Bernie & Louise Sharing our lives, home and love with our beloved Shih Tzu. Breeding the BEST to the BEST to get BETTER and we do. |
As for our 14 adults...although I am not as physically able to do as much as I used to....I still do all top knots at least once a day and ears every week as well as cleaning and scaling all teeth. Every Tzu is checked daily..BY ME. ANYTHING and EVERYTHING, as far our 14 ShihTzu and any puppies, are concerned is supervised by me. |
The puppy run In the rain...The very small black spots are a few pups that went out to their run. Here you can see Bernie out with them as well as their mom and a few older Tzu. No matter what the weather is they go out......Funny thing is....as sweet as these pups are, it's amazing that none have ever melted from the rain or the Florida heat. If you can see behind the fence that is the big yard. There are 3 runs...the puppy run that you see here, the main dog run larger then the puppy run. And the small side run, for the morning and late at night. They also have a very large area to romp in....in front of the house and behind the runs it's all cleared and fenced...
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No back yard breeders here....just 35+ years of EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE...with the Shih Tzu. Both Bernie and I have raised all these puppies with love and kindness. No yelling, screaming, or scaring and certainly no hitting....when they need to be corrected we use the stare down method...and it works...they just want to be loved....and that's easy because they are so good. Before leaving our home, all our puppies are crate trained and drink from a water bottle on their own, rather then a bowl. The water bottle alleviates wet faces that drip on the floor and also prevents bacteria build up that occurs in an open water bowl. It is assuring knowing they will have fresh water at all times. Water is available to them 24/7....even while they are being trained. By 6 weeks of age they have been successfully conditioned to sleep through the night and stay clean, dry and quiet from 10 PM to 6 AM. Our pups are comfortable using both training pads and going outside. Most, depending on size, start going outside in the puppy pen at 4 1/2 weeks old. They even use a dog door, to the puppy run and use the lawn to relieve themselves. Puppies are never on newspaper, only cotton or knit sheets, wee wee pads, or grass. They learn to walk on numerous surfaces. All the kids have plenty of fresh air and sunshine...My husband, Bernie, even made hills for them, which help to develop muscle. We make it a practice to accustom all puppies to rain, thunder and loud noises, lawn mower, electric broom, vacuum, blender, etc...as well as different people. We have never had picky eaters here. Picky eaters are made not born. All pups are handled many times daily, by different people. Our pups are not yippee or high strung. They are just as happy if they are playing with someone, canine or human, sitting on a lap or amusing themselves. All our pups learn good grooming behavior and practice it. When people follow my suggestions, after taking one of our puppies home...there is no crying/screaming the first night or any night or anytime.....NONE AT ALL. Our BLACKS as well as our BLACK/WHITE pups will not fade, their color won't look dull/muted in a few years. The color they are now is the exact color they will be 13+ years down the road. There is always (24/7) someone available to answer questions and offer advice....and 99% of the time it is ME....I can always be reached by phone. We also board the pups that we raised, when their forever-humans are going away. Providing we don't have very young puppies.....They are loose and they run and hang out with their parents, siblings and others they were raised with. At this time we have 15 Shih Tzu. No cages or crates here. Those kids who are older and been spayed or neutered, remain with us....after all they are still our kids :-) Louisek1@aol.com 561-741-9933 |