What You Need To Know About Shih Tzu Pictures
Owners are proud of their dogs and Shih Tzu owners are no exception. The Shih Tzu is more prone to being a little bit of a ham so many people get Shih Tzu dogs because they love to get their picture taken. There are some good ways, and some bad ways, to go about getting Shih Tzu pictures and all of it revolves around knowing your dog and understanding the tendencies of the breed as well.
The first thing you want to do is to make your dog feel at ease by playing with your dog, petting your dog, and just generally making the dog feel comfortable. If you will be using a pedestal to get pictures then put the dog on the pedestal and praise it profusely for sitting there and stop praising it when it gets down. Shih Tzu dogs are smart and after a while they will catch on to what you are trying to tell them.
The next step in Shih Tzu pictures is getting the dog used to any costumes or accessories you may be putting on it and you do that by starting the grooming process. This all needs to be done otherwise you will confuse your dog, so do not start grooming until the dog is comfortable in the studio. Once it is comfortable you should start brushing the dog right away and praising it as you do. You can then start to add any accessories slowly so the dog understands and keep praising it the whole time.
A Shih Tzu is a free thinker and will not just obediently respond to commands if it does not want to do something. Try all of the accessories and other props you will want to use in the shoot and see what your dog does like and does not like.
Do not force your Shih Tzu to do one or two things you want it to do because then it will stop responding for the whole session. Cut your losses and take what the dog will give you.
Your dog is comfortable and you have gone through everything you wanted to do with the Shih Tzu pictures and your dog has approved or denied everything and it is time to start shooting. Shih Tzu dogs hate noise and commotion.
The Shih Tzu do not respond well to tension or a lot of commotion so any Shih Tzu photo session will need to be very organized and very quiet. You will need everything to flow smoothly and reduce the amount of people in the room as much as possible. Upsetting the Shih Tzu means no pictures.
Yes the Shih Tzu is just like a little movie star in that it wants everything the way it wants things to go and it will, more than likely, reject some of your ideas. But this is what you will have to get used to and expect if you want to capture truly beautiful pictures of your Shih Tzu dog to treasure and keep for many years to come.
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