| Avoid upset from a Shih Tzu puppy wondering | | | | is the case in your household, you probably |
| off and getting lost. Learn how to prevent | | | | will want to install door locks that cannot |
| illness or injuries. It is always so much | | | | be opened by the children without your |
| more heartbreaking to find out after the fact | | | | helping them. You can also put baby gates in |
| that you could have done something to prevent | | | | areas that lead to the outside doors if this |
| an illness or injury. In this article I hope | | | | works for you. |
| to share with you some good information about | | | | |
| basic safety measures to prevent mishaps and | | | | When you walk your Shih Tzu always keep him |
| to help ensure your Shih Tzu puppy's safety | | | | or her on a leash. |
| and well-being. | | | | |
| | | | Keep records that can help you locate your |
| Preventing Shih Tzu Puppies from Becoming | | | | Shih Tzu if he or she is ever lost. Keep a |
| Lost | | | | current photo handy and a good description of |
| | | | your Shih Tzu that includes distinguishing |
| Collars and Identification tags are | | | | marks such as white around one eye and black |
| important: | | | | around the other eye. Microchips provide good |
| | | | identification information for your Shih Tzu. |
| Place a collar and dog identification tag on | | | | |
| your Shih Tzu puppy as soon after you receive | | | | A common mishap with indoor pets and the Shih |
| him or her as is possible. There are kind | | | | Tzu is poisoning from eating common |
| people in this world who would return your | | | | houseplants. Below is a list of toxic plants: |
| Shih Tzu puppy in the case of loss if only | | | | |
| they knew whom to call. Be sure to put your | | | | -Aloe vera |
| name and telephone number on the tag. | | | | |
| | | | -Boston ivy |
| Training and Fencing is mandatory whenever | | | | |
| possible: | | | | -Caladium |
| | | | |
| Teach your Shih Tzu puppy how to "sit" and | | | | -Dumbcane |
| "stay" in the house when a door to the | | | | |
| outside is opened. Most of the Shih Tzu I own | | | | -English ivy |
| goes out only one door in my house. This is | | | | |
| the door that leads to a totally fenced in | | | | -German ivy |
| yard. Most of them will not go out any other | | | | |
| door when it is opened. I did have a problem | | | | -India rubber plant |
| with my Little Lucy running out the front | | | | |
| door, into the street, waddled down the | | | | -Misletoe |
| street as fast as she could into the | | | | |
| neighbors drive across the road and was | | | | -Philodendron |
| confronted with their huge black Lab. She | | | | |
| quickly turned around and came back home! But | | | | -Potted chrysanthemum |
| while on her journey, she was joyful and | | | | |
| happy as could be thinking she was out on a | | | | -Weeping fig |
| delightful adventure that could have taken | | | | |
| her life had the big black lab not stopped | | | | Check with your vet for a phone number for a |
| her head on. | | | | poison control center for pets. Keep the |
| | | | number posted near the phone and use it if |
| I keep a lock on the gate to my fenced in | | | | your Shih Tzu ever eats anything you know or |
| yard. | | | | think might be poisonous and your vet's |
| | | | office is closed. |
| Households with young children running in and | | | | |
| out pose a special problem. They might just | | | | This article is FREE to publish with the |
| inadvertently let the Shih Tzu out. If this | | | | resource box. |