Chimera Shih Tzu - Florida Shih Tzu Puppies

Chimera Shih Tzu - Florida Shih Tzu Puppies Sharing photos & videos of our family raised AKC Shih Tzu puppies and dogs in Florida!

06/16/2026

Waking up the pups before we head to bed. I'm such a bad influence. They are so so sweet and lovey but they are sure getting those teeth in! They'll have more toys and things tomorrow. I was cleaning and getting ready for bed but I needed some baby loves first 🐾

Tomorrow we'll go for a ride. I need to take Allyssa to an appt so I'll take these guys along and maybe I'll bring Tigress and her littles, too, so they can get used to the motion, vibration, and sounds of the van.

We tragically, suddenly, and unexpectedly lost Milo & Aurrie to aspiration pneumonia. They are Minnie's siblings. I suspect they made have also not been "made whole" internally as they didn't fill out on solid puppy food the way the others did, and always do. They were still nursing for some reason (I suspect internal/organ issues) they both got really nauseas and started throwing up, which led to a very dangerous case of aspiration pneumonia we couldn't pull them through. Everyone else is great and eating their food with gusto. Morticia's remaining pup Maggie is the biggest of her litter and doing fantastic. It has been an extremely stressful, painful, devastating, and exhausting weekend. I appreciate everyone's well wishes but PLEASE for my sake do NOT comment, message, or post your sympathies to me. Every notification is another stab in my heart that feels like its already failing. I don't mean to sound ungrateful for your support, I just feel too close to a mental health crisis to be consumed with notifications and conversations that keep addressing the thing that makes me feel like I'm going to faint. This has been a hard year, one thing after another.

Feel free to comment on the cuteness of those puppies ❤️

06/15/2026

Banshee is so happy to have a little friend to play with. Great social learning for Marisol!

06/15/2026

Mostly napping after a bath. Sage is entertaining herself with the hanging toy. Washing all their bedding, toys, and Aurora Jr (the snuggle puppy 🤣) so they get to snuggle with the Snuggle Lamb. They seem to love her just as much!

Momma finished feeding the babies and then was ready for her she-cave with all her chews. Well, almost ready 🤣🤣 She has ...
06/15/2026

Momma finished feeding the babies and then was ready for her she-cave with all her chews. Well, almost ready 🤣🤣 She has some lingering thoughts, apparently lol

All puppies have families

06/15/2026

Tigress puppies breakfast 🐾 The fatties already finished. Lucy & Coop are chugging away!

Banshee didn't get hurt, her yelp was protest at getting kicked out a 2nd time. Trying to lift her uncooperative b***y one handed I probably squeezed her wrong and she was being dramatic. "Owe MOM!! You didn't have to get me, I was gonna leave... eventually..." 🤣 Lil brat. She's harmless but was making Tigress uncomfortable. Everyone is normally very respectful of mommas space but they get too brave with me in there and think they can use me as an m excuse to be nosey and push boundries.

All puppies have families

Cutie pies on a car ride. Daisy with the Kung fu leg kick 🤣All puppies have families
06/14/2026

Cutie pies on a car ride. Daisy with the Kung fu leg kick 🤣
All puppies have families

My migraine buddy just enjoyed some breakfast and smells like puppy food! 🤣 Sweet Maggie is such a copy of her sweet mom...
06/14/2026

My migraine buddy just enjoyed some breakfast and smells like puppy food! 🤣 Sweet Maggie is such a copy of her sweet momma Morticia! ❤️

Heartbeat lambs arrived! Its cute. A little bigger than the small/junior Snuggle Puppy size. The lamb is more of a fluff...
06/12/2026

Heartbeat lambs arrived! Its cute. A little bigger than the small/junior Snuggle Puppy size. The lamb is more of a fluffy, poofy, light-weight stuffed animal with crinkle ears. I think that will make them more of a toy. The Snuggle Puppies are more compact and dense, more of a comfort weight/density like a weighted blanket. The Snuggle Puppy will feel more like laying against a littermate. The lamb (offbrand) will feel more like a stuffie or blanket. . I actually like the Snuggle Puppies better. I ordered 3 lambs and I'll use them, nothing wrong with them, but I think the name brand Snuggle Puppies would be slightly better sending home with puppies (if new parents want the add on). The lambs are good quality! Nicely made. There's just some minor differences that I think is going to make the name brand Snuggle Puppies do a better job at comforting the babies. Very slight differences tho. The lamb also vibrates heartbeat.

06/12/2026

Aurora getting her princess treatment 🤣 She lovessss daddy. He got self conscious knowing I was recording and stopped patting her lol. She spends her days climbing over us and perching on us like we're in her way, but she only wants to be where we are!

Roo roo! Trying to get all the things posted before they're completely buried in my phones storage under billions of pup...
06/12/2026

Roo roo! Trying to get all the things posted before they're completely buried in my phones storage under billions of puppy photos 🤣

Roo lightened a lot from his puppy coat, too, but he's normally darker than this. Shih Tzu are a double coated breed. Actually I'm going to copy/paste this from Google because its better that what I was going to droll on about: "The Shih Tzu has a double-layered coat: a soft, dense undercoat for insulation and a longer, silkier topcoat that acts as a shield against dirt and moisture. Unlike many other double-coated dogs that shed in clumps seasonally, Shih Tzus have a very long hair-growth cycle and barely shed at all."

The top coat is often darker hairs that give the dogs their rich color. Often, such as in Roo's case, the undercoat is lighter in color. So when we shave them down real short like this, they're temporarily lighter until those guardhairs/top coat grows back in. Cassandra is a good example of that as her top coat is black and her undercoat is silver!! Super cool!

So Roo looks like an orange creamsicle here, right after shaved, but usually darker like his head.

Looking ahead - pretty sure his next litter will be with Basil, once she's ready. Not yet! Maybe towards the end of 2026 or early 2027. Pending her OFA health testing, which *should* be good since her parents are good on all that, but, we always check just to be sure! We do hearts, eyes, and patellas, after a year old, published through OFA. Also Embark DNA genetic testing which is already done because DNA doesn't change with age.

I know we have people waiting on Roo puppies!! He didn't get to play for this round of litters, but his time will come.

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