Twenty-five years ago I had the pleasure of getting my first Shih Tzu, Tosha. I didn't know at the time that she was actually a Chinese Imperial. Tosha  weighed 7 lbs. and lived to be 17 years old.

 My daughter loved to dress her up in doll clothes and play with her for hours and Tosha didn't mind it at all. That is when I decided that I would always have a Chinese Imperial Dog.

Soon after Tosha passed over the rainbow bridge I bought another Chinese Imperial puppy, only this time the puppy grew to be a 15 lb Shih Tzu. A friend of mine told me that I should breed for my own tiny puppy and thats how it all started. I now have a male that weighs 2.4 5 months old.