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Key facts
- Other names
- Chrysanthemum Dog
- Origin
- Tibet
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- 4–7.5 kilograms (8.8–16.5 lb)
- Coat
- See coat colors section below
- Color
- Often multiple color coats Gold Dark/light brown Black Grey Liver/white
- Litter size
- 2–9
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The Shih Tzu ( UK: /ˌʃiːˈtsuː/, US: /ˈʃiːtsuː/) is a toy dog or pet dog breed originating from Tibet and believed to be bred from the Pekingese and the Lhasa Apso.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shih Tzu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.