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07/07/2023
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09/12/2023
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Shih Tzu Breed Information
What's Included
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Lifetime Training Free Unlimited Lifetime Dog TrainingTap for more
Free Veterinarian Care Free Vaccinations and De-WormingsTap for more
Completion of Veterinarian Care Free Completion of Puppy SeriesTap for more
Lifetime Identification Lifetime Identification with Microchip ImplantTap for more
No Puppy Mill Promise ZERO tolerance for sub-standard BreedersTap for more
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Lifetime Heart Murmur Guarantee - If the puppy should be diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian with a debilitating heart murmur, grade four or higher, that is not surgically or otherwise treatable by a licensed veterinarian during its lifetime, the puppy will be replaced free of charge.
Lifetime Elbow Dysplasia Guarantee - If the puppy should be diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian with severe elbow dysplasia that is not surgically or otherwise treatable by a licensed veterinarian during its lifetime, the puppy will be replaced free of charge.
Lifetime Congenital or Genetic Guarantee - If the puppy should die from a congenital or genetic defect diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian, the puppy will be replaced free of charge.
Lifetime limited Virus/Disease Guarantee - If the puppy should die from rabies, heartworm, or leptospirosis diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian, the puppy will be replaced free of charge.
Lifetime Hip Dysplasia Guarantee - If the puppy should be diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian with crippling hip dysplasia requiring veterinary surgical repair during its lifetime, the puppy will be replaced free of charge.
Lifetime Limited Health Guarantee - If the puppy should die, whether by accident or disease sustained subsequent to purchase, or shall be lost or stolen, the customer will be given a credit of 20% of the purchase price towards the purchase of another puppy.
Certain restrictions apply, see contract for details. This section of the health warranty takes affect after the expiration of Florida State mandated Regulation 828.29. Certain restrictions apply. Please refer to the sales contract and health warranty for a full listing of details concerning this portion of the health warranty.
Fourteen Day Health Guarantee - If the puppy is diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian as “unfit for purchase” within 14 days after purchase, the customer has the option to return the puppy for a refund, return the puppy for a replacement, or to keep the puppy and receive reimbursement of reasonable veterinary fees incurred to attempt to cure the illness, up to the purchase price. (certain additional coverage and/or restrictions may apply, see contract for details as per Florida Statute 828.29).
1 Year Health Guarantee - One Year Health Warranty– if the puppy is diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian as “unfit for purchase” due to a congenital or genetic defect within 1 year after purchase, the customer has the option to return the puppy for a refund, return the puppy for a replacement, or to keep the puppy and receive reimbursement of reasonable veterinary fees incurred to attempt to cure the illness, up to the purchase price. (certain additional coverage and/or restrictions may apply, see contract for details as per Florida Statute 828.29)
This section of the health warranty is mandated by Florida State Law Governing the sale of animals. Please refer to Florida State Regulation 828.29 and/or the sales contract/health warranty for a full listing of details concerning this portion of the health warranty.
Before a customer even takes their new puppy home, our staff goes through housebreaking procedures step by step. Our housebreaking techniques are applied around a working couples schedule and requires no paper training. In addition, some breeds can be litter box trained which works well for elderly clients, customers that work long hours, or apartment dwellers. Of course, once the puppy is at home, the training goes further. Our staff are available by phone seven days a week for any questions or advice the new puppy owners have about housebreaking, feeding, problem correction etc. In addition, our website offers private access to an online site with tons of advice covering many aspects of obedience training, socialization, feeding, and care for your puppy!
All Puppies come with Free Unlimited Lifetime Training. Our digital course is designed for Humans and Dogs and covers the basics of puppyhood to the more advanced training techniques such as Off Leash and Hand Signal. Our course is mobile friendly with field sheets to practice in the backyard along with videos, pictures and of course a lot of text.
Starting with the Basics
Our Training Program starts with the basics from getting home with your new puppy to the first few months, but don't worry if you want to talk to someone we're here for you.
Adolescence and Basic Training
Our Training Program will bring you from Puppyhood to Adolescence. Our Basic Training Program will start with the basics like Heeling and Problem Corrections.
