| The time has come to add a Shih Tzu puppy to your | | | | and make sure the one you are buying from checks |
| family so naturally your next question is where to | | | | out with at least some of the national breeder |
| find a Shih Tzu puppy for sale. There are some good | | | | registries or your local vet. A good breeder will be |
| places to go for a Shih Tzu puppy and some not so | | | | with you for quite a while, so make sure you make |
| good places to go and they all have their reasons. | | | | the right choice. |
| Remember that you are trying to bring a new | | | | Another reason for finding a breeder to buy your |
| member into your family so when you decide you | | | | Shih Tzu puppy from is that a breeder will offer |
| want a Shih Tzu puppy make sure that the place you | | | | things like free pet insurance for six weeks after the |
| get it from is going to be the right decision as well. | | | | purchase. This is a great service and can help you out |
| One place you are probably going to want to avoid is | | | | a lot at that first vet visit. A breeder is also going to |
| a pet shop. A Shih Tzu has very specific needs and | | | | offer you feeding and care instructions and may |
| needs to be bred in a very certain way and pet | | | | even send you off with a food sample so you know |
| shops are notorious for not only mistreating the | | | | what to buy your Shih Tzu puppy for healthy |
| animals they have for sale but selling unhealthy | | | | nutrition. |
| animals and also selling animals that do not match the | | | | It is always a great idea to adopt a pet from your |
| paperwork they give you. The chances are that the | | | | local animal rescue shelter and you can contact your |
| person at the counter has no knowledge about Shih | | | | local animal rescue shelter and discuss whether they |
| Tzu care and breeding so avoid a pet store | | | | have a Shih Tzu puppy for sale or not. Your Shih Tzu |
| completely. | | | | puppy from a shelter will have been checked out by |
| Probably the best place to get a Shih Tzu puppy for | | | | a qualified vet and should have been given all of its |
| sale, that you can know and feel confident is a | | | | shots so it is ready to go home. That warm feeling |
| healthy pet, is from a local breeder. Make sure you | | | | you will get in your heart every time you look at |
| check out several breeders before buying from one | | | | your Shih Tzu will never leave you either. |