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Lhasa Apso

Breed Standard

Non-Sporting Group

Character

Gay and assertive, but chary of strangers.

Size

Variable, but about 10 inches or 11 inches at

shoulder for dogs, bitches slightly smaller.

Color

All colors equally acceptable with or without dark

tips to ears and beard.

Body Shape

The length from point of shoulders to point of

buttocks longer than height at withers, well ribbed

up, strong loin, well-developed quarters and

thighs.

Coat

Heavy, straight, hard, not woolly nor silky, of

good length, and very dense.

Mouth and Muzzle

The preferred bite is either level or slightly

undershot. 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 the 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 back of 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 and 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.

Approved July 11, 1978