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What families say after homecoming

4.8OUT OF 5

Based on 13 families who have taken a puppy home from us. 10 of them left us five stars.

Sample reviews. These are placeholder entries while we gather and publish verified reviews from our own puppy families.

Sarah & Mike Ellison with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

Worth every mile of the drive

We drove nine hours each way and would do it again tomorrow. They met us outside, let Biscuit come to us in his own time, and walked us through his feeding and his health record before any money changed hands. He slept through his first night at home. That tells you everything about how he was raised.

Sarah & Mike Ellison

Wichita, KS

ADOPTED BISCUIT — MARCH 2026

Danielle Prescott with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

She is exactly who they said she would be

I was nervous about buying a puppy I had only seen in photos, so I asked a lot of questions. Every answer was patient and specific. Clementine is exactly as described, right down to the chatty little bark. No exaggeration anywhere.

Danielle Prescott

Tulsa, OK

ADOPTED CLEMENTINE — JANUARY 2026

The Harmon Family with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

Our first dog, and the right one

We wanted a first dog who could handle two loud kids without getting overwhelmed. They asked us more questions than we asked them, which we appreciated. Marmalade settled in absolutely everything and has become the calm centre of the house.

The Harmon Family

Springfield, MO

ADOPTED MARMALADE — NOVEMBER 2025

Grace Whitcomb with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

Patient breeders, and honest about timing

Poppy went home two weeks later than we first hoped because she was not quite ready, and they would not budge on that. Frustrating in the moment, obviously the right call in hindsight. She arrived confident and well started, four stars only because the waiting was hard on the kids.

Grace Whitcomb

Lincoln, NE

ADOPTED POPPY — SEPTEMBER 2025

Tom & Rosalie Vance with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

Health records were spotless

Our vet went through the paperwork line by line at Mochi first visit and said it was the most complete record she had seen from a small breeder. Vaccinations, deworming dates, weights, all of it written down. Mochi has not had a single health issue since.

Tom & Rosalie Vance

Fort Collins, CO

ADOPTED MOCHI — AUGUST 2025

Marcus Bell with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

Still sending them photos two years on

Duke is two now and I still get a reply within the day whenever I message with a question. They wanted to know how he settled, how he was with the vet, how his ears were doing. That kind of follow-up is not normal and it should be.

Marcus Bell

Kansas City, MO

ADOPTED DUKE — MAY 2024

Anita Delacroix with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

She settled in within a week

I braced myself for a month of chaos and got about four days of it. Willow came home already used to being handled, already used to household noise, and already sleeping in a crate. The familiar blanket they sent with her made the first two nights genuinely easy.

Anita Delacroix

Little Rock, AR

ADOPTED WILLOW — MAY 2026

The Kowalski Family with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

Wonderful dog, we wanted more photo updates

Juniper is everything we hoped for - gentle, funny, endlessly patient with our youngest. The only thing we would change is the wait between reserving her and bringing her home, where we would have loved a photo every week or two rather than when we asked. Everything else was near flawless.

The Kowalski Family

Des Moines, IA

ADOPTED JUNIPER — FEBRUARY 2026

Ray Ferguson with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

They talked me out of the wrong puppy

I had my heart set on a particular pup and they gently explained he needed more activity than I could give him at seventy three. They suggested Coco instead. They were right and I was wrong, and they could easily have just taken my money. That is why I recommend them.

Ray Ferguson

Amarillo, TX

ADOPTED COCO — OCTOBER 2025

Priya Raman with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

Calm, gentle and remarkably well mannered

Toffee was already responding to his name and walking on a loose lead within a week. He is affectionate without being needy and has never once been destructive. Whatever they do in those first weeks, it works.

Priya Raman

Oklahoma City, OK

ADOPTED TOFFEE — APRIL 2026

Nathan & Cate Brightwater with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

Our second Shih Tzu from them, same care

We adopted our first from them in 2023 and came straight back. Nothing has slipped. Same honesty, same records, same follow-up call a fortnight after homecoming. Rufus and our older girl were curled up together by the third day.

Nathan & Cate Brightwater

Topeka, KS

ADOPTED RUFUS — DECEMBER 2025

Meredith Sloane with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

They answered questions for weeks before we committed

I emailed them for nearly a month before I was ready. Not once did I feel rushed or handled. They sent temperament notes, explained what Shih Tzus are genuinely like to live with, including the parts people do not mention, and let me decide in my own time.

Meredith Sloane

Omaha, NE

ADOPTED SADIE — JULY 2025

The Alvarez Family with their Shih Tzu puppy from Shih Tzu Puppies For Home

A long wait, but the right puppy

We were on their list for close to five months. That is a long time when you are excited, and it is the reason this is four stars rather than five. But Gus was worth it - sound, sociable and completely at ease with strangers. We would wait again.

The Alvarez Family

Denver, CO

ADOPTED GUS — MARCH 2025

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