Our
Doggies
Updated: May 14th, 2011
When Diana got married in August, 2008, Diana had
two doggies; Panzy, a female Pekinese/Shih Tzu mix and Panda, a male
black and white toy Shih Tzu.
I had a male black and white Springer Spaniel, Chipper, and a male
Australian Shepherd, Nardo. Chipper died of old age in July, 2008
and Naqrdo died of old age at the cabin in August, 2009. Diana
purchased a female Shih Tzu puppy, Bella, in March 2009.
Bella and Panda got together and had a litter of five puppies in March,
2010. We sold two of the puppies in the summer and fall of 2010.
My sister took the third puppy in in the fall of 2010 leaving us with
two puppies, King Tut who I declared was my new puppy and Little Bear
who we continued to have up for sale. Little Bear is still with
us waiting for just the right family to come along.
Panzy
The 'Grand Damme' of our Doggies
Bella and Panda (Mom
and
Dad)
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Dad (left rear)- Panda Bear,
"toy" Shih
Tzu (9-10 lbs); Panda is AKC registered and has sired four liters
totaling
20 healthy puppies
Mom- Bella, young healthy
standard pure
bred Shih Tzu (about 12 lbs), great mom!
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Bo's
Puppy, King Tut
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King
Tut- Tut was Bella's first born and was a "whopper". I
wanted
to call him Bubba but Diana told me we couldn't have a Shih Tzu named
Bubba.
So, we named him King Tut. "Tut" is much larger than the other puppies
in the litter and he currently weights about 17 lbs. |
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These
pictures were
taken on April 11th, 2011. We have settled on the shorter hair body
with
a little more on the legs and a face with a moustache and gotee. His
body
looks a lot like Bella. But, his brown ears and moustache are
distinctive.
On August 5th, 2010, Tut was neutered, had nasal surgery to help him
breathe
more easily, and had a microchip installed. |
Little Bear
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We do not really want to sell Little Bear
as he has become a member of our family. But, we do have 5
doggies
and we would sell him if we found a the 'right' home for him.
Little Bear is a beautiful
black and white Shih Tzu male with white blaze and a playful, spunky,
great
personality. He weighs about 12 lbs. These pictures of Little Bear were
taken on April 11th, 2011. He was born on March 16th, 2010 so turned
one
year old on March 16th, 2011. We recently had him groomed with shorter
body hair. We think he is cuter and easier to take care of. We
have
not neutered him so a prospective buyer is interested in using him for
"stud services" when he becomes a little older.
His Dad, Panda Bear is AKC registered
and has had four litters (20 healthy puppies).
Little Bear is well adjusted but is
quite
independent and would be a great addition to a loving family. He has
lived
in our Florida home with a small fenced in backyard and at our cabin in
the mountains of western North Carolina where he has had an opportunity
to run free. He sleeps in a dog bed at night but is crate trained and
will
sleep or can be isolated in his crate without a problem. He travels
well
in his crate. He spends most of his day playing with his litter mate
King
Tut and his mom, Bella. He is accustomed to "doing his business" during
walks on a lead. When he is outside playing (at the cabin), he has been
trained to come in response to a "referee" type whistle (followed
occasionally
by a treat). He was "wormed" and examined by a Shih Tzu
specialist
vet, Dr. Cary Hirsch, in Ponte Vedra, Florida and completed his
bordetella,
parvo booster and one year rabies shots on July 16th, 2010 from Jeanie
Stewart at The Mountain View Animal Hospital in Spruce Pine, North
Carolina.
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This is Little Bear at age 1
with his
longer hair style. |
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This is Little Bear with his big
brother,
King Tut |
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<>The Rest of the Litter
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This is a
picture
of our five puppies on their way to their final series of shots in the
summer of 2010. Little Bear is the black and white puppy in in
the
center rear. King Tut is in front. We sold the other three. |
Barbara has
renamed him Nicholas Valentino Smith "Nickie"
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China Doll-
female, honey brown and white with black face, lots of spunk
and personality.
Should be about 12 lbs as an adult.
SOLD
July
5th, 2010
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Linda
Stevens
purchased China Doll on July 5th for her granddaughter, Halley. Halley
has renamed China Doll, "Ginger". Linda and her husband are members of
our bridge group and they and Halley live in northeast Florida near us
during the winter months. We are pleased that we will be able to see
Ginger
ocassionally to keep track of her progress! This is a picture of Linda
and Ginger.
Ginger on
August
11th, 2010
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Ginger on
August
11th, 2010
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Ginger with
Halley
on August 11th, 2010
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Ginger with
Diana
and Linda Stevens our cabin porch on August 11th, 2010
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Chow Mein-
adorable small male; honey and white with black face, mild mannered and
very friendly.
SOLD July
5th, 2010.
Sadly, Chou Lin was hit by a truck and died last winter (2010).
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Our friend Bonnie Schmink arranged
for her brother,Daniel Diel to purchase Chow Mein (renamed Chou Lin).
Bonnie's husband, Bill, is a member of
our bridge group.
Old Doggie
Pictures
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Picture taken in
the Fall 2009:
Top: Bella (AKA Bellissima,
Bella Babe), born March 17th, 2009 (picture at about 5 or 6 months old)
Middle: Panzy- 9
year old spayed female part Shih Tzu/part Pekingese
Front: Panda (AKA
Pandamonium, Panda Man)- a 7 yr old AKC/CKC male Shih Tzu- a proven
"stud"
with three litters (14 puppies) on his resume
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My friend and
companion for more than 15 years, Chipper died on July 19th,
2008.
He is the black and white Springer mix. He was survived by me and his
friend
Nardo, the reddish brown Australian Shepherd mix in the picture.
Bernrdo
died at the cabin on Friday morning, August 21st, 2009.
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Nardo
on the cabin
porch a few months before he passed away in August 2010.
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He
is burried at
the cabin.
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