They are a cross breed. Shih tzu from Tibet and Maltese from Malta.
They are gorgeous dogs. and from the great dane to then daisy (the malshi that i have) Shes been the best. They are very funny dogs. we get a crack of laughs from her. She even does laps around the house.!!! LOL
But the one problem to these dogs is well the fur. It gets really mattered easily. Anyway they are fantastic dogs.
Shih tzu in general are not barkers. I'm not familiar with Maltese, but my shih tzu X Maltese is very much like a shih tzu. Not a barker at all. As a matter of fact, as a puppy, she barely made a sound at all. Even these days, when excited, she mostly runs around and wags her tail.
Sure, either a shih tzu or a Maltese should be able to wobble their bottom jaw all over the place. It's heriditary.
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Hey, You don't have to have a fancy name for a Maltese Shih Tzu mix... Most of the time breeders refer to them as a; Maltese Shih Tzu If you really want to, you can shorten the two names to come up with something like; Maltzu, or Maltshih... I would go with Maltese Shih Tzu as it is a more well-known name... But it is your choice... Hope this helps ;) when i got my dog from a long island breeder she called her a shi-malt
not all long coat dogs shed, i have a Maltese cross shih tzu cross lhasa apso and she doesn't shed but iv'e also got a great dane that sheds constantly.
yes they can my friends have one :)
Short nose breeds tend to get hair that gets into the nostrils which causes them to sneeze. But you maltese X shih tzu could have certain allergies or maybe even the flu.
Maltese have longer hair then Shitzu,s and they are white Maltese but Shitzu,s can be brown.
A cute dog is a malshi ( a cross between a shih tzu and a maltese) they are hard to train and their hair grows fast, but theyre so cute that its hard to stay angry at them!
Yes, the cross breed of a shih tzu and a poodle is known as a shih poo.
She is most likely a Maltese, though she may be a shih-tzu.
All dogs shed fur. Some dogs shed a lot and some not as much. It depends on the breed. But, Maltese/Shih-Tzu mixes don't shed much. You can't tell when they shed though, because their fur is so thin that it seems like nothing.