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Malshi puppies

Malshi puppies and litters from UK breeders, with the parents’ health tests and licence details.

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Advertise Malshi puppies for sale

Have a Malshi litter due or ready? Advertise it here with the mother's details, health test results and your licence number, and link it to your free breeder profile.

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Is it free to advertise here?

Yes. A breeder profile and your litter and stud dog adverts are free. Premium profiles, featured placement and sponsored articles are optional paid extras; see pricing.

Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

Is my listing already here?

We add licensed breeders from councils' public registers. Search for your kennel name; if it is listed you can claim it and edit everything.

Buying a Malshi puppy

Malshi puppies for sale are advertised under several names, including Mal-Shi, Malt-Tzu and Maltzu, so it pays to search for all of them. Whatever the label, the puppy is a Maltese crossed with a Shih Tzu, or a later generation bred from Malshi parents. As a crossbreed it cannot go on the RKC Breed Register, although the RKC Activity Register accepts crossbreeds for activities such as agility, obedience and rally. Before you reserve a puppy, ask for the eye examination results for both parents and the RFG breathing grade for the Shih Tzu parent, and meet the mother with her litter where the puppies were born. Expect a small, long-coated dog that needs daily grooming. No breeder can promise the adult coat, size or face shape of a crossbreed puppy, so choose on the health and temperament of the parents rather than on looks.

Health tests to ask about

The Malshi has no RKC health tests of its own because it is not a recognised breed. Health advice therefore rests on the tests the RKC lists for each parent, and a responsible breeder has the relevant tests done on each parent before mating.

For the Maltese, the RKC lists an eye examination under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme as a Best Practice test. For the Shih Tzu, the same eye examination is a Good Practice test, the minimum the RKC strongly recommends before breeding. In August 2026 the RKC also recognised breathing assessment for the Shih Tzu under the Respiratory Function Grading (RFG) scheme, which it runs with the University of Cambridge to grade dogs for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS). The test is listed as Best Practice and is due to be added formally to the Shih Tzu health standard in January 2027.

The BVA Eye Scheme is open to crossbreeds as well as pedigree dogs, and the RKC advises that breeding dogs are examined within the 12 months before mating. RFG grades run from 0 to 3; dogs can be assessed from 12 months old and should be regraded every two years while they are used for breeding.

  • BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme (clinical eye examination): both parents; Best Practice for the Maltese, Good Practice for the Shih Tzu
  • RKC/University of Cambridge Respiratory Function Grading scheme (BOAS): Shih Tzu parent; Best Practice, recognised August 2026
  • Breed Watch: Maltese Category 1 and Shih Tzu Category 1 (no breed-specific points of concern listed); the Malshi itself has no Breed Watch category

More for Malshi owners and breeders

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