The Lhasa Apso Line

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AKC Lhasa Apso Breed Standard

Character: Gay and assertive, but chary of strangers.

Size: Variable but about 10 inches or 11 inches at the 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 then height at withers, well ribbed up, strong loin, well-developed quarters and thighs.

Coat: Heavy, straight, hard, not wooly 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 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 featered.

Legs: Forelegs straight; both forelegs and hind legs heavily furnished with hair.

Feet: Well feathered, should be round and cat-like, 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.


Health problems Lhasa Apsos are susceptable to.

Cerebral congenital malformations, Inherited defects, Tracheal narrowing, tracheal collapse Renal congenital disease, Renal familial disease, Kidney disease, Calcium oxalate urolithiasis, Prolapse of the gland of the third eyelid, Nictitans gland prolapse Cataract, Lens opacity, Lens capsule opacity

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