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    shih tzu

    thats what i've always heard. shih tzu's and malteses cause they dont shed very much. i know our little shih tzu doesnt shed much at all.
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    Newbie to Forum, please help!

    i have a male Shih Tzu. we at first started to potty train him to go on the wee-wee pads, cause it was still winter time when we got him. now he goes outside. he can be a little thinkheaded and stubern at times. he gets along great with our cat. our cat out-weights him and will probably...
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    quick question about puppy growth

    how long does it take until puppies get full grown size? not compleltely full grown, but for instance, my Shih Tzu is 4 months old. when am i going to be able to how tall he's going to be when full grown? or at what age does a puppy stop growing, height wise?
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    While My Puppy Sleeps...

    our little Shih Tzu, Toby, has dreams. its kinda funny. he'll twitch his front legs and kinda muffeled bark with his mouth closed, he'll smile and some times his tail will wag once or twice. thump, thump anginst the inside of his crate. gotta love dogs and all the crazy things they do.
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    Safest way to wash dog?

    we used baby shampoo on our Shih Tzu when he was younger than 12 weeks. we just bought some moisterizing doggy shampoo at the store the other day, but we've to busy to give him his weekly bath. its been about two weeks now. but he goes to the groomer for the first time on Sat. he needs the...
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    Another Crate question from another Newbie.

    how big is the crate? i have a 4 month old Shih Tzu that is fully crate trained. he stays in it all night, and from about 7:45 till noon, then 1 till about 5:15 or so. its been that way since we got him at six weeks old. the crate is only supposed to be big enough for him to stand up, turn...
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    My dog has gotten weird

    are you talking about those crikets with the really long back legs, wierd shaped bodies, brown in color? usually found in basements and stuff? really long antena feller thingys on top of their heads? i always thought they were called cave crikets. i guess they are called camel/cave/stone...
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    Stupid Fleas!! AARRGGHH!

    i think it was just too much for the water heater to keep up with. my gas bill has doubled since they've been here, but thats a whole different story for some other day.
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    Stupid Fleas!! AARRGGHH!

    i think it opened it all the way. we have some "roommates" right now. she was running a bath for her daughter while we where giving him a bath. hopefully thats all that the problem was. we rerinsed him last night with just warm water but he's still scratching with no signs of fleas. we both...
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    Stupid Fleas!! AARRGGHH!

    ok, so short of going to the vet, what is the best flea drops you can buy at tlike the pet store or online somewhere? we got some Sergents Pretec flea shampoo last night and it seemed to kill all the fleas that were on him, but he scratching like crazy now. my wife thinks she might not...
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    Stupid Fleas!! AARRGGHH!

    the spray is not irratant at all. i got it all over my hands trying to spray it on him. another question, what are all the little black things in him hair? they dont move. are they eggs? or flea droppings?(j/k) i need to get this taken care of before my cat gets fleas too.
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    Stupid Fleas!! AARRGGHH!

    we went out to my parents house on Saturday night. we haven't been out there since there dog died. a couple months at least. we took Toby, our little Shid Tzu. we stayed for about four hours. Sunday, we noticed him scraching, alot. so we checked him out and sure enough, hes infested with...
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    puppy gets "fixed" tomorrow

    sorry everybody, i should have posted sooner. he's fine. Friday when i picked him up he was really sleepy. he slept most of Friday afternoon and night. he has no stiches, and everything looks great. a little brusing around his "area" but thats about it. his personallity did not change at...
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    puppy gets "fixed" tomorrow

    that shouldn't be too bad. he'll be at the vets all day, we will drop him off in the morning and pick him up after work. so its not really any different, except that he won't be there in his crate when i get there at lunch to let him out.
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    puppy gets "fixed" tomorrow

    tomorrow morning, Friday Feb. 18th, my Shih Tzu puppy goes in to get nudered. my wifes worried that it will change his personality. does having them fixed at such a young age change them? the vet lady said only thing he will do is never hike his leg to go pee pee, he'll just squat. also he...
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    A brain ripe for the picking.

    he has a kennel. he sleeps in at night, and is in it during the day while we are at work. i always heard not to use the kennel as a 'time-out' place. he usually just nips when he's playing. sometimes when you pick him up and he doesn't want to be held he will start to kinda growl and bark...
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    Movie lines - game

    nobody? ok, its from Toy Story.
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    A brain ripe for the picking.

    ok, i gots a guestion. how do your get a puppy to stop biting? we have a Shih Tzu, male, named Toby. he's about 3 months old now and he's been nipping at us for awhile. he dosen't nip at me so much anymore, but he likes to bite my wifes toes, and nip at our neice (she's 2) when she plays...
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    Movie lines - game

    ummm....huh.....maybe South Park? mr Maky. "drugs are bad, mmky." "Don't even think about it Cowboy"
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    Crate Training

    our little Shih Tzu has been crate trained since we got him. he loves his 'box'. only thing thats kinda annoying is in the morning, like early, he starts to whin, and bark and srcath to get out in the morning to go pee. then about an hour later he does it again. its not so bad during the...
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