True love has four paws, a snout, and a tail. The little paws of a Shih Tzu form a heart. I wish I could find a human who looked at me with the same passionate eyes as my Shih Tzu does.
A Shih Tzu hears four times better than a person. It can hear things at 8 meters that a human can only hear at 2 meters. It can pinpoint the source of a sound with precision in just 0.06 seconds.
You haven’t even entered the house, and the Shih Tzu has already heard you arriving. You’ve barely woken up, put your foot in your slipper, and the Shih Tzu is already rushing to the door of your room.
You often wonder what it’s discovering – because it picks up the sounds of insects, running water, the wind changing direction, subterranean noises, and even sounds through the walls. It hears what, up until that moment, seemed invisible.
Suddenly, its head tilts to one side as if it’s standing guard, anticipating a new movement. It’s like a prophet of things to come. This is because it can hear frequencies ranging from 10 to 40,000 Hz, inaccessible to the human scale, while we are limited to 16 to 20,000 Hz.
The Shih Tzu stands sentinel and barks at something that hasn’t happened. It hasn’t happened for you, but for the Shih Tzu, it has.
These are not ghosts; they are living noises forming at great distances. Before your cell phone rings, it looks at your cell phone. Before an object breaks on the floor, it looks at your arms. Before the intercom buzzes, it looks at the intercom.
The Shih Tzu has hypersensitive hearing. A lightning strike is like an earthquake to them. A distant car collision is like a train crash.
The Shih Tzu even hears your tear before it falls, the change in your heartbeat, a pain before it becomes a word, and it comes to lick your face and offer comfort.
In summary, the Shih Tzu is more than a pet; it’s a loyal and sensitive friend who reminds us to appreciate the beauty of the world that often goes unnoticed by our ears and eyes. Their attentive ears and hearts remind us of the importance of loving and caring for all living beings that share this world with us.