I'm hopefully moving house soon to a place with a garden. My 15 year old autistic son loves dogs, his dad has a rescue who DS worships. I'm disabled, at home all day & would love a dog for company, I've been looking at Shih tzu's, I'm in touch with a Shih Tzu rescue as I wouldn't want a puppy. I don't want anything any bigger due to my mobility issues, I walk badly & don't want anything that could pull me over. DS would walk the dog before school in a morning, I could manage to put the dog in the car & take him to the park for a 15 minute walk & a coffee at the cafe & DS would walk him in the evening. Money isn't a problem, I can afford food, insurance, equipment & toys etc & I would pay for a one to one dog trainer to teach me at home. Am I right in thinking that Shih tzu's don't need much exercise & would be happy to mooch around at home with me most of the day? I'm not looking to get a dog before I move out of the flat I'm in at the moment.
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