Welcome to ABQ Shih Tzu.  Here's a picture of our puppy family.  We are AKC registered breeders of Imperial teacup Shih Tzus.  We love our dogs and hope you have fun exploring our page.  

On this page you'll find our current puppies, our past litters and information about our dogs and our philosophy of breeding

Jackie is our first dame.  She captured our hearts and is how we became ABQ Shih Tzu.  She is a 7 lb. AKC registered Imperial Shih Tzu.  She is a very reliable dame with healthy litters.  

She is not he most playful of our Shih Tzus and prefers to sit on your lap over play with toys.  Her favorite thing is to snuggle with you and get belly rubs.  She has a silky soft white coat with black and liver markings.  Some of her tricolor markings are found on each of her puppies. They present in a kaleidescope of patterns ranging from dark masks, to forehead stars.  

Probably her favorite past time is to hang out with her best friend, Chester, our golden retriever

Luna is our newest dame.  This picture is her as a puppy.  She had a dark mask and a brindle coat.  As she matured her beautiful dark mask has stayed and her colors turned to a rich cream color.  She is 8 lbs and full of energy.

Luna loves to play.  A lot.  She still has so much energy.  She loves to wrestle around with Max and even plays tug of war with the golden retriever, Chester (Chester is gentle and tolerates his little friend well).

We are so excited for when she can have her first litterf.  We expect they will also have a brindle puppy coat that becomes her beautiful cream color.

Now obviously Chester is not a Shih Tzu.  He's our golden retriever.  He is Dad's dog and the unofficial guardian of all member of our Shih Tzu heard.  He makes sure that none of the New Mexico wildlife make a snack of our little pups.  Though he is ten times large than Max, he's a gentle giant that plays tug of war, snuggles and chases around his little brother and sisters.  No dedication of our dogs would be complete without mentioning our beloved Chester.