Lhasa Apso
Rasstandaard
FCI-Standard N° 227 / 02. 04. 2004 / GB
LHASA APSO
ORIGIN : Tibet.
PATRONAGE : Great Britain.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 24.03.2004.
UTILIZATION : Toy Dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. : Group9 Companion and Toy Dogs.
Section5 Tibetan breeds.
Without working trial.
GENERAL APPEARANCE : Well balanced, sturdy, heavily coated.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : Gay and assertive. Alert, steady but somewhat aloof
with strangers.
HEAD : Head furnishings with fall over eyes; but not affecting the dog’s
ability to see, good whiskers and beard.
CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Moderately narrow, falling away behind eyes, not quite flat, but not
domed or apple headed.
Stop : Medium.
FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Black.
Muzzle : About 4cm (1 1/2 ins), but not square; length from tip of nose
roughly one third of total length from nose to back of skull.
Foreface : Straight.
Jaws/Teeth : Upper incisors close just inside lower i.e. reverse scissor
bite. Incisors in a broad and as straight a line as possible. Full dentition
desirable.
Eyes : Dark. Medium size, frontally placed, oval, neither large nor full, nor
small and sunk. No white showing at base or top.
Ears : Pendant, heavily feathered.
NECK : Strong and well arched.
BODY : Length from point of shoulders to point of buttocks greater than
height at withers. Balanced and compact.
Back : Level topline.
Loin : Strong.
Chest : Ribs extending well back.
TAIL : High set, carried well over back but not like a pot-hook. Often a kink
at end. Well feathered.
LIMBS
FOREQUARTERS : Forelegs straight, heavily furnished with hair.
Shoulders : Well laid back.
HINDQUARTERS :
General appearance: Well developed with good muscle. Good angulations.
Heavily furnished with hair.
Metatarsus (Rear pasterns): Hocks when viewed from behind parallel and not
too close together.
Hind feet: Round, cat-like with firm pads. Well feathered.
FEET : Round, cat-like with firm pads. Well feathered.
GAIT / MOVEMENT : Free and jaunty.
COAT
HAIR : Top coat long, heavy, straight, hard neither woolly nor silky.
Moderate undercoat. Coat never impeding action.
COLOUR : Golden, sandy, honey, dark grizzle, slate, smoke, parti-colour,
black, white or brownish. All equally acceptable.
SIZE : Ideal height : 25.4 cm (10 ins) at shoulder for dogs; bitches slightly
smaller.
FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault
and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact
proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be
disqualified.
N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully
descended into the scrotum.
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