Advanced Training
Our Advanced Training section is for any Human or Dog ready for the challenge. We cover Off-Leash, Hand Signals, Long-Leash and more.
All Puppies will be up-to-date with Vaccines and De-wormings and full medical history will be detailed in their Health Certificate.
All of the puppies offered for sale through our licensed facility have been examined by a minimum of two licensed veterinarians prior to being offered for sale. Every puppy we sell is certified by a licensed veterinarian as “fit for sale”. In addition, each puppy receives age appropriate vaccinations and parasite control treatment.
Our veterinarian is on call and visits us often to assist us in maintaining our state of the art facility where our puppies are our utmost concern. Each puppy is examined shortly after arrival and then re-examined as needed and/or every 14 days while it stays with us.
EXAM BY TWO VETS
It’s important to us that our customers feel that we are doing our best, therefore of our puppies are examined by a licensed veterinarian prior to arrival to us and examined again by a Florida licensed veterinarian prior to sale to add a double layer of protection that our puppies are ready for their new homes.
PUPPY VACCINATIONS & DE-WORMINGS
All puppies receive antibodies from their fully vaccinated mothers at the time of birth. After a short time however, those antibodies start to lessen, requiring the breeder to provide additional protections against disease and viruses by vaccinating each puppy at the appropriate age and prior to leaving their mom and arriving at Chews A Puppy. Upon arrival to Chews A Puppy, our attending veterinarian will place all of our new arrivals on a vaccination schedule to ensure proper protection and antibodies continue until they get “selected” for their forever homes.
EXAMINATION OF PUPPIES
Each of our puppies has been extensively examined by a Florida State licensed Veterinarian prior to sale. Each physical exam consists of a thorough examination of ears, eyes, mouth, teeth, gums, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system, skin, coat, and more. This extensive medical exam provides additional assurance to our customers that our puppies are ready to be selected for their forever homes! To provide further peace of mind, our customers are welcome to make an appointment with one of our participating veterinary hospitals for a free health exam within 30 days after purchase!
SOCIALIZATION
Although the breeder and their family handle all of the early socialization for our puppies, upon arrival, our kennel staff and management team provide for the puppies all of their dietary, grooming and socialization needs on a daily basis. Acclimating the puppies and teaching them to be calm while brushing, nail clipping, and bathing is just a small part of our socialization program. The puppies are handled daily in a variety of situations and with different people so that when they reach their new home they are happy, well adjusted companions, and ready for their forever homes to continue with their training and socialization to ensure that they are well adjusted members of the family.
Through Our Local Participating Veterinarians
Free Completion of Veterinarian Care
12 Weeks of age
- Distemper
- Adenovirus
- Parainfluenza
- Parvo Virus
- Bordetella
16 Weeks of age
- Distemper
- Adenovirus
- Parainfluenza
- Parvo Virus
- Rabies
Participating Vets
Restrictions apply and may depend upon age of puppy at time of purchase, time of vet visit, any medical concerns the participating veterinarian may have at time of examination/vaccination timeframes. This is a free service offered to Chews A Puppy customers and has no monetary value. The form given at time of purchase must be presented at initial veterinarian visit for complementary veterinary services to be provided through participating Veterinarians.
Each of our puppies is microchipped prior to sale and is ready for activation by the new pet owner. This tiny implant is permanently placed near the shoulder blade of each puppy and offers safety and peace of mind, once registered by the new puppy owner, if the puppy is ever lost or stolen, he has the opportunity to be returned safely to his loving family.
All the Puppies are Microchipped and ready to be ENROLLED under your Name, Phone Number, Address and other personal details.
We recommend AKC REUNITE as your primary Microchip Enrollment Company.
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About Microchipping
Nationally, every two seconds a family pet is lost. That represents millions of pets every year!
Shelters do their very best to locate owners, but if your pet has no form of identification, there’s not much they can do. Shelters are already caring for so many lost and homeless pets and can only keep them all for a short period of time. Meanwhile, owners are frantically spending time and money trying to find their beloved pet. Tragically, many never make it back home.
