I bred my shih tzu with a poodle years ago...they were the cutest little things, my mom bought one, he just died last February at the age of 15 1/2, she said of all the dogs she's had in her life(and believe me, that's a lot of dogs), that he was the best..he was also a very healthy dog..you're going to find most people are down on mixed breeds, i say do what floats your boat..but, that's jmo..