sage is a 2 year old male shih tzu. i had been looking for a dog since the beginning of may last year. I wanted some place affordable, so i checked the local shelter. I'd check their website everyday, to see the stay or found dogs. when i saw one that could work, i head down to the shelter and if i like him id put a hold on him. then one day in mid July, after months of looking, i saw a female shih tzu. i went down and her owner had left her and her brother. Finally came adoption day, and we signed the papers, paid the money, etc. then someone comes out with the dog, and it is not the dog we said. this was her brother. he wasn't groomed like her, or spoiled like her(you could tell the girl was spoiled, her brother was not). i was so sad, but i came to like him, and now we live happily ever after!