Don't you think Shi.t Zoo is a funny name for a dog?

Question

I mean how did they get that name. My dad told me because there once was a new breed of dog found and no one knew what to call it until one day their owner came home from work and it had gone poopies all over the place and he said "Man it is like a Shi't Zoo in here? Just wondering? My dad knows a lot of stuff, but this one sounds fishy. Or should I say doggy. LOL!!!!

What is second sophialorena411, don't keep me in suspense.............

Answer 1

really, i don't know, i just wish someone here knew the correct spelling, the origin of the name and what the name means in another language. please. anyone. does anyone know what exactly the name means.

i'm starting to think that mr. mat p is correct. my shi8t zoo use to sheed all over the place.

Answer 2

And the name didn't originate from English. This is why it isn't in the least bit funny in the language it comes from, which is Chinese.

The full name is Shih-tzu Kou, which in Chinese means Lion Dog because the Tibetans, who consider it a holy dog, believe it resembles the Chinese Snowlion. It is also often known as the Xi Shi quan which comes from the name of Xi Shi, regarded as the most beautiful woman of ancient China.

It has also been called the Chrysanthemum Dog because its face looks very much like the flower.

Answer 3

hahaha no first thats not how u spell it lol second The correct pronunciation of the word SHITZU is actually ‘sheed-zoo’. When translated into English the name means ‘TIBETAN LION-DOG’. According to most theories, the origin of the name comes from the breeds likeness to that of a miniature lion when suitably groomed and trimmed.
it had nothing to do with poo lol
SHITZU, unlike so many other breeds in China, were protected throughout their lives, given great honour, and guarded by eunuchs and even by the army. They were kept in the best parts of the Imperial Palace, they slept on the richest silk, and they fed from the Emperor’s personal table. At this time the breed was the property of the royal family and was not widely known outside the Palace, anyone unlawfully owning one was sentenced to death! This custom stoped in 1908 with the death of the Dowager Empress

Answer 4

The actual name of the breed is Shi Tzu, not your 'weird spelling ... and a Shi Tzu is an ancient Chinese name for a 'very small but loyal' guard dog ... the Shi Tzu and the Pekinese are 'very close in looks' ... one came from the Mandarin province (the capital city of Pekin) and the other from the 'outer provinces' and more 'north' around the area just 'south' of Mongolia. Tell you dad that he is 'way wrong' but you now know the 'truth' about the Shi Tzu and why it has it's name ... Shi Tzu roughly translates as 'Small guard.'

Answer 5

If you spell it correctly it is Shih Tzu and nothing to do with poop !

It is pronounced Shee Dzoo.
To hear the pronounciations go here:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/pron/S0342850.wav

Some history of the breed:
"The Shih Tzu originates from China and was bred originally as a lapdog and companion. It's origins can be dated back to the 1800's when it was developed in China during the reign of the Empress Dowager Cixi (Tz’u-shi, 1861 – 1908) which clarifies the origin of its name. The Shih Tzu is also known by the other name of the Chrysanthemum Dog. "

From the American Shih Tzu Club:
"The ancestry of the Shih Tzu is rather obscure, but it is probable that the breed is primarily of Tibetan origin. The history of the Tibetan “Lion Dogs” is interwoven with the tenets of Buddhism, which originated in India. The lion was closely associated with Buddhism, but the lion was not indigenous to China, so the Chinese and the Tibetan lamas bred their toy dogs to resemble lions. The Shih Tzu (whose name means “lion”) is reputed to have been the oldest and smallest variety of the Tibetan “holy dogs” and bears some similarity to other Tibetan breeds. For much of the long and illustrious history of China, the breeding of the small “Lion Dog” was a favorite pastime of succeeding imperial rulers.

Prior to A.D. 624, documents show that small dogs were exported from Malta, Turkey, Greece, and Persia as gifts to the ruling Chinese emperors. It is likely that the first small Tibetan Lion Dogs from which the Shih Tzu is probably descended came to China during the Qing (Ch’ing) Dynasty (1644-62) as tributes from the Grand Lamas to the Chinese Imperial Court, and that the Chinese interbred these Tibetan dogs with the early western imports and with the Pug and the Pekingese.

The existence of the Shih Tzu as we know it today is owed to the Dowager Empress Cixi (T’zu Hsi), whose kennel of Pugs, Pekingese, and Shih Tzu was world renowned. Although she carefully supervised the kennel during her lifetime and attempted to keep the three imperial breeds separate, the actual breeding was carried out by palace eunuchs who secretly crossed the breeds to reduce size and produce unusual and desirable markings. After her death in 1908, the kennels were dispersed and palace breeding became haphazard. Some breeding was still practiced by private individuals and specimens were exhibited, but the dogs were almost impossible to acquire. So far as is known, the breed became extinct in China after the Communist revolution.

