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known as Tibetan Lion Dogs, but the Kennel Club classed them as Lhasa Apsos and they were shown in the same ring. In 1934 the Ken- nel Club ruled that dogs from Tibet were Apsos and those from Chi- na were a separate breed, now known by their Chinese name: Shih Tzu. (Shih Tzu is an Anglicized version of Shi Zi Gou, which is Chi- nese for “little lion dog.”) The infamous Pekingese cross During World War II, most breeding programs suffered greatly across Europe. After the war, as dog breeders struggled to recov- er, Shih Tzu breeders faced a special problem: There were very few purebred Shih Tzu to breed from in Europe, and none could be im-

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