Oh my gosh!!!!!!!! I LOVE HER!!!!! Shih-tzu's are my all time favorites.
The look on her face reminds me of my Willow's. She also had a very bad start and was almost dead a day after we bought her. She had to stay with the vet, who told me that she didn't want to give me false hope (that Willow would make it) but sometimes miracles happen. Lucky for Willow, and us, she got a miracle. And a little rhyme "Little Willow who almost died, we so happy you alive". I just thought I'd die watching Willow being so weak and ill and most people probably wouldn't understand how you could be attached to a puppy so fast! The look on your baby's face reminds me of Willow's determined expression.
Shih-tzu's are so not the stereotypical "little dog". They are so confident and just are like big dogs in little dog suits.
I know as long as I am able to have dogs, I will always have a shih-tzu.