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Shih Tzu puppies

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

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Advertise Shih Tzu puppies for sale

Have a Shih Tzu 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 Shih Tzu puppy

Shih Tzu puppies on this page are advertised directly by UK breeders, and each advert reflects what the breeder has supplied. Treat it as a starting point and verify the details. Ask for the parents' eye examination results and, as the RKC brings in breathing tests for the breed, their Respiratory Function Grading results too; RKC-registered dogs can be looked up on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. Visit to see the puppies with their mother where they were born. The Shih Tzu Club UK recommends puppies leave for new homes at nine weeks or older. Think about the coat before you commit, as it needs daily brushing or regular professional trims, and remember that the breed dislikes long spells alone, so it suits a household where someone is around for much of the day.

Health tests to ask about

The Shih Tzu is one of the flat-faced (brachycephalic) breeds covered by the RKC's Respiratory Function Grading scheme. The RKC explains that in flat-faced dogs, narrowed nostrils and a long soft palate can obstruct breathing (brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, BOAS), and that shallow eye sockets leave the eyes prominent and more prone to drying, injury and painful corneal ulcers. The Shih Tzu Club UK also lists dental overcrowding in the short jaw, umbilical and inguinal hernias, dry eye (keratoconjunctivitis sicca), progressive retinal atrophy, for which it says no DNA test is yet available in the breed, and renal dysplasia.

In August 2026 the RKC recognised Respiratory Function Grading (RFG), run with the University of Cambridge, as a Best Practice test for the Shih Tzu, and says it will be added formally to the Health Standard and Find a Puppy from January 2027. Vets specially trained in BOAS assess dogs from 12 months of age, listening to the breathing before and after a short exercise test, and give a grade from 0 (unaffected) to 3 (severely affected). Dogs should be reassessed every two years while they are used for breeding. The breed is in Breed Watch Category 1. No test can guarantee a healthy puppy.

Good Practice (RKC Health Standard)

  • Eye testing using the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme

Best Practice (in addition)

  • Breathing testing for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS) using the KC Respiratory Function Grading scheme (recognised August 2026; to be added formally to the Health Standard from January 2027)

Breed Watch: Category 1

More for Shih Tzu owners and breeders

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