Seven dogs and seven bitches comprise the gene pool of all existing Shih Tzu. These fourteen include the Pekingese dog used in an admitted cross in England in 1952--a cross which caused considerable trouble, as it was done by a newcomer to the breed and reported after the fact. The other foundation dogs included three Shih Tzu imported from China that became the foundation of the Taishan kennel of Lady Brownrigg in England and eight additional imports to England between 1933 and 1959. Three other Shih Tzu were imported into Norway from China in 1932 by Mrs. Henrick Kauffman, including a ***** that was the only Shih Tzu bred in the Imperial Palace to reach the Western world. "

So it helps to learn the correct spelling and pronounciation before laughing at a breed's name.

To hear the pronounciations go here:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/pron/S0342850.wav

I'm sorry, but I've been showing dogs for many years and it bugs me when so many people perpetuate a joke that is based on bad spelling and the wrong pronounciation.

So now you know. I used to groom many Shih Tzu clients and I often had to educate the owners how to spell and say the name of their own dog.

If you spell it right and say it right, it's just not funny.

Answer 6

Shih Tzu

Following the political upheaval in China and the burning of the Imperial Palace, several Shih Tzu were found alive by British embassy staff and taken to England. The first Shih Tzu introduced in England were brought from Peking by General Sir Douglass and Lady Brownrigg in 1930. A Shih Tzu dog named Hibou and a Shih Tzu ***** named Shu-ssa. About this same time, Miss Madelaine Hutchins imported a Shih Tzu named Lung-Fu-Ssu into Ireland. These three Shih Tzu became the foundation stock for the well-known Taishan Shih Tzu.

Shih Tzu was introduced to Scandinavia by Mme. Henrik Kauffman. Another Shih Tzu, Tashi of Chouette, was brought to England by the Earl of Essex in 1938 and was bred successfully. Three Shih Tzu bitches were imported by General Telfer-Smollett.

The English Kennel Club recognized the Shih Tzu breed in 1934. The Irish Kennel Club recognized the ShihTzu that same year.

Within a few years, Shih Tzu from English kennels were being shipped to America, Canada, Australia, and European countries.

In England there have been four kennels that produced outstanding Shih Tzu that are now found in pedigree in all countries where Shih Tzu are bred and exhibited. The four kennels are Lhakang Elfann, Telota and Greenmoss.

Gay Widdrington’s love affair with the Shih Tzu began when she bought a black and white ***** from Lady Brownrigg. The Shih Tzu breed was very rare at that time. The Shih Tzu puppy Gay Widdrington acquired was only the second generation from the first three Shih Tzu imported into the British Isles from China in 1930. The Shih Tzu puppy was named Mee Na and was quite captivating. She was described as looking like a “fluffy baby owl.”

At this time, Shih Tzu breeding stock was very low and already very “inbred.” When new imported Shih Tzu lines became available, the Lhakang Kennel carried out careful selective Shih Tzu breeding over a period of many years to help introduce and stabilize these new Shih Tzu lines so that the breed could be established on a broader basis. It is largely due to Gay’s efforts that the Shih Tzu breed is one of the few in the British Isles free of serious hereditary problems.

In the late forties Gay and her mother decided to establish a Shih Tzu true-breeding rich gold strain through the line of the Shih Tzu Ishuh Tzu, who had been imported from Shanghai. That Shih Tzu line produced the color and flourished for four decades.

Elfann Kennel owned by Elfreda Evans came into the Shih Tzu breed in 1951. She decided she would do something drastic to improve the Shih Tzu breed. She mated a black Shih Tzu ***** to a black and white Pekingese dog, who had unusually straight front legs for a Pekingese.

Freda had an excellent eye for beauty as well as quality. She felt the Shih Tzu she had seen were too big, leggy, rangy, plain in the face and often wild in temperament. These Shih Tzu certainly would not have pleased the Dowager Empress was the thoughts of Freda. Since she had heard in China the shaggy Lion Dogs (Shih Tzu) had been crossed with Pekingese every few generations. She decided to do likewise to keep the Shih Tzu breed on the right lines. It was not very well taken by many.

I have two little Shih Tzu, Danny and Jane Jane that resemble Pekingese. These Shih Tzu are both one year of age and weigh in at 4 pounds. It is my opinion, their Shih Tzu size is a result of some of this crossbreeding, and most likely would have made the Empress Dowager “smile.” My Danny and Jane Jane are exquisite little treasures of mine at Stain Glass Shih Tzu. I must say they have the “sweetest” disposition of all the Shih Tzu I have ever owned. These tiny treasures are very rare in the world of Shih Tzu today.

Connie Limon is a Shih Tzu breeder. She publishes a FREE weekly newsletter. A professional newsletter with a focus upon health and wellness for you and your pets. Discounts are offered to subscribers. Sign up at: http://www.stainglassshihtzus.com

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Answer 7

The correct common name for this breed is Shitzu. The Shitzu is one of the oldest breed of dogs around. The name is of Asian decent and means Tibetan Lion-Dog...or something like that.

Answer 8

It's spelled Shih Tzu and it's actually said like this Sheet-Zoo

Answer 9

This breed is the Shih Tzu (pronounced SHEED-zoo).
It means lion dog in Chinese. (Due to their long flowing coat).

Answer 10

It's actually a Shih Tzu, not a Sh'it Zoo.

Shih Tzu is Chinese for "lion"