“Truffles or Truffy as we call him gives us sooo much joy since he came into our lives last November 05, 2011. he is our stress buster, adorable, very sweet, spoiled and kinda stubborn (at times) baby shih tzu. He loves going out with us on our family bonding weekends or attend pet events with us. Riding in the car and watching through the window is something he likes so much too.”

Iverson 7yrs old. (He’ll be 8 on 2/2/12)

“Isaac is our two year old Shihtzu.His father was a ”blue shihtzu” so Isaac has alot of blue in his coat.He was almost all black when we got him. Everytime he gets a grooming we see more and more of the color change.He’s my all the time companion and goes EVERYWHERE I go. Even barks at me when it’s bedtime(he sleeps in my room).”

“Molli is our 1 year old Shihtzu,she is the cutest little thing! Every morning she runs upstairs with me to wake my kids up for school and licks them to death.My husband nicknamed her ”painted paws” because her two front paws look like they were dipped in white paint.”

“She’s My Baby, She’s crazy about the ball she’ll guard it… Shes adorable, Loving Shih Tzu!!!”

“This special bundle of joy joined our family on March 19th, 2009. She was a tiny little furball, when we first saw her she was sleeping in her food dish. We had been looking for a puppy to join our family for over a year, we knew that the breed we wanted was a Shih Tzu. We searched for a while, and none of the dogs that we saw had the personality that we wanted, they either nipped, or barked non-stop.

We were looking for a gentle and quiet spirit to enter our lives. The reason for this is that I just was released from the hospital from an 8 week stay after double bypass, with extreme complications after surgery, and my nerves were rattled, and my stress levels at my job were very high.

When Mini Mae was introduced to us by an acquaintance who knew a breeder of Shih Tzu’s, we fell in love immediately. She was gentle, and not very vocal. But you could see it in her face that she knew that I had been through something serious. She cuddled up to me and nudged my hand to pet her, so I did. She laid there for hours, not moving an inch, unless I stopped petting her, then she would nudge my hand again to pet her. After she knew I was calm she went over to my significant other, and laid down in her lap, being petted, she fell asleep.

We left her at the breeder, and a few days later, my significant other received the phone call saying Mini Mae was ours, I did not know that we were going to bring her into our family, since I was back at my stressful job, first day back after being off for 24 weeks to recover from my surgery. I got home and laid down, and the next thing I knew my hand was being nudged by Mini Mae.

Mini Mae is special to me for two reasons…

1) Unconditional Love…

2) She has become my therapy dog for stress management…

My doctors at the time had told me that if I did not find a way to manage my stress I wouldn’t see my 40th birthday, I was 39 then. Mini Mae saved my life, I am about to celebrate my 44th birthday. My doctors have told me my stress is better controlled, and my health is improving dramatically all because of Mini Mae and he intuition to be able to sense when I am stressed.

The main thing is that Mini Mae had no formal training as a service dog in any way, she just knows when I am stressed, sick or depressed and she keeps me on an even level all the time.

Recently, I became a type I diabetic, Mini Mae also tells me to check my blood sugars when they are too low or high. She licks my hands and face when they are too low, and my feet when they are too high. Again she has had no formal training in these behaviors, she just knows and wants me to take care of myself.

So with that said, here is to MINI MAE, my baby, my best friend, and my SUPERHERO!!!”

“My dog was adopted on december 24 , 2005. he was the best christmas gift my daughter had receive. He ’s our lovely friend, best company, and indespensable member in our family. He had a ”hit and run” accident a month ago. It was really painful not only for him but for us too. Today, thanks to God, he’s ok and very playful like always. we love him soooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!”

