I get so many inquiries about people
wanting tiny Shih Tzu and it saddens me...SO...I pulled it off a
website
(and changed some names to protect those who might be offended)
to add a little humor
and enlightenment into the
Imperial Shih Tzu scam many breeders use to sell dogs to people who want to
believe what they are being told by these BAD breeders.
(I don't know any of these people
personally, just thought the articles were funny)
Please send me
letters of your accounts of purchasing an Imperial or Tiny Shih Tzu so we can
stop these breeders from lying to their clients. Unfortunately, when they
turn 6 or 7 months old and you paid for a 3-6 lbs Shih Tzu and end up with a 15 lb
one you are too in love with this wonderful dog no matter what the size that the
breeders get away with it, they know you won't return him and if you read the
fine print you will never get a written guarantee of the size of the sweet
little dog.
Other Sales Scams: See At Bottom Of This Page
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This is poking fun at these
so-called breeders, however, the one's laughing the hardest are
the breeders trying to sell you one of these phony dogs. Please don't buy into the Imperial Shih Tzu scam...just
because you hear what you want to hear. There certainly are
small Shih Tzu out there, but they are usually not the hearty, robust
doggies we all have come to love and are bred as a fluke from time to time
and in general not bred or predicted to be small in a reliable
fashion. Small dogs occur from time to time in any breeding program
and there is no way to predict this, they are runts, some are
hearty, many are not, especially if irresponsible person is
trying to breed for this result. Please be careful and buy
a healthy dog.
Other Sales Scams:
If someone seems to be running a
pet business (obvious by listing prices, selling many many dogs,
selling more than one breed, not belonging to local or national
dog clubs, taking credit cards and otherwise looking like a pet
store, rather than a home grown small breeder). If they do not
actively show their dogs and claim to have Championship
Pedigrees, they are most likely lying and they are selling and
exploiting dogs
to make a living. If they claim to have this type of dog
and can't back it up, you can conclude that they have a fake
pedigree or one they stole from some show person's website and
is claiming it for their own and they are ONLY using this PLOY
to get more money for their dogs. Show people do not
charge extra for Champion pedigreed dogs, all (or most) of their
dogs are CH pedigreed. I have seen Websites claiming
to have 40 Champions in a pedigree. HUH? Having one
or two CH in a 4-gen pedigree does not make it a CH pedigree
either, most dogs in the pedigree, especially the parents and
grandparents generation should have most if not all Champions
and the person should be actively showing and be able to prove
it.
Listen up:
There are 7
dogs in a 3-generation pedigree, 15 dogs in a 4-generation
pedigree and
30 dogs
in a 5 generation pedigree.
The AKC only supplies a 3 (typically) or 4 generation pedigrees.
I am a show person (someone deeply involved in showing and
receiving Championships on my dogs), I have RARELY seen a
pedigree that can be researched back and goes out to 5 and 6
generations with all champions. 99% of people do not have
5 generation pedigrees at their disposal (and the AKC does not
supply them), they must be researched and/or the person owning
this dog most likely owning most of the dogs in the entire
pedigree, which again should tell you that this person must
actively be showing their dogs, with ribbons, photos of
themselves with judges inside the rings, with CH listings on the
AKC website or Infodog stating their dogs have a winning record.
You can google my name, you will find many listing of my dogs
records. I have Excellent pedigreed dogs and my best
pedigree has 27 CH in a 5-gen ped. Ask to see a certified
AKC pedigree AND
the registration certificate that comes with every AKC dog.
See if the dog's names match, see if the 1st and second
generation are Champions and most of all make them prove they
actually show their dogs. They should have an AKC
Championship Certificate on dogs they claim to be Champions or
you can look up the dog by name on the AKC website to see their
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