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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Andy on August 02, 2015, 06:07:04 pm

Title: shihtzu dogs
Post by: Andy on August 02, 2015, 06:07:04 pm: Am thinking of getting a puppy for my kids and got suggested this breed of dog,does any members have one and are good around kids
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: xjay1337 on August 02, 2015, 06:53:28 pm: we had some lhasa apso / tibetan spaniel / shihtzu cross breeds and they were lovely.
fine around my sisters kids when they were babies. just a bit lick happy :)
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: Andy on August 02, 2015, 07:08:44 pm: Cheers Jay,just with the news of dogs and kids i didn't want that happening,read they are afriendly breed
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: dazza on August 02, 2015, 07:59:02 pm: I had a doberman (rescued from a shelter) when my kids were born, everyone (especially the in laws) kept telling me to watch him with the kids. He was awesome with them. Had to have him put down when the kids were three :sad1:

Recently we had a bad experience with a friends Chihuahua who bit both the kids they are petrified of any dog at the moment.
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: Andy on August 02, 2015, 08:08:23 pm: Yeah this is in the back of my mind also @dazza (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=10457)
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: dazza on August 02, 2015, 08:18:13 pm: The Chihuahua is constantly tormented by the three kids of the owners. It was just a pity my kids went to stroke him at a bad time.

I was a little concerned as my dog had been with me nearly 8 years then suddenly he went from being no1 to no3 but he was great with it. I think bringing a puppy in as a new member of the pack is a good idea.
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: garrardrj on August 03, 2015, 09:27:14 am: Working Cocker Spaniel - Not a Show Cocker as you will forever at the Pet Parlour !

Perfect dogs , Shihtzu dogs can be snappy , like most small dogs . Mine below :smiley:

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Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: Powervalve Nige on August 03, 2015, 10:26:43 am: Parents got me a Labrador when I was 13 - most loyal creature ever... lived to be 17 and then broke my heart.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fh269%2Fnigeblueflame%2F41055-Tabby-kitten-nose-to-nose-with-cute-Labrador-puppy-white-background_zpsgscwjn85.jpg&hash=ac6ae56999aa542a42b1beab19d18d7f2b2559e7)
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: xjay1337 on August 03, 2015, 11:21:15 am: we have a springer spaniel at the house i rent
lovely thing even with little people.

i think any dog is fine if raised from a pup correctly.
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: dazza on August 03, 2015, 11:44:15 am: like garrardrj said maybe a medium/large dog is better with kids

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Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: john87 on August 03, 2015, 12:16:20 pm: In my experience, small breeds seem to be more likely to nip at people..

the dog equivalent of small man syndrome :grin:
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: garrardrj on August 03, 2015, 01:01:50 pm: Also if you play golf or can walk a Cocker on the course they will find golf balls very easily by smell . Ours has found around 2000 since October - Some of them below :happy2:

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Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: Andy on August 03, 2015, 03:56:33 pm: Bloody he'll that is some find and I live behind a golf course :signLOL:
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: rich83 on August 03, 2015, 04:10:07 pm: Siberian husky has to be one of the most placid dogs I've encountered. Hardly ever barks and takes no notice of my mates newly born girl. Great dogs.
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: andyR43 on August 03, 2015, 08:00:36 pm: Quote from: nige bcs on August 03, 2015, 10:26:43 am
Parents got me a Labrador when I was 13 - most loyal creature ever... lived to be 17 and then broke my heart.

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+ 1 for a labrador. Mine too lived past 17 and was the most loyal, loving pet imaginable and remember that being a retriever they have been bred to not bite. :happy2:
Title: Re: shihtzu dogs
Post by: Adam0604 on August 08, 2015, 12:37:37 pm: I have a Lhasa Apso, very similar breed to the Shihtzu's.
Lovely breed of dog, little fluffballs I like to refer to them as.
As a puppy they are absolutely adorable too.

They are fine around children, so long as they aren't smothered and annoyed
Otherwise they will nip at you.
And their teeth can be quite sharp once they get past the age of about 3/4.

They like to have their own space a fair bit.
This is the same for my mates two Lhasa's as well.

Shihtzu's temperament may be a bit tamer though than a Lhasa's?
I'd be surprised if this was the case though.