UShih Tzu waziwa ngokuchwayita nokonwaba. Badlamkile kwaye banobuhlobo. UShih Tzu ukholisa ukuhlalisana kakuhle nabantu bayo yonke iminyaka kunye nezinye izinja, kunye nezinye izilwanyana zasekhaya zazo zonke iintlobo. Kunqabile kakhulu ukudibana noShih Tzu okhohlakeleyo, uninzi lwabo luhle kakhulu.
Ngeempumlo zabo ezimfutshane, uShih Tzu akakuthandi kakhulu ukuhlafuna, kodwa bayakuthanda ukugrumba, kwaye abanye akumnandanga ukukhonkotha. Bakuthanda ngokwenene ukuba kunye nabantu, enoba kukuhlala emadolweni okanye ukuhamba epakini.