Shih Tzu puppies and dogs in Florence, Oregon

Pending adoption 🩵 We have a transport leaving September 26th 2026 from where we are located in Southern California to NorCal, OR, and surrounding states as needed for our adopting families where we bring our dogs all the way to their homes 💗 For peace of mind we never ask for anything up front. The adoption fee along with your share of travel costs will be due the day we arrive in person ultimately finalizing the adoption then and there with you. We would love to add Daisy to our trip for the right family 😊 🎄 Meet Daisy — Our Little Christmas Joy 🎄 There are some dogs whose happiness you can describe, and then there are dogs you simply have to meet to understand. Daisy is the second kind. 😂🩷 Born on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025, we can’t help but think that special birthday explains a little something about her. Daisy seems to genuinely believe she was placed on this earth for one purpose: to love absolutely everyone she meets and enjoy every single second of her life while doing it. And she takes that job VERY seriously. 😂 Daisy is an almost 8-month-old purebred Shih Tzu weighing just over 9 lbs, and she is quite literally JOY in the size of a Shih Tzu. She loves women. She loves men. She loves children. She loves dogs. She loves cats. She loves going places. She loves being home. She loves attention. She loves life. Basically, if you’re breathing, Daisy has probably already decided you’re wonderful. 😂🩷 Her happiness is contagious. She walks into a room with this naturally cheerful little presence that makes it nearly impossible not to smile at her. There isn’t a complicated side to Daisy that you’re going to spend months trying to figure out. She lives life without a care in the world and seems completely convinced that every new person, animal, place, and experience has arrived solely for her enjoyment. She is affectionate without being anxious, social without being overwhelming, playful while still being perfectly happy to settle down with her people, and she has shown us no separation anxiety while in our care. She simply adjusts to whatever the day brings and continues being Daisy. And then there is the snorting. 😂 If you know and love Shih Tzus, you already know exactly what we’re talking about. That adorable little smooshed face occasionally comes with the classic Shih Tzu snorts and noises, and somehow they fit her personality perfectly. She already has enough character for three dogs, so naturally she needed her own soundtrack too. 😂 Daisy came to us because her previous owner found herself in a financial situation where she simply couldn’t continue providing Daisy with the care she deserved. Even keeping up with necessities such as regular grooming had become difficult. Daisy was loved, and ultimately that love is what led her owner to make the difficult decision to ask us for help. She knew her circumstances weren’t allowing Daisy to feel and live her best, and she wanted more for her than what she was presently able to provide. So she entrusted Daisy to us and asked us to find the family who could give this beautiful girl the life she deserves. And here we are. 🩷 For such a young girl, Daisy already has a wonderful foundation. She is house trained with a consistent routine and goes outside when asked every couple of hours throughout the day. She is crate trained and has done wonderfully with it, although we’re fairly certain she wouldn’t object if her future family decided that sleeping somewhere closer to them sounded better. 😂 She also walks wonderfully on leash, travels beautifully in the car, and is fantastic for the groomer, which is especially important for a Shih Tzu whose beautiful coat will require lifelong maintenance. Daisy has been wonderful with dogs of all sizes, cats, children, men, and women. There truly hasn’t been a category of living creature she has decided not to be friends with yet. 😂 Medically, Daisy has been thoroughly evaluated by our veterinarian. She is current on her vaccines, microchipped, and will go home with her medical records and a health certificate from our veterinarian. We also submitted a fecal sample to the laboratory, and she will be dewormed according to those results if treatment is indicated. Daisy is not yet spayed and will be adopted on a spay contract. Because she is still growing and maturing, our veterinarian would like her to reach approximately 12 months of age before being spayed so her body, joints, and growth plates are given additional time to fully mature. During her examination, our veterinarian also noted mild movement in Daisy’s knees/patellas. This is something that can be seen in small breeds such as Shih Tzus, and at this time our veterinarian is not concerned or recommending intervention. It is simply something we believe her future family should know about and continue monitoring with their veterinarian throughout her life. It is also another reason we feel allowing Daisy’s body to finish maturing before spaying is especially important. Our hope is that giving her joints and supporting structures every opportunity to mature naturally will help keep those knees from ever becoming problematic. We believe in being completely transparent with our adopters, even when something isn’t presently causing an issue, because whoever adopts Daisy deserves to know everything we know about the little girl they’re promising forever to. 🩷 Daisy’s adoption fee is on our website at the bottom of her adoption listing at https://www.breadoflifek9refuge.org/post/daisy-7 Her adoption fee helps cover the veterinary care and preparation that goes into sending her home ready for her next chapter, including her comprehensive veterinary examination, vaccines, microchip, laboratory fecal testing and any indicated deworming, health certificate, grooming, daily care, training, socialization, and everything that has gone into caring for her while she has been with us. But while all of those things tell you what has been done for Daisy, they don’t really tell you who Daisy is. Daisy is happiness. She is the little snorting Shih Tzu who wakes up expecting today to be wonderful simply because she gets another day to love somebody. She doesn’t seem interested in worrying about yesterday or wondering what tomorrow might bring. She’s too busy enjoying right now. 😂🩷 We genuinely believe the family who adopts Daisy isn’t simply getting a wonderful little dog. They’re bringing home the kind of personality that changes the energy of a house. The kind that makes you laugh when you weren’t planning to. The kind that greets people as though they’ve been friends forever. The kind that makes ordinary days a little happier just by being there. She was born on Christmas Day, and maybe we’re a little sentimental, but there really couldn’t have been a more fitting birthday for her. Because Daisy truly does feel like one very happy little gift. 🎄🩷🐾 And whoever gets to call her theirs will never go wrong with this girl.

Meet the Spice Girls! Their mama was taken in by a loving family shortly before they discovered she was pregnant. Her previous owners had surrendered her to the shelter, and thankfully, a wonderful family stepped up to give her a safe place to have and raise her babies. They worked hard to help Mama and her five daughters thrive while a rescue was found to help these girls find responsible, loving homes. Mama, believed to be a Lhasa Apso/Shih Tzu mix, has now been spayed and is happily staying with the family who opened their hearts to her. Dad is a mystery, but based on these adorable pups, we suspect he may have had some Pug in his family tree!  At 10 weeks old, these five girls are busy, playful, curious, and absolutely adorable. We expect them to remain small, likely under 20 pounds full grown. They would be wonderful additions to just about any family ready for the fun, patience, commitment, and joy that comes with raising a puppy. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled on Instagram (@nwdogproject) for updates! If you would like to be considered as a forever home, be sure to submit an adoption application on our website! Adoption fee includes; spay/neuter, microchip, microchip registration, dewormer, fecal testing, flea/tick prevention and age-appropriate vaccines. These puppies would do great in a home with...Cats : Yep! Dogs : Yep!  Kiddos : Yep!   ##2827222##