Pets
March 27, 2023 | 5:37pm
Maggie got her “Shih Tzu” called Alice on Craigslist 6 years earlier.
I Shih Tzu not!
A TikTok user called Maggie declares that she was hoodwinked by a dog breeder on Craigslist while buying what she believed was a pure-blooded Shih Tzu puppy.
In a recent TikTokMaggie remembered purchasing her dog Alice from the categorized listings website 6 years earlier. She revealed an image of the fluffy “believable” puppy, who has actually given that totally turned into a dog that is distinctly not Shih Tzu.
She ended up being suspicious as she enjoyed Alice grow “bigger and bigger” — well beyond the toy-sized breed she’d imagined.
“Every time I asked the breeder about it, she would respond that the percentage of Shih Tzu [Alice] was kept getting lower and lower,” the Californian pet parent explained in a clip published on Friday.
“So first it was ‘Oh, she’s purebred,’ and then ‘she’s 50%, oh, her grandpa was a Shih Tzu’ until finally, the breeder stops responding altogether.”
Alice likewise began shedding — which Shih Tzus seldomly do — so Maggie got her DNA checked.
Turns out, Alice was not purebred — in reality, she was 0% Shih Tzu.
“She is actually mostly shepherd, Chow Chow, and a little bit of pitbull and super mutt,” Maggie declared, including that the pooch weighs almost 65 pounds now.
Despite the ruff start, Maggie and Alice have actually lived gladly ever after for the previous 6 years.
Nearly 100,000 TikTok users have tuned-in to Maggie and Alice’s high tail. Meanwhile, some audiences dragged the dog owner for getting scammed.
“She did not look like a Shih Tzu as a puppy lol,” one buffooned.
“As a Shih Tzu mom, I can tell you she never looked Shih Tzu that nose is the key! But I mean she is a beauty,” another yielded.
Nevertheless, Alice’s beauties, including her unique “snaggle tooth,” are simple to see, according to Maggie and her fans.
“She’s a jumbooooooo shitzuuuu she’s super cute,” one fan gushed.
“Best Craigslist story though!” another stated, including, “Your fur baby is super cute.”
