Mai Ling's baby boy, Diggaby (adopted) can also be seen on our website.
Mai Ling's baby girl, Madeline (adopted) can also be seen on our website.
Mai Ling's baby girl, Jinx (adopted) can also be seen on our website.
Mai Ling's baby girl, Mimmzy (adopted) can also be seen on our website.
Mai Ling's baby boy, So Big (adopted) can also be seen on our website.

Description:
Mai Ling is a beautiful, sweet Shih Tzu. She has the most amazing coat - it is so soft you just can't help running your hands along it! We rescued her and her litter of five puppies just after Thanksgiving. Mai Ling is very small ~ her puppies are half poodle, will be bigger than her. She is such a marvelous mommy and took such wonderful care of her babies that she had suffered quite a bit of weight loss. After a consulation with Kim at Murphy's Premium Pet Food Supply we put her on a high protein diet and wow! did it ever work wonders. You should see this girl ~ she is as sleek and glowing as you could imagine!
I have fostered lots of dogs for Judy, including quite a number of Shih Tzus. I will tell you that I have never fostered one as sweet as Mai Ling. She is a joy, gentle and attentive without being demanding. She plays wonderfully with our visiting 4 year old, tries to get her puppies to play with her (they only love her for her body!), sleeps contently on any available bed,.... She is wonderful. If you aren't wonderful, don't even bother putting in an application. I love her too much to let her go to anything but the best family ever!!!

Are you unfamiliar with the Shih Tzu breed? Pronounced SHEET-sue, they are known as alert, spunky, happy and hardy. They are bred with an underbite which gives them a constant "smile." Traditionally, their coat is kept long, with ears blending into the body, distinct mustache, and a top knot secured with a bow. However, in our Florida climate, many are clipped short to relieve them of the heat. An alert watch dog, Shih Tzus like to bark but are usually quiet in the house. Originally from China, they were a favorite of the Imperial Chinese court and so revered that for many years after the Chinese began trading with the West, they refused to sell, or even give away, any of the little dogs. It was not until 1930 that the first pair was imported to England. The life expectancy of Shih Tzus in 16 years.