Although both parents originate from different parts of the world (Maltese from the Mediterranean and Shih Tzu from Asia); the Maltese Shih Tzu was actually bred first in the United States in the 1990s.
ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າພໍ່ແມ່ທັງສອງມີຕົ້ນ ກໍາ ເນີດມາຈາກພາກສ່ວນຕ່າງໆຂອງໂລກ (Maltese ຈາກ Mediterranean ແລະ Shih Tzu ຈາກອາຊີ); ການ Maltese Shih Tzu ໄດ້ຖືກອົບຣົມ ທໍາ ອິດໃນສະຫະລັດໃນຊຸມປີ 1990 .