YOUR PUPPY AND OTHER PETS

All contact between your new AKC Shih-tzu or Shichon puppy and a resident pet should be 100 percent supervised for at least the first two weeks.  Be especially careful if your other pets are much larger than your new AKC Shih-tzu or Shichon puppy.  One way to separate your pets is to use child safety gates or pet exercise pens.

A new AKC Shih-tzu or Shichon puppy should also be kept away from areas where non-resident pets are (public parks, rest stops), until the puppy has finished all of his/her puppy immunization shots.  A puppy is not fully immune to these deadly viruses until all booster shots have been given.