.
Lips : Level.
Jaws/Teeth : Wide, slightly undershot or level.
Eyes : Large, dark, round, placed well apart but not prominent. Warm expression. In liver or liver marked dogs, lighter eye colour permissible. No white of eye showing.

Ears : Large, with long leathers, carried drooping. Set slightly below crown of skull, so heavily coated they appear to blend into hair of neck.
NECK :
Well proportioned, nicely arched. Sufficient length to carry head proudly.
BODY :
Longer between withers and root of the tail than height at withers.
Back : Level.
Loin : Well coupled and sturdy.
Chest : Broad and deep.
TAIL :
Heavily plumed carried gaily well over back. Set on high. Height approximately level with that of skull to give a balanced outline.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS :
Legs short and muscular with ample bone, as straight as possible, consistent with broad chest being well let down.
Shoulders : Firm, well laid back.
HINDQUARTERS :
Legs short and muscular with ample bone. Straight when viewed from the rear. Legs looking massive on account of wealth of hair.
Thighs : Well rounded and muscular.
FEET :
Rounded, firm and well padded, appearing big on account of wealth of hair.
GAIT / MOVEMENT :
Arrogant, smooth-flowing, front legs reaching well forward, strong rear action and showing full pad.
COAT
HAIR :
Long, dense not curly, with good undercoat. Slight wave permitted. Strongly recommended that hair on head tied up.
COLOUR :
All colours permissible, white blaze on forehead and white tip to tail highly desirable in parti-colours.
SIZE AND WEIGHT :
Height at the withers : Not more than 26.7 cm (10 1/2 ins), type and breed characteristics of the utmost importance and on no account to be sacrificed to size alone.
Weight : 4.5 to 8.1 kg (10-18 lbs). Ideal weight 4.5-7.3 kg (10-16 lbs).
FAULTS :
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

One finds the track from the VIII-th century before Christ in Asia Minor with the ancestors of the dogs of the Tibet.
Legend wants that Shih-Tzu would maintain narrow links with the lioness of snows (Gang Sing), mythical symbol of the Tibet which gets prosperity for the country. That is why the Tibetans think that Shih-Tzu carries chance and that it is a honor to receive from it one in present.
Shih-Tzu means dog lion in reference to the faithful companion of Buddha.
The adventure of Shih-Tzu began really in China under the dynasty Oof (205 before Jesus Christ - 220 Anno Domini). The Chinese emperors liked seeing offering Tibetan dogs by the Dalai Lama with whom they maintained diplomatic relations.
But the breeding will take its development only in the XIX-th century under the Manchu dynasty (on 1644 - 1912) when The Dalai Lama offered a couple of Shih-Tzu to the empress Der Ling that the emperor will not delay in To call Tzu Hsi. This one took herself of passion for the race in the point to have hundred of it whom she confided in care of her eunuches.
Considered as crowned, they lived in a pavilion of marble sprinkled with pillows of imperial silk. One called them " the pearls of the empress ".
It was very difficult to export Shih-Tzu. Indeed, when after numerous negotiations, a Shih-Tzu left China, the new owners had the unpleasant surprise to see dying their dog a little time after or females remained infertile. It is that before their departure, one had made for them eat of the crushed glass or one had sterilized females.
In the death of the empress Tzu Hsi in 1908, then with the fall of the empire, certain Shih-Tzu served of currency of exchange and left so the Speechless Town.
It is in 1930, with the arrival of a couple in England that began the modern history of Shih Tzu. About twenty years later, the breed is introduced in France and in the USA. And so breeding became intensified on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

It is the small curious and observer dog who shows constantly the desire to live in your rhythm. Always cheerfully, it adapts itself to all the situations and all the persons. It likes the comfort of a house but it is also the sportsman who loves walks.
It is a peaceful dog at the house, which supports very well long hours of solitude.

Shih Tzu asks for a daily maintenance if you want to preserve it a long coat.
There are the partisans of the quarterly cutting practised by a professional and those that are wildly set against it. The cutting is naturally excluded if your dog has to participate in dog shows. On the other hand, it is usual to cross in the streets of proud Shih Tzu groomed regularly.
Anyway, the care which you will bring to your Shih Tzu are important. Provide with a brush and with a comb, you have to disentangle the coat every day or at most every three days. Once a month, it will need a bath. Daily, you will clean the outline of the eyes with a physiological serum. And finally, you will control regularly the state of its ears.

When you buy a puppy in our kennel, we offer you a puppy kit including a kilo of food, that one which the puppy knows since its weaning.
This food is particularly adapted to the necessities of a puppy during all the period of its growth. We selected it among several others for the benefactions on our puppies.
Easy of use, because it is constituted with dry food, it will be the best guarantee of the health of your dog.
It is never advised to change abruptly the food of a puppy, already put under stress by its arrival in a new home; intestinal disorders should often be been afraid.

Deworming: from 15 days and every 15 days until two months old.
This protocol should be pursued until the puppy is six months old, once a month.

Vaccines: when the puppy begins its weaning, immunity acquired by way of the maternal milk does not act any more; period going from this age (about five weeks and a half old) and the age of the firstly vaccination (around eight weeks old) can be critical. To strengthen the immunization, the puppy will receive a vaccine against parvovirus and the other one against the coughs.
Has eight weeks, the veterinarian will practise firstly vaccination against distemper, parvovirus, hepatitis, parainfluenza.
One month later, a reminder of vaccinations will be necessary to which one will add an vaccination against leptospirosis and possibly against rabies.

There is pedigree dog and dog of appearance of race, the greenhorn can confuse. The only guarantee that the puppy which you go to buy is a dog of pure race, it is its registration in the "Livre des Origines Français" ( L.O.F) administered by the only body approved in France: the "Société Centrale Canine ( S.C.C )
At first, the breeder, owner of the bitch, has to declare to the S.C.C. the mating realized between two parents registered in the L.O.F. (or possibly a foreign Book if the stud dog is not in France). A file is opened and the breeder will receive a form first part of which will be of use to the notification of birth (he will indicate to it the date of the birth of puppies, their number and the distribution of sexes). Second part should be sent to the S.C.C. after the identification (by tattoo or microchip) puppies with the list of names. The S.C.C. will register then puppies on the L.O.F. in a temporary way and will establish for each of them a Birth Certificate that the breeder should have to hand you. This document guarantees that your animal is a dog of pure race, it will contain its number of registration on the Book and its genealogy. It is this document which will be replaced after the confirmation of your dog by the definitive Pedigree.
If you live abroad, it will be necessary to ask for a export pedigree which will replace the Birth Certificate.

Puppies can leave kennel at least one week after firstly vaccination and identification, but it can be postponed in interest of the puppy.

On average, at this age, our puppies are sold 800 Euros with all the legal guarantees, deworming and vaccinations. They are then tattooed, declared to the L.O.F.

Bookings are always confirmed by mail, accompanied with a deposit of 300 Euros.

In case of supplementary services, all the expenses relating to it are chargeable to the buyer.