Lap dog
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A lap dog or lapdog is a dog that is both small enough to be held in the arms or lie comfortably on a person's lap and temperamentally predisposed to doing so. Lapdog is not a specific breed, but a ge
Princess Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna with a Pug, 1759.
Two women playing with a lap dog, China, 8th century, Beauties Wearing Flowers by Tang dynasty painter Zhou Fang
Christophe Huet Portrait of Mimi, Madame De Pompadour's King Charles Spaniel, by Christophe Huet
![A toy Spaniel, a dwarf Spitz and a Maltese next to a basket (1855) by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wegener [de].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Wegener01.jpeg/500px-Wegener01.jpeg)
A toy Spaniel, a dwarf Spitz and a Maltese next to a basket (1855) by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wegener [de].
Shih Tzu
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The Shih Tzu is a toy dog or pet dog breed originating from Tibet and believed to be bred from the Pekingese and the Lhasa Apso.
Lap dog
…by members of the Chinese Imperial Palace. Similarly ancient are the lapdog ancestors of the modern breeds of Tibetan Terrier, Lhasa Apso, Pug, and Shih Tzu. In the book De Canibus Britannicis published in English in 1576, the author describes lapdogs as a type of dog, "Spaniel Gentle or Comforter". Ancestors…
A Shih Tzu in full show coat
A Tricolor (black, white, brown) Shih Tzu in show coat.
A female Shih Tzu at around 18 months of age.
A female Shih Tzu, with different colored eyes.