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Shih Tzu stud dogs

Shih Tzu stud dogs offered by UK breeders, with health test results and registration details.

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Advertise your Shih Tzu stud dog

Offer your Shih Tzu at stud to owners of health-tested bitches. Show his registration, health test results and achievements, and link the listing to your free breeder profile.

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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.

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Using a Shih Tzu stud dog

Stud dogs listed here are offered by Shih Tzu owners to breeders planning a litter. Before agreeing a mating, confirm the dog's RKC registration and check his results on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. As a minimum he should have a BVA/KC/ISDS eye examination. The RKC recognised Respiratory Function Grading for the breed in August 2026 and will add it formally to the Health Standard from January 2027; under the scheme, breeding from a grade 3 dog is not recommended. Use the RKC inbreeding coefficient calculator (Mate Select) to check the coefficient of inbreeding for the planned litter and aim for a figure at or below the breed average. It is also sensible to ask about the stud's own history of hernias, eye trouble or dental crowding, and about any litters he has already sired.

Health tests for a Shih Tzu stud

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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