I-Shih Tzu iyinja edinga ngempela ukuqeqeshwa. Futhi lapho imfundo iqala ngokushesha, iba ngcono. Kuyoba kuhle uma umphathi wezinja onguchwepheshe ogxile kulolu hlobo oluthile ezosebenza nenja "ye-chrysanthemum". Uchwepheshe onjalo ngeke aphule uhlamvu lwe-psyche nensimbi ye-Shih Tzu: ngokubeka kahle, inja ehlakaniphile izokwamukela umeluleki ngokwayo.
Imidlwane ye-Shih Tzu ibona ukuqeqeshwa njengomdlalo. Ngakho-ke, uma uphuthelwa isikhathi, inja ingakhula ngendlela engafanele: izokhonkotha kakhulu, ibambe izilwane ezifuywayo ngemilenze futhi iqine lapho abanikazi bengekho ekhaya.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, “izinja zamabhubesi” zisabela kahle enkulumweni yomuntu futhi zibambe ngekhanda imiyalo ngokushesha. Kodwa ungacabangi ukuthi bayakwazi ukwenza amaqhinga asekisini nokulalela okungangabazeki: bayizilwane ezinomqondo wemvelo wokuzethemba.