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Originally Posted by dogloverx4  It is not within the Shih Tzu breed standard to have bowed front legs , I have owned one my whole life and the legs are straight . Visible teeth are also not within the Tzu standard . My Shih Tzu Henry is the sweetest dog in the UNIVERSE , if your pup has a Shih Tzu temperament you will be very lucky . That pup is darling , I find pure bred dog snobs a BORE ( JMO ). Sarah |
I never said they were visible, they aren't until you open the mouth. This is one of the problems in crosses, many are very undershot or overshot or wry mouth because you are combining two different jaw types when mixing breeds.
Breed Standard on the bite from the AKC website statee: Bite - Undershot. Jaw is broad and wide. A missing tooth or slightly misaligned teeth should not be too severely penalized. Teeth and tongue should not show when mouth is closed. Fault: Overshot bite.
So breed standard for the Shih Tzu is an undershot bite, combine with a different breed and it goes out of proportion. Breed standard also says front legs should be straight but I have yet to see it in a cross breed or poorly bred shih tzu ie byb breeder.
As a professional mobile dog groomer of 16 years, I know what I see out there in mixed breeds, yes some are sweet many are not so sweet, coats are mixtures of coat types of those breeds that they are made up from, buyer is not knowing what size it will really get to and often are surprised.
In my years of pet grooming I have been bitten a couple of times, dogs were either Lhasa's or Shih Tzu's or crosses of those breeds.Having said that, I am not saying all are like that as I have and had clients that were not problem, wonderful to groom. BUt you can't argue experience and that has been mine over many years. I also have a friend that only has had her grooming shop for 4 years now and she has found this experience to be the same, Shih Tzu's and their crosses can be much more difficult and can be more tending to bite but Lhasa's are still the worst in general.
Again yes there are exceptions.