More shichon Videos

Westminster Dog Show - Shih Tzu and Bichon Frise

I can not believe that I have found myself watching the Westminster Dog show. I suppose our little shichon has made a big impact on us. Although a shichon is not a recognized breed by the westmister dog kenel, the Shichon / Zuchon parents are.

Here are the videos for the BICHONS FRISES show.

And the show vides for Shih Tzu.

Unfortunately the Westminster Kennel club doesnt allow me to embed the video here. Luckily i found a fan who posted the intro on YouTube:



And here is some news - the Westminster Dog Show website doesnt have this up yet - the 2008 Westminster Kennel Club 2008 Best In Show was won by a 15 inch Beagle!

11 Ch K-Run's Park Me In First
Breed: Beagle, 15 In.
Sex: Dog
AKC: HP 16966001
Date of Birth: May 05, 2005
Breeder: Kathy Weichert & Leah Bertagnolli
Sire: Ch Windkist A Walk In The Park
Dam: Ch Legacy's Lil Secret At K-Run
Owner: Caroline Dowell & Eddie Dziuk & Jon Woodring & Kathy Weichert
Photos: Breed judging / Group judging

Breeder - Hybrid Mixed Puppies

I have received several comments asking about the breeder of Monkey, our shichon (zuchon) puppy whose father and mother were a Bichon and a ShiTzu.

Take a look at this earlier post which gives the info and website of the breeder.

Good luck and I hope you find a wonderful Hybrid mixed puppy and give it a great home!

Grooming Disaster - part 1

Our poor little shichon puppy had to get all of his fur cut off! Yes, it is middle of January, and despite my pleading and strictly against my suggestions, my wife took him to the groomers and had him completely shaved.

See for yourself:

Monkey before grooming (see the curly Bichon like coat which kept him warm)




Now after the grooming:



Granted he actually looks like he has legs, but he is COLD! Especially since it dropped to 10 degrees Fahrenheit in Chicago a week after all his fur was gone. Just see how comfortable hi is in this video of him (with his fur) frolicking around in the snow.

Now there were reasons for this. Apparently Shichons (and I suppose other small dogs like the Bichons and Shitzus) need special grooming brushes etc, and his fur was 'rasta' like matted. But more on this in Grooming lessons part 2.

White and Nerdy

When I shared this blog about my dog (started when he was a puppy) with my colleagues, the next day this video was shown to me.



I think the lines "even made a home page for my dog" hit a little bit too close to home. Peace.

Dogs in the Workplace

I have decided to take the dog to work today. We work in a small office and most everyone there loves to have the little puppy there.

I had an important call with a potential new customer this morning. Right as we were in the middle of discussing our strategy, the dog started barking. WHAT A DISASTER!!

I can only image that our customer thinks we are a bunch of yahoos. Is it really appropriate to bring a dog to work? It certainly was distracting when he was barking.

I really wanted to punt him, but then on of my colleagues emailed me this picture to remind me how cute this little shichon/zuchon is.

Shichon or Zuchon taking over the blog world?

Check out the number of blogs about a shichon in the past 30 days:

Posts that contain Shichon per day for the last 30 days.

Get your own chart!

And here they are for Zuchon:

Posts that contain Zuchon per day for the last 30 days.

Get your own chart!

And just for kicks lets compare that to Bichon:

Posts that contain Bichon per day for the last 30 days.

Get your own chart!