Well trained Shih Tzus are good with children, provided that the children are taught to be well behaved and gentle with dogs. Shih Tzus are relatively sturdy little dogs for their size, but even they can have problems with children who pull ears, tails, or pet too hard. If you have children, it is better to wait until the children are grown up enough to understand that the dog is a living being capable of feeling pain and responding if feeling threatened.

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