Developed by a veterinarian, the micro-chip is a tiny cylinder (smaller than a grain of rice) that contains a personal, one of a kind identification number that is so tiny that it fits through a hypodermic needle. It is implanted under the skin of your pet just like a vaccination and has been proven both safe and effective. After being injected into your pet, it remains there safely for life. The pet owner then simply registers their pet’s microchip number and supplies the microchip company with important contact information so that in the event that their pet is lost or stolen, the animal shelter or veterinarian hospital that picks up their animal can simply scan the animal with a special scanner, retrieve the identification number, punch that number into a computer and have the owner on the phone in a matter of minutes! Every puppy that we offer for sale has already been implanted with a microchip!
The term “puppy mill” refers to a substandard, illegal breeder that does not comply with applicable local, state, or federal regulations regarding animal welfare practices. Chews A Puppy will never knowingly obtain any puppy from an illegal or substandard breeder!
We have ZERO tolerance for sub-standard breeders sometimes referred to as “puppy mills”. Why we Select our breeders- Our customers can enjoy the added comfort that we choose our puppies from breeders that prioritize the responsibility of caring for their dogs. The responsibility of our breeders to care for their dogs and puppies takes a lot of time and money. This means that they are federally, state, or locally licensed, as applicable, to ensure they are complying with any required laws and regulations regarding pet health and well-being regulations that outline all their dog’s medical, physical, and psychological needs. This huge responsibility of the breeder along with our own stringent puppy care protocols helps us to ensure that the puppies Chews A Puppy provides to our customers are ready to become loving family members.
It is important to us that the breeders we choose to work with provide puppies to us that they care for and that they take care of their dogs needs and wellbeing. Our puppies come to us from all over the country from breeders that provide loving pets to families like yours.
Chews A Puppy obtains puppies from breeders that are compliant with the criteria of any local, state, and federal licensing requirements. This gives our customers added confidence. Rather then you having to travel all over and visiting many individual locations to search for a puppy, purchasing a puppy from Chews A Puppy is a great way to ensure that you can purchase with more confidence!
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Breeder Biographies
Wouldn’t it be great if you could see the breeder’s home and the parents of your puppy? Well, at Chews A Puppy that is possible! No sad puppy mill photos here!
We firmly believe in transparency. We travel throughout the country each year, visiting many breeders, and taking pictures of puppy parents as well as the breeder’s homes, so you can see the source of many of our puppies, giving you some peace of mind when you purchase a puppy from us.
Along with pictures, if you’re curious about our breeders, we have biographies of many of our breeders depicting what their life is like, how they got started with breeding, how many children and pets that they have, their jobs, and how they spend their free time. This gives you detailed insight that is not readily available from many other sources.
We know that you want to meet the breeder but don’t have the time and money to travel all over the country yourself searching for the perfect Puppy. Well Chews A Puppy offers transparency so you can leave all the hard work of picking your perfect puppy to us! We are dog lovers and dog professionals. We have traveled throughout the country over the years, devoting a lot of time to meeting, visiting, and maintaining friendships with many different breeders and their dogs, giving us access to tons of pertinent information. This has allowed us the opportunity to be able to provide YOU with detailed information regarding the background of each puppy’s parents and breeder.
This information can include information and/or pictures of puppy parents, pictures of the breeder's home, and detailed biographies of our breeders family life, so you can get to know them better. Imagine being able to have all this information at your fingertips while comfortably sitting and playing with the puppy of your dreams conveniently located at Chews A Puppy!
Breeder Videos & Pictures
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The transport and arrival of the puppies is an important step in their wellbeing after leaving their mom and we want to make that experience as relaxing as possible. For that reason, each puppy is delivered to us by licensed and inspected transportation vehicles that are in compliance of state and federal regulations driven by experienced drivers and cared for by puppy technicians that provide quality of care during their travel time.
Ensuring that our puppies are safely and securely transported from the breeder when they are old enough to be weaned and are ready to leave their moms for their forever home is an important first step in their journey to Chews A Puppy.