“I got bucky at 5 weeks old, he became part of me the moment I first held him, hes with me 24 hours a day, I would bring him to work with me as I was a truckdriver for canada post. He road shotgun in the passenger seat. we lived in the truck 12 hours a day. I made him a bed in there and had a blanket at my feet where he would nest under me while driving.I had even his own little mini lunch pail whick contained kibble and a little dish with a melting ice cube incase he got thursty… he would set on his pillow like a person and put his arm on the arm rest and watch out the window as we drove the route. He would slither up on to the seat and hug my leg and nap… then slither down the seat to get a snack or drink as I kept his lunch pail on the floor on the passenger side… during my lay over I would nap.. he would then either get up and nap in the small of my back or sit in the driverseat and guard the truck and bark to scare people away… when I was at a stop on delivery and was off loading the truck I would look uptoward the cab and he would be watching my every move through the mirror…when I was done he would allow me exactly 5 minutes to talk to the postel workers and then would from the driver seat put his paws on the horn and start beeping to let me know it was time to leave, everybody thought that was so cute”

“I love my shih tzu, they are the best in my life,”

“We had to put both of our Shih Tzu’s (Hyatt and Louise) down on Thanksgiving Eve. They would’ve both been 16 this month. They were our babies and it the most painful thing we’ve ever had to do, but they are together and at peace now. I’m attaching a picture of them.
On a much happier note, we have been blessed to have two new babies in our lives now.
We didn’t go LOOKING for babies that looked like our Hyatt and Louise, but fate works in mysterious ways. We now have Higgins and Lola. I’m attaching a couple pictures of them and you will notice the ”resemblence” : ) They are the new loves of our lives!”

“Sushi, my sweet baby. very sweet, friendly and cute. She loves to play with stuffed toys and to kiss people.”

“My precious baby boy Max with his first top knot! How cute does he look?”

“I have been a cat person all my adult life. When I was 18 yrs old and not living with my parents I got a dog. My dog had bad habits because I was not a good dog owner being so young. The people I lived with raised game cocks, fighting chickens. My dog would dig into the pens and kill these expensive birds each about 150$. The person whose house I lived at told me I couldn’t keep my dog anymore and with her bad habits there would be no one else that would keep her either. I was convinced by this person that the most humane thing for me to do was to put my dog to sleep. I did. It was so awful. I didn’t plan it this way but I never got another dog in my whole entire adult life. I moved to Spokane, Wa. and I settled down into a house that came with a full fenced yard. Then one day my girlfriend came home from work with the ugliest red nosed Pomeranian and gave him to me. I was 43 yrs old. I am bipolar and this dog has been my best psyche medication I have ever had. I live for my dog Biffidous Regularus. He is the most handsome dog ever. I tell him that he is a remarkable creation of sheer beauty custom designed especially for me by my God. BTW: His name comes from the Activia yogurt commercial on television. His name is the ingredient in Activia yogurt that Jamie Liegh Curtis claims will guarantee to make you regular in two weeks or your money back. My Biffidous Regulaus has made my life regular. I have done so well with being a dog’s keeper this time my girlfriend and I went out and purchased a Yorkie for her. We didn’t know any breeders so we went to the local pet store and got Tyke Tyke Tiggerson. Tyke Tyke is a very sensitive Yorkie. We think he was taken from his mama too soon. When we got him he was only 8 weeks old. He turned out to be 17lbs of a Yorkie boy. We love him so much! Then I met a Yorkie breeder in my city on facebook. We got to be friends this way. One day, a few months back, she asked me if I wanted to get her Yorkie boy puppy. She said she just knew by all the pics I posted on facebook that if we got him he would have a great life. How cool is that? She reached out to me. Anyways, I explained we didn’t have enough money to get another expensive dog and she gave him to us for a fraction of the price and took payments. That is how much she wanted him to come to us to live forever. The breeder had already named him Sam so we got him and named him Samsonite. He has got to be a tough little piece of luggage to hang with his two older and much bigger brothers. He was 12 weeks old when we brought him home. Samsonite is a little scrapper puppy. In one pic he had been biting Tyke Tyke out in the yard and Tyke Tyke had enough. I hope you enjoy these five pics. If you or anybody else wants to see more pics of my dogs they are plastered all over my wall photos album on facebook.”

“Mickey is a good boy. he love playing has lots of toys. loves to ride in the car . very loving . we love him he will be 5 july the 31st.”

“Ozzy is a 2yr old miniature Schnauzer, he is the best dog we have ever owned. He bounces around the house like a ball and is always pinching socks and shoes”