Puppy Palace

There is evidence that dogs like Maltese were present in China from 8000 BC Maltese are white. It is very likely that these type of white Maltese dogs were crossed with Terriers Tibetan Tibetan Lhasa Apso dogs produce temple type. Those presented by wandering Lamas were likely bred with dogs like Pekingese in force. Some paintings and art objects dating from the seventh century depict dogs resembling the Shih Tzu. Some of our white Shih Tzu today is probably the result of these farms at the beginning with the Maltese. I have a wife who resembles white solid Maltese, however, it only shows pedigree Shih Tzu ancestors.

During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Shih Tzu type dog was a pet expensive - very favored by the royal family. A religious cult for the Shih Tzu developed at this time. Eunuchs were charged with duties of reproduction and breeding beautiful Shih Tzu pets Royal. Competition among eunuchs to gain royal favor has become fierce, as attempted to replicate the best Shih Tzu, like most lion, and the most ferocious of specimens for research Shih Tzu.

Surgery has been used to shorten the nose of the Shih Tzu. Women who wore female offspring were used to treat Shih Tzu puppies after their babies were killed mercilessly for not disrupting the flow of milk in abundance even nurses in nursing human Shih Tzu puppies.

The Ming dynasty was marked by the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting. Sculptures, tapestries and paintings from this period show dogs resembling the Shih Tzu.

The Manchu dynasty extended from 1644 to 1912. Throughout this period, gifts tribute pairs of Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso were sent to Chinese rules from the Potala Palace.

During the first two centuries of the Manchu dynasty, Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso were closer than they are today. But it was probably in the last fifty years or a hundred hunred breeding programs that specializes in the Forbidden City and the West created uniformity in conformation to really distinguish between the two breeds Lhasa Apso and Shih Tzu.

The Shih Tzu has gone through several stages while its holding was limited to the palaces of Chinese emperors. For centuries, the royal family included a very large number of sub-royalty and officials. They left their courts was for their winter quarters in procession - with the household and personal goods, which of course included their Shih Tzu and other pets. The description of this semi-annual mass exodus and their Shih Tzu is a style of a great circus parade.

The Shih Tzu came into its heyday as the pampered darling of the Chinese imperial palace during the reign of the last empress, who took office in 1861 and continued as empress until her death in 1908.

In her youth she was known for his family, Orchid, Family Yehonala. It was Manchu, not Chinese, background and is of humble origin. At 17 she became the beautiful concubine of the emperor in the Forbidden City. She rose to power as a brilliant strategist and was the mother of his firstborn son of the Emperor. Over the years later, she was known as the earthly incarnation of the Goddess of Mercy. This great personality was the patron of the Dog Palace - Shih Tzu.