For this reason, each of our puppies is transported by a licensed and inspected transport vehicle that complies with all state and federal regulations. Each transport vehicle is driven by experienced drivers and the puppies are cared for by puppy technicians that provide quality of care during travel times. This ensures that our puppies arrive to us with minimal upset, and they are soon ready to be “picked” for their new homes!
Chews A Puppy offers a quality puppy to fit every budget. Depending upon breed, age, bloodlines, conformation and coloration, prices start as low as $399.00*.
As opposed to typical pet stores that price their puppies high and then drop the price lower after the puppy has sat in the store for a long time, our puppies are priced individually according to quality, providing a wide range of prices. Our puppies stay with us for a very short period of time before going to their forever homes.
Since we sell our puppies very quickly, we receive new puppies from our large network of breeders on a continuous basis, therefore offering a large selection of puppies to choose from. We accept all major Credit Cards, Cash, Crypto, Apple Pay and Google Pay. We also offer Financing making those slightly out of reach puppies within reach.
Our goal is to provide our puppies with the quality care they deserve and to provide our customers with quality puppies they deserve. This goal is a heavy investment in time, money, and energy for the Chews A Puppy Staff. For this reason, while we may not ALWAYS be the cheapest place to purchase your next pet, we are definitely a very RELIABLE source to purchase your next pet! Obtaining a beloved family member that is meant to bring you years of joy and love is a complex decision that should never be made with only pricing in mind.
Are you looking for a blue Bulldog? A Pointer with a hunting background? Are you looking for a gift for a specific timeframe? Chews A Puppy has it covered!
Special Ordering is something our facility offers to help make finding your new best friend easier on you and your family. Whether you’re looking for a breed type that is common or rare we can help you find that special friend! Special Ordering allows you to specify what you're looking for such as color, breed type, gender, even down to bone structure. With Special Ordering you are guaranteed a puppy in a specific time frame and price range according to what you are looking for.
We can place your order, giving you an approximate timeframe and price range, and call you when we chews the perfect puppy that meets our criteria. Once the puppy arrives at Chews A Puppy, you can come in and spend time with the puppy to ensure that the puppy is the right fit for your family and lifestyle. If for any reason we are unable to locate a puppy for you from our vast breeder network, your special order will be cancelled with no financial obligation on your part!
Breed Type
First, selecting the right breed for your lifestyle is important, Chews A Puppy has availability to 120 (plus) Breeds through our Select Breeder Network.
Gender
With Chews A Puppy you're not limited to just Male or Female (Weird? Let us explain). When Special Ordering you also have the option to chews Neutered Male, Spayed Female along with Unaltered Males and Females.
Coat Color
The trait most people have fun with, most breeds come in different colors, markings, and patterns. These color traits can be requested at the time of a Special Order.
Eye Color
Just like coat colors several breeds can come in a variety of eye colors and eye color traits are Selectable during a Special Order.
Special ordering is not sight unseen. We know and understand that this is a family member you are picking out. We ask that you come in when the puppy has arrived and sit down with the puppy to see his/her personality and if the puppy is the right fit for your family. This will be your family member for a very long time, and we want you and the puppy to bond. If you decide on the first puppy we bring in for you, then that puppy is yours and is ready to go home! If, for whatever reason, the puppy just isn’t exactly what you are looking for, we will bring in more puppies for you to see and sit with until you have found the right one! Special Ordering makes finding your new best friend a lot easier. Whether you're looking for a specific date for an anniversary or holiday, we’re here to help make your dreams a reality.
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Chews A Puppy has partnered with several different Financing companies to offer Puppy Financing to all approved customers. Our lenders offer several different low interests or no interest programs to qualified customers. You can apply for Puppy Financing online right from home before coming into our facility or stop into our facility and one of our staff members can help you get pre-approved and chews the perfect puppy for you and/or your family.
Many Ways to Pay
Puppy Payment Methods
Chews A Puppy offers a wide variety of payment options to help you get your new puppy into your home faster! We accept Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover, as well as Cash, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and certain Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum).