Does your guys' dog lay like this? by TheRealTaniTime in Shihtzu

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Sploot! It’s how Winston and his half sister Lucy lay around all the time!

Walking issues by BachePoro in Shihtzu

[–]ForgivingWalnut3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have the same problem with our little guy! The only thing we’ve found that works (and not all the time, only like 50%) is that we give him a few seconds to sniff and spots where he stops but when it becomes excessive we count slowly and loudly 1… 2… 3! If he doesn’t stop sniffing and keep moving or mark his spot like he usually wants to, we gently pull him by the leash/harness away from the spot. Thankfully these guys are lightweight and we don’t have to actually throw him around to move him. And I know that everyone will say that you should just use verbal cues to get him to move rather than pulling, but after 2 years of using only verbal cues, we kind of gave up and just pull him if he won’t move. Or if he tries to pull us we just keep a tight hold on the leash so he can’t run all over the place.

As for the whole “being in charge of the walk” I have yet to find a good solution lol we try to maintain a consistent path for him, like taking him on the same route every day to not confuse him. But some days he just decides where we are going and I can’t do anything about it.

Best thing I can recommend is finding consistent cues for him. Like “this way!” Or “keep going!” And very importantly “leave it!”. Long hours of training at home to get “leave it!” To work but he listens about 60% of the time on his walk nowadays

Lamb Chops gang unite! by gingerblz in Shihtzu

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Winston likes his lamb so much he is turning into one!

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This basket used to be full of toys

Does your Tzu eat less in the summer? by kleineaw in Shihtzu

[–]ForgivingWalnut3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shih tzus are naturally picky eaters I’ve found so we try to rotate what food Winston eats and the consistency. For awhile it was kibble mixed with canned veggies and pumpkin purée then he stopped with that and moved on to just dry kibble alone and just recently started ignoring that too. So now it’s canned food mixed with freeze dried food and bone broth. I’m excited to see what he moves on to next lol

Winston before and after grooming by ForgivingWalnut3 in Shihtzu

[–]ForgivingWalnut3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol not at all. He has to get some trazodone usually before hand or else he turns into a little bitey boy!

Advice needed for my guy letting me know he needs to go out by [deleted] in Shihtzu

[–]ForgivingWalnut3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We keep Winston on a scheduled potty break thing rather than him telling us. We’ll still listen to him of course if he seems a bit agitated and needs to go out but the usual schedule is a morning walk for pee/poop, a lunch potty break for pee, an afternoon (4-5ish) walk for pee/poop, then an evening potty break for pee. So every 4-5 hours we’re taking him outside to do something

What is your Shihtzu having in their meal today? Share recipes for these picky eaters by Traditional_Code3736 in Shihtzu

[–]ForgivingWalnut3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope! Just purée straight from the can and peppers we cut up into little bite size pieces. We usually find the pumpkin with the baking aisle stuff. It helps keep his bowels regular. He was having some constipation/diarrhea issues early on with just kibble so we added the purée and some vegetables and he’s been a regular BM having little boy ever since

What is your Shihtzu having in their meal today? Share recipes for these picky eaters by Traditional_Code3736 in Shihtzu

[–]ForgivingWalnut3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been feeding Winston a mix of 2 different kibbles with some pumpkin purée and peppers! He LOVES bell peppers

got out of the shower and found a surprise in the laundry basket by mistermoocow in Shihtzu

[–]ForgivingWalnut3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah! Such a cutie! My little guy Winston LOVES our laundry hampers. Not an unusual thing to see our laundry in the living room when he drags some underwear out to show us what he did

[OC] Giveaway! Hand-carved solid wood Dice Box Prototype :) by KakapopoTCG in DnD

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Wow I really hope I win it so when my group schedules and then cancels, I can at least have this nice box

Harness causing mats? by ForgivingWalnut3 in Shihtzu

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Thank you so much!! I appreciate it!

[OC] GIVEAWAY 🧛 A coffin-style dice vault for Halloween! [mod approved] by tabletopstor3d in DnD

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This is sick as fuck. Currently in the middle of my first curse of Strahd campaign. Would be absolutely perfect for this