What does the cryptic crossword clue "Dog caught in awful menagerie (7)" mean?

The definition is "Dog". The wordplay uses a homophone (sounds like). Homophone of “shit zoo”. This dog is more usually written as two words, but Chambers allows this version The answer is SHIHTZU.

Dog caught in awful menagerie (7)

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