well, it will take you a longer time to train it to pee and poo at the correct place since it is already 1 year plus.... means the previous owner never did much training. Search for toilet training, there was an old thread with all the steps there.... just look back at old postings and threads.

If you keep opening the room door whenever she barks, then she will know that you will give or open anything whenever she barks. This is a bad habit that dogs. You must be stern and make her realise that barking won't give her anything.

Change your dogfood. Eukanuba is not a good brand.... look for NutriEdge, better quality that Eukanuba. The dogfood bag has directions on how much to feed so you follow it.

The body odour can come from a few things.... bad breath, smelly tears, infected or wet ears and skin allergies. Beef can cause body odour. If you dog is allergic to chicken and beef, it can cause strong smells. Give your dog a bath but never too often. Only once a week would do. If your dog still smells, then just on and off apply some baby powder to cover up the smell. Sometimes body odour is genetic and if the previous owner did not do enough research on purchasing dogs, then you may actually have a dog with bad BO.... like certain humans got BO.

Take the newspaper, soak 1 piece with her pee, let it dry then place at the area you want her to pee at. Then when the next time she looks like wanna pee, quickly bring her to the place and let her smell the newspaper.

pee and poo twice a day? Peeing twice a day is considered.... very little..... a healthy puppy pees every 3 hours....

Ohhhh... hahaha... misunderstanding. I thought your dog only pee two times a day

Did you FiFi bark and run abit after eating her breakfast?

Anyway, the over excitement thing will pass... it is a phase. Some puppies tend to have little control of their bladders. They sometimes cannot control coz excitement can cause a lot of muscles to act, thus the bladder muscles lose control abit hahaha... but don't worry, this is a phase, will pass as she matures.

ohhh.... maybe it was just the way she ate her food this morning lah. So no worries, I guess your FiFi would be fine.

My Chelsea is naughty, sometimes she will bark and run after meal, then vomit the food and eat back. Only need to worry if she vomits out foam or green and yellow liquid... it means gastric.

Really? Hmmm.... eat grass? Yellow or greenish foam is bile from the stomach... so that is why I said gastric.... maybe your Pacco felt hungry that time hahaha...

But from what I have read, if once a month, it's ok.... Get worried if it happens everyday, then that could be a stomach problem that needs to be treated.

Actually, a dog is only considered as an adult when it reaches 1 year. Large dogs would be adults around 2 years old.... so you should not stop feeding puppy food at 6 months.

The breeder told you something breeders would normally do, breed dogs starting at 6 months....

You see, a dog sexually matures at 6 to 7 months... Like human get period at 12 years old.... is a 12 year old considered an adult? No right? 6 to 7 months is the teenage time for dogs.... the best time to do serious training.

Also, 6 months also is the beginning of the teething period. The puppy teeth will drop and grow the adult teeth, just like when we were kids and teens, losing our teeth to get our permanent teeth. Same thing for dogs.

Fully grown and developed would be at around 1 year old. Normally at that age, we switch the puppyfood to adult food.

Well.... how much is blackwood's protein percentage? If it is about 24% to 28%... then it is ok....

Well, your Jack Jack won't be eating alot of calories.... if he is eating it well then just keep on going.

Avoid Eukanuba.... not a very good brand....

Feed her again. I also do not buy heartguard... coz expensive and with 3 dogs.... the expense is higher. I get other brands which are in tablet form. When in tablet form, it is easier for the dog to adsorb into the body since small pill, it won't harm the tummy or digestive system. There are also pill syringes for sale, which makes giving the pill easier. Heartguard cannot use the pill syringe, only tablets can.

It is a must. If don't take, a dog can die a painful death. This heartworm is carried by parasites....

Heartworm is a parasite.... normally it is passed through ticks and mosquitos(I think, doing this out of memory).... So the eggs will hatch and then the little worms will live and start to eat the heart.... normally it will go unnoticed since the dog won't show signs and you can only know if the dog got heartworm if do a heartworm test...

The heart gets eaten away till the dog dies of heart failure. My dogs died from heart failure that were caused by old age and genetics... see my dogs like that, really suffering and the dogs were always in pain. Heartworm can be treated with surgery if the worms are hard to kill with drugs.

Read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartworm

http://www.canismajor.com/dog/hartworm.html

I think the breeder is irresponsible to tell you that everything is ok and not to worry. If your dog's ear is bleeding, it could be something more serious than ear mites. Ear mites no bleeding unless the dog scratch till got open wound. If the ear drum is injured, your dog can go death and may not walk properly later.

I TOTALLY agree with you!!!

I never trust pushy breeders/petshop... it means something is not right and the breeder got something terrible to hide from his customers....

I think the breeder is just trying to milk your pocket dry.... You got your info incorrect.... puppies should not be separated from their mom before 8 weeks old.... but puppies finish drinking milk at 6 weeks old normally.... that is why petshops take at 6 weeks, coz look cuter so people will quickly buy, which is really cruel.

Have you personally brought Xun Xun to see a vet? Coz I think he may be trying to hide something.... everything sounds so fishy. I have never come across such a breeder before and I have visited many....

About the kibble thing, a breeder will not tell you only 1 brand is good... will tell you there are many but will advice which is a good choice... if he is feeding blackwood and selling blackwood... so obvious he wants to create more sales from you.

Do not cut.... risk poking the eyes and can get eye infection.... it is better to leave it long... just let it be for now... coz it will slowly grow and drop away from the eyes.... then it will become the traditional shih tzu moustache. If you cut, they you must continue to cut it forever.... coz when they become adult, the fur will be slightly thicker, and if poke the eyes, it gives more irritation then when during puppyhood.

Animal Medical Center is pricy.... but of course for a life, then the best is good right?

well, once you get Xun Xun, just bring her straight to vet. You go to Dr Yeoh right? He is already a good vet so you can trust Dr Yeoh's words well. If there is something wrong, then if i were you, I will ask he vet for a written health statement and get a refund...

Wah, your Hepy is weird.... my Chelsea after dinner and breakfast, straight must go poo... Hepy got digestion problem?

Well, she still looks good hahah. When I trimmed my shih tzu's fur like that last time, he was damn moody for the whole day coz can consider naked dog LOL. Summore my own cutting so maybe made my old dog shy hahah... sigh... miss him so much.

Electric shaver also took that long? It took me 3 hours as well to shave my shih tzu last time but I wouldn't call it shave coz I don't have the electric shaver(clipper) but I use scissors hhaahah....

Some shih tzus tend to have a bit of curl, it is more like wavy fur... this can be seen when the fur is cut really short. If the fur is really curled, like permed hair, it is mixed already. There are people mixbreeding poodle blood into the shih tzu line.... but sometimes an odd ball comes up with curled fur eventhough with cert. This is non-standard, a fault in the fur. This type of shih tzu should not be shown or bred coz the curled fur genes may pass down.

Shih tzus grow about 1 inch of fur every 2 months.... so it is slow lah. Also it depends on what food you are feeding as well as how much omega oils it is ingesting.

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