05 Lhasa Apsos Breed Standard
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This article is from the Lhasa Apsos Breed FAQ, by tcw@puppynet.com (Kenneth Troy).
05 Lhasa Apsos Breed Standard
The Official Standard of the Lhasa Apso was last revised and Approved
on July 11, 1978
Character - Gay and assertive, but chary of strangers.
Size - Variable but about 10 or 11 inches at the shoulder for dogs,
bitches slightly smaller.
Color - All colors equally acceptable with or without dark tips to the
beard and ears. [INLINE]
Body Shape - The length from the point of shoulders to point of
buttocks longer than the height at the withers, well ribbed up, strong
loin, well developed quarters and thighs.
Coat - Heavy, straight, hard not woolly or silky, of good length, and
very dense.
Mouth and Muzzle - The preferred bite is either level or slightly
undershod. Muzzle of medium length; a square muzzle is objectionable.
Head - Heavy head furnishings with good fall over eyes, good whiskers
and beard, skull narrow, falling away behind eyes in a marked degree,
not quite flat, but not domed or apple shaped; straight foreface of
fair length. Nose black, the length from tip of nose to eye to be
roughly about one-third of the total length from nose to the back of
the skull.
Eyes - Dark brown, neither very large and full, nor very small and
sunk.
Ears - pendant, heavily feathered.
Legs - Forelegs straight; both forelegs and hind legs heavily
furnished with hair.
Feet - Well feathered; should be round and catlike, with good pads.
Tail carriage - Well feathered, should be carried well over back in a
screw; there may be a kink at the end. A low carriage of stern is a
serious fault.
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