Hello and welcome to Ashanda Shih Tzu. We are small home breeders of quality pet Shih Tzu puppies in PA.  Our goal is to produce Shih Tzu that are healthy and beautiful with the sweet loving temperments that make them so special.  We hope you will take the time to read our pages and learn more about us,  our goals and  meet our dogs and puppies.  We also have an interest in showing  and will be having some dogs shown from time to time.
Michele Starkey  570-578-5256


My Goals As A Breeder
Health Issues
Imperial Shih Tzu
Meet Our Vet 

Puppies In New Homes

Upcoming Litters-


Email us At
​Shihtzulover@ptd.net
Pictured above is Dillon!  This beautiful boy is owned and loved by the Shucks.

  From left to right is Richard with his Shih Tzu, Buddy,  Maxx with his Shih Tzu, Katie, and Breanna with her Shih Tzu, Marty!   Maxx and Breanna are brother and sister, and Richard is a friend of their family. All three of the dogs are from us.  They are all so cute, the kids and their dogs!!  I can see that they love and enjoy their dogs and that makes us very happy!  Thank you to the Celebrano family for sharing this pic.
This beautiful girl is Lola! She is owned and loved by Jack and JoAnn. Champion Neo and Angel daughter.

Ashanda Shih Tzu is a quality breeder with over 28 years experience breeding Shih Tzu puppies. We are located outside of Hazleton, Pennsylvania and help place puppies in happy homes from Harrisburg to Eastern PA and  Philadelphia to NYC to upstate New York as well as Northern New Jersey and Southern NJ. We have puppies from Massachusetts, Conn., Rhode Island and down through Virginia, DC, Maryland  and West Virginia. Many of our clients drive several hours to see us based on the quality of our puppies and our fair prices. Please call for more information or if you would like references. See some of our beautiful puppies in their new homes below.  Please see our  puppies in new home page for more photos!
Zuri's  Mom bought Brook as a gift for her and now they are great friends!
This beautiful little girl is Allie Fazio .She is from Pepsi and Walker . Allie is owned and loved by the Fazio family.
Girls
These handsome boys  are Bailey and Suki  posing with their best friend Stefani.  Bailey is from Isabelle and Taishan. What a beautiful picture!
These two adorable boys are Gizmo and Ollie!  They are brothers from Ginger and Tonka. They are owned and loved by Lisa and Joe.
This cutie is Sami ! She is enjoying her vacation at the beach! She is owned and loved by the Wishards.
These adorable girls are Sabrina and her Shih tzu Pebbles!  This is Pebbles 2nd birthday party.
These two beautiful girls are Lacey and her Shih Tzu Zoie!  Zoie is loved by Lacey and her family and is a daughter of Jessie and ch. Johnny.

Nursery- Shih Tzu puppies!
Nursery 3-
This beautiful Liver boy is Snickers!
He is from Hayley and Tonka.
This pretty girl Gold girl is Mini! She is from Shanti and Ch.Johnny
This Handsome boy is Pitufo! He is from Sugar and Yoshi.
This sweet boy is Jordon! He is from Punky and Ch.Rob Thomas.

Nursery4-TeddyBear Puppies
AKA Shichons and Pom Poms
What a beautiful Shih tzu smile! Reece on the left is a son of Butterscotch and Ginger. He is pictured with his  best friend.


 Hello and welcome to our website. I have been a breeder for 33 years now as of this past May. I have dedicated  my life to breeding beautiful and healthy Shih Tzu that will bring lots of love and joy into your home. My Shih Tzu are all a very important part of my life.  They are a part of our family and wonderful loving friends. I am so  blessed to share my life with these incredible dogs. Those of you who already own a Shih Tzu will know what I mean.  They are so loving and so much a people dog that they seem almost human. They will look at you with eyes so full of love and smile that Shih Tzu smile. You can see the love shining from their eyes. They are very in tune with their owners and know when you need some love and cheering up. They will snuggle and give Shih Tzu hugs. They are devoted and will love you unconditionally.    They know when you want to play or will do something silly to make you laugh. They bring so much joy , love and laughter to their families.
If you are interested in any of our puppies or want to know more about the breed give us a call . We love to talk dogs! I am lucky that my family are all also dog lovers.
My husband is a great help to me and my daughters help me with my Shih Tzu now and also have their own dogs.  The love and friendship of a good dog is a most wonderful gift. I think people can learn something from them . When I needed them most my dogs have always been there for me.  Sadly, I can't say the same for some of my human friends.  Breeding to better the Shih Tzu breed and be able to share the love and joy these very special dogs give to their people is one of my greatest joys in life.  Thank you to all my Shih Tzu owners who have stayed in touch and taken the time to let me know that my puppies have brough happiness, joy and love to their new families.

Boys
ASHANDA SHIH TZU
These cute dogs are Roxy and Max!
Owned and loved by Eileen and family.
 All three of these beautiful dogs  were purchased from us! Thank you for the gorgeous picture Melba! These three Shih Tzu are not only beautiful but do agility and are canine good citizens and /or therapy dogs.  We just found out Max is now a certified therapy dog!  Congrats Max and Melba!
This is Nylen and her best friend Oscar!
Above are a few of our past puppies.  Below we have pictures of some puppies in their new homes. Our website crashed and we have lost many but are working on a new page for sold puppies in their new homes. 


Nursery 2 -
Lola and Nikki are owned and loved by Eva and family.

Previous Litters Shih Tzu
Meet Our German Shorthaired Pointers
Congrats to Jack for graduating 1st in his intermediate obedience class over a German Shepherd and Golden Retriever! Great job Ed and Estela. 
Pictured above on the left is adorable Max owned and loved by Sue. He is a mix of Pomeranian and Shih Tzu my daughter calls Pom Poms but is mostly known as Shiranian and Pom A Tzu . Max is pictured with his equally adorable purebred brother,  also owned by Sue and family. My daughter has baby brothers and a sister to Max available now. See Nursery 4.u.
Max is pictured with his equally adorable purebred brother,  also owned by Sue and family. My daughter has baby brothers and a sister to Max available now. See Nursery 4.
 Pictured above is beautiful Miss Daisy Mae. She is a Shih Tzu -Pom mix that my daughter calls Pom Poms and many call Shiranians. She has quite a personality! She just graduated from basic Obedience! She is now going to work on being a certified therapy do. We are proud of her. Owned and Loved by Jess.