My daughter had a tiny chiweenie that devastatingly got ran over right in front of us, she was heartbroken. Hoping to cheer her up my sis and I chipped in to buy her a shih Tzu. A few years later she sadly asks me if I would take her, as her husband was pretty abusive to the little doggy, she couldn't take it. Gladly took her, have had the little dear almost 2 years now. I took her even though I already had a rat terrier going on 14 years and so very glad I did, because sadly my rat terrier passed away and the little shih Tzu made the pain from that loss a little less heartbreaking. The little white fur ball pretty much rules the roost here.