Barry, like the others have said, please set aside the $400 for future medical bills and CHECK OUT THE SHELTER!! There are tons of Shih Tzu's in the shelter, even go to petfinder.com ! Also, almost all of the dogs/litters of puppies listed in the newspaper, penny saver, etc are listed by puppy mills. Not well bred, numerous health issues, and sometimes sick- so please re-thing getting this